LEARNING MEDIUM

School : SMP N 3 PatiSubject : EnglishGrade/semester : VII/1Time 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 e-mails or

text messages are not suitable.

EXAMPLE . . . . .

Dear Fitri,

Don't forget to pick up your sister at the English course at 05.00 p.m. Mommy is still in the office now. I'll be home soon.

Thank you dear.

Love

Mum

HOW TO WRITE A MEMO ?

Memo

To:From:Date: Subject:

First Sentence:Reason for the memo

Second Sentence - Main Body:Any Instructions or information

Closing SentenceWhat is required of the reader e.g. Confirmation, answers or feedback

EXCERCISE 1 – In GroupMarch 1st, 2002Municipal Water Service1234 First StreetMD 34567 Dear Sir:I am a student at Aldo Leopold High School in

Maryland. We are doingaresearch project on how to clean up our watershed.

Could you suggest awebsite 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.

GOOD LUCK