LEARNING MEDIUM School:SMP N 3 Pati Subject:English Grade/semester:VII/1 Time Allocation:2 x 45

Competence Standard 5. Membaca Memahami makna teks fungsional dan esei pendek sederhana berbentuk descriptive dan recount yang berkaitan dengan lingkungan sekitar. 6. Menulis Mengungkapkan makna dan teks tulis fungsional dan esei pendek sederhana berbentuk descriptive dan recount untuk berinteraksi dengan lingkungan sekitar.

Based Competence 5.1. Merespon makna dalam teks tulis fungsional pendek sederhana secara akurat, lancar, dan berterima yang berkaitan dengan lingkungan sekitar 6.1.Mengungkapkan makna dalam bentuk teks tulis fungsional pendek sederhana dengan menggunakan ragam bahasa tulis secara akurat, lancar, dan berterima untuk berinteraksi dengan lingkungan sekitar.

Learning Objectives In the end of meeting at least 80% of the students are able to: Mention five characteristics of memo. Mention the reasons why people write memos. Mention the steps to write a memo. Draw some information based on a given memo. Write a memo based on the given situation.

MATERIALS What is memo? Why do people write memo?

A memo is: -a hard-copy document -for communicating -usually short -contains To, From, Date, subjeact heading, and Message sections - has the sender's name

The reasons why people write memos: Memos are useful in situations where s or text messages are not suitable.

EXAMPLE..... Dear Fitri, Don't forget to pick up your sister at the English course at p.m. Mommy is still in the office now. I'll be home soon. Thank you dear. Love Mum

Memo To: From: Date: Subject: First Sentence: Reason for the memo Second Sentence - Main Body: Any Instructions or information Closing Sentence What is required of the reader e.g. Confirmation, answers or feedback

EXCERCISE 1 – In Group March 1st, 2002 Municipal Water Service 1234 First Street MD Dear Sir: I am a student at Aldo Leopold High School in Maryland. We are doing aresearch project on how to clean up our watershed. Could you suggest a website where I can find information about water quality in our state? Thank you for taking the time to respond to this letter. Sincerely, Jane Doe

Questions – Who is the sender of the memo above? – When did the sender write the memo? – What subject is the memo about? – To whom is the memo? – What is the messaged inside the memo?

INDEPENDENT CONSTRUCTION! Excercise 2 Make a memo, choose one of the situation! You want to tell your mother that you will have a group discussion at you friend’s house. You want to borrow your friend’s comic. You want to ask your brother to buy you some medicine. You want to tell your mother that you will come home late.

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