KOMPETENSI PROFESIONAL: LEARNING TASKS M3 LA3

LEARNING TASK M3 LA 3: EXPLORING BIOGRAPHY

Part 1 Getting information from the text

TASK 1

Task 1a

The Story Elements of the Text “Abraham Lincoln”
Orientation	Events	Reorientation
Abraham Lincoln was born in 1809 in Kentucky (USA). He worked on the farm of his father. He attended school for less than a year, but taught himself to read and write. He did different types of jobs before he settled as a highly successful lawyer. He was gradually drawn to politics.	-  Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the USA in 1860. He wanted to solve the problem of slavery. The southern states were against the abolition of slavery. This brought the unity of the country in danger. The southern states were prepared even to form a new country. Abraham Lincoln wanted all the states to remain united.  -  He faced many problems. He wanted to preserve the unity of the country at any cost. Finally a civil war broke out between the northern and southern states. He fought the war bravely and declared, 'A Nation cannot exist half free and half slave.' He won the war and kept the country united.  -  Lincoln was elected president for a second term. He was not against anybody and wanted everybody to live in peace. He made sincere efforts to heal the people's wounds caused by the war.	In 1862, Lincoln declared that from then onwards all slaves would be free. This made him very popular among the people. Lincoln was assassinated in 1865.

Task 1b

Answer these questions.

1.      What do you know more about Abraham Lincoln after reading the text?

Abraham Lincoln was a highly successful lawyer who was drawn to politics. He was selected to become the president of USA for two periods. He solved the problems related to the practice of slavery in America.

2.      What made him one of the famous presidents of USA?

Lincoln became one of the famous president of USA because he declared that all slaves would be free in 1862

3.      How did he solve the problem of unity?

He fought the war bravely and declared for the unity and said 'A Nation cannot exist half free and half slave’ then he won the war and kept the country united.

4.      Why did he declare no slaves are allowed?

He declared no slaves are allowed because he was not against anybody and wanted everybody to live in peace

5.      Which part of the text do you think important for education?

The part of the text is important for education is when Lincoln wanted to preserve the unity of the country at any cost and said 'A Nation cannot exist half free and half slave’

TASK 2

Task 2a

The Story Elements of the text “Maria Montessori
Orientation	Events	Reorientation
Maria Montessori was an Italian physician, educator, and innovator, acclaimed for her educational method that builds on the way children naturally learn. She opened the first Montessori school—the Casa dei Bambini, or Children’s House—in Rome on January 6, 1907. There are now more than 22,000 Montessori schools in at least 110 countries worldwide.	-     Maria Montessori was born on August 31, 1870, in the provincial town of Chiaravalle, Italy. She was well-schooled and an avid reader—unusual for Italian women of that time. The same thirst for knowledge took root in young Maria, and she immersed herself in many fields of study before creating the educational method that bears her name. Maria was a sterling student, confident, ambitious, and unwilling to be limited by traditional expectations for women. When she graduated from medical school in 1896, she was among Italy’s first female physicians.  -     Maria’s early medical practice focused on psychiatry. She also developed an interest in education, attending classes on pedagogy and immersing herself in educational theory. Her studies led her to observe, and call into question, the prevailing methods of teaching children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In 1907 Maria accepted a new challenge to open a childcare centre in a poor inner-city district. Utilizing scientific observation and experience gained from her earlier work with young children, Maria designed learning materials and a classroom environment that fostered the children’s natural desire to learn. News of the school’s success soon spread through Italy and by 1910 Montessori schools were acclaimed worldwide.	As a public figure, Maria also campaigned vigorously on behalf of women’s rights. She wrote and spoke frequently on the need for greater opportunities for women, and was recognized in Italy and beyond as a leading feminist voice. Maria Montessori pursued her ideals in turbulent times. Living through war and political upheaval inspired her to add peace education to the Montessori curriculum. But she could do little to avoid being ensnared in world events. Travelling in India in 1940 when hostilities between Italy and Great Britain broke out, she was forced to live in exile for the remainder of the war. At war’s end, she returned to Europe, spending her final years in Amsterdam. She died peacefully, in a friend’s garden, on May 6, 1952.

Task 2b

Answer these questions.

1.      What do the bolded words in the text mean?

The bolded words are: physician, educator, and innovator.

·         Physician is a professional who practices medicine, which concerned with promoting, maintaining, and restoring health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury, and other physical and mental impairments.

·         Educator is someone who educates people.

·         Innovator is someone who introduces changes and new ideas.

2.      What moral value can you draw from the text?

As a teacher, we can follow educational movement that Maria Montessori did.  We should design learning materials and a classroom environment that foster the children’s natural desire to learn. We focus on respecting and encouraging each student’s individual differences in the teaching and learning process. We also should respect the women’s right to have better education in the society.

3.      How did Maria manage the struggle in difficult times?

She traveled to India in 1940 when hostilities between Italy and Great Britain broke out and she was forced to live in exile for the remainder of the war.

4.      How did she end her life?

At war’s end she returned to Europe, spending her final years in Amsterdam. She died peacefully, in a friend’s garden, on May 6, 1952.

5.      Why do you think Maria’s story beneficial for education?

Maria’s story beneficial for education  because Maria Montessori’s effortss  for education, particularly her design in  learning materials and a classroom environment that fostered the children’s natural desire to learn are now applied and useful worldwide.

Task 3

Task 3a

The Story Elements of the text: “Mark Zuckerberg”
Orientation	Events	Reorientation
Born on May 14, 1984, in White Plains, New York, Mark Zuckerberg co-founded the social-networking website Facebook out of his college dorm room.	-       Zuckerberg developed an interest in computers at an early age. Zuckerberg enrolled at Harvard University when he built a program called CourseMatch, and Facemash. -        Zuckerberg and his friends created Facebook. Zuckerberg dropped out of college to devote himself to Facebook full time, moving the company to Palo Alto, California. By the end of 2004, Facebook had 1 million users. -       Zuckerberg made two major life changes in May 2012. Facebook had its initial public offering. Zuckerberg in early 2018 announced his personal challenge to develop improved methods for d efending Facebook users from abuse and interference by nation-states. -       Zuckerberg came under fire again a few months later when it was revealed that Cambridge Analytica, a data firm with ties to President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, had used private information from approximately 87 million Facebook profiles without the social network alerting its owners.	Zuckerberg surfaced on various outlets to explain how the company was taking steps to limit third-party developers' access to user information, and said he would be happy to testify before Congress.

Task 3b

Answer these questions.

1.      How did Mark develop facebook?

Mark Zuckerberg  and his friends developed Facebook from the CourseMatch softwares that Mark developed before in his campus at Harvard University.

2.      What do people like about using Facebook?

People can create their own profiles, upload photos, and communicate with other users.

3.      What do you want to suggest for Mark?

I would like to suggest to Mark to overhaul the Facebook’s policy regarding to the political activity. All political parties should be subject to stricter guidelines  to avoid the Facebook’s abuse.

4.      How did Mark manage the problem of the use of private information by a firm?

Mark announced that the company was taking steps to limit third-party developers' access to user information, and said he would be happy to testify before Congress.

5.      Following what Mark has done, what idea do you have for this digital era?

Facebook allows us to connect to all people around the world. Facebook also allows us to make certain information private or to make all of our information public. As the user of Facebook, I think we should be wise to use it for good things like sharing valid information, keeping in touch with family and friends, etc. We shouldn’t use it for something that leads people to have conflicts.

Part 2 Constructing Biography Texts

Task 1

Think of a famous living person. Answer the following questions about the person.
Task 1: Pre writing

1.      What is the person’s name and where is he/she from?

            Joko Widodo, byname Jokowi is from Surakarta, Central Java.

2.      What things did he/she do to become famous?

He is a businessman, politician, government official who served as mayor of Surakarta in 2005, as governor of Jakarta in 2012 and  as  president of Indonesia in 2014.

3.      How long has he/she been famous?

He has been famous since he ran in the mayoral race in Surakarta in 2005.

4.      Have you seen him/her on television or in real life?

Yes, I have seen him many times on television.

5.      What is he/she like?

He is a humble person who always goes to the field which is called blusukkan and speaks in a polite way. He is an optimistic leader who believes that Indonesia can be better year by year if the people work hard together to make the good change for the country.

6.      What does he/she do now?

He is the president of Indonesia

7.      Why is this person important to you?

He is an important person to me and to my country because he is the leader of our country that we believe he has anticorruption platform in his governance.

Task 2: Sentence building

Rewrite the sentences from Task 1. Consider using significant grammatical features (Simple past tense, temporal sequence and temporal conjunction, Specific participants, Action verbs, Third person) as you may need to write longer sentences and add extra information. Make sure you put the sentences chronologically.

JOKO WIDODO

            Joko Widodo, byname Jokowi is an Indonesian politician who is the seventh and the current president of Indonesia. He was elected in July 2014. He was previously the Mayor of Surakarta from 2005 to 2012, and the Governor of Jakarta from 2012 to 2014.  

            Jokowi was born in June 21^st, 1961 in Surakarta, Central Java. He was raised in Surakarta with his family. His father was a wood seller who plied his trade in the city’s streets, and throughout much of Jokowi’s childhood, he and his family lived illegally built shacks near the city’s flood-prone Solo River. Later, when he entered politics, his populist appeal was rooted in part to those humble beginnings.

Jokowi applied himself at school and won admittance to Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, from which he graduated in 1985 with a degree in forestry engineering. For several years later, he worked for a state-owned pulp mill in the Aceh region of northern Sumatra, and he later established his own furniture factory in Surakarta. By 2002 he had become a highly successful furniture exporter, with showrooms on several continents, as well as chairman of a local branch of the country’s influential furniture manufacturers’ association.

In 2005, Jokowi, as a member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (Partai Demokrasi Indonesia-Perjuangan), won election as mayor of Surakarta. He was extraordinarily effective in reducing crime and attracting foreign tourists to the city. His habit of making spontaneous visits to poor neighborhoods and his refusal to accept a salary for his public service contributed to his reputation for humility and honesty. In 2010 Jokowi was reelected mayor there with more than 90 percent of the vote. He was later ranked as the third best mayor in the world by the international City Mayors Foundation. 

A member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), he was its candidate for the 2012 Jakarta gubernatorial election, alongside Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (often known as Ahok) as his running mate. They took office in October 2012 and reinvigorated Jakarta politics, with publicized blusukan visits for improving the city's bureaucracy and reducing corruption in the process. He introduced programs to improve quality of life in the city, including universal health-care, dredging the city's main river to reduce flooding, and inaugurating construction of the city's subway system.

In 2014 president election, Jokowi was elected as president and Jusuf Kalla as the vice president. As he entered the presidency, he identified clamping-down on corruption as among his top priorities and as a necessary step to attract more foreign direct investment to the country. He  pushed a nine-point plan for Indonesia called Nawacita, a Sanskrit term for nine priorities for the country namely returning the state to its task of protecting all citizens and providing safe environment; developing clean, effective, trusted, and democratic governance; developing Indonesia’s rural areas; reforming law enforcement agencies; improving quality of life; increasing productivity and competitiveness; promoting economic independence by developing domestic strategic sectors; overhauling the character of the nation; and strengthening the spirit of “unity in diversity” and social reform. 

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