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1. The document is a draft of proposed changes to an English textbook for 8th grade students in Mataram, Indonesia. 2. It includes revisions to two reading passages - "Princess Mandalika" and "Dae La Minga" - as well as associated comprehension questions. 3. The passages are folktales from Lombok and Bima adapted from Indonesian folklore, describing princess characters who must make sacrifices to prevent war from breaking out over their suitors.

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Princess Mandalika

1. The document is a draft of proposed changes to an English textbook for 8th grade students in Mataram, Indonesia. 2. It includes revisions to two reading passages - "Princess Mandalika" and "Dae La Minga" - as well as associated comprehension questions. 3. The passages are folktales from Lombok and Bima adapted from Indonesian folklore, describing princess characters who must make sacrifices to prevent war from breaking out over their suitors.

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DRAFT PERUBAHAN BUKU LKS BAHASA INGGRIS KELAS 8

MGMP BAHASA INGGRIS SMP KOTA MATARAM 2013

C. Reading (Halaman 38-39)


Task 9
Read the text using proper pronounciation. Study the generic structure of the text
and then answer the following questions.

PRINCESS MANDALIKA
ONCE upon a time, there was a kingdom in Lombok. The king had a
very beautiful daughter. Her name was Princess Mandalika. She was very
beautiful; many young men felt in love with her.
Princes from all over the place wanted to marry her. One by one, they came to
propose her. Princess Mandalika was a kind girl. She hated to make people
sad. So, when those princes came to propose her to be their wives, she was
very confused. She could not decide, and she also did not want to make them
sad -> Orientation.
The king then held a competition at the Seger Kuta beach, Lombok. He asked
all the princes to take part in an archery competition. The rule was simple:
whoever shot the target perfectly, he could be the husband of his beautiful
daughter.
One by one, all participants tried their best. They all wanted to be the winners.
After several times, there was no winner. All the participants were great.
Those prices were great at archery.
Because there was no one as the winner, then they started to argue. They
claimed to be the best. The argument was getting hotter and hotter. Finally,
they all were fighting. Soon, the fighting was bigger. It was like a war, because
all princes brought their soldiers in the archery competition.
Princess Mandalika was really worried. She did not want the war to get bigger
and hurt many people. Finally, she had an idea.
"Everybody, listen up! I know you all love me and want me to be your wife.
But I can't be all your wives. I don't want you to fight because of me. And I
don't want you to be sad either. I want you all to have me, but not as your
wives. I want to be someone that everybody can have. I want to be useful for

you. I want to be Nyale that you all can enjoy together," said Princess
Mandalika.
The king and all other people on the beach did not understand what she
meant. The king then came to her. But before he came closer to his daughter,
Princess Mandalika jumped to the sea. She was disappeared in the big waves.
It was chaos on the beach. People were screaming. All the princes tried to
swim to find the princess. But no one dared to jump in the sea, the waves were
too high.-> Complication/Series of Events.
After several hours trying to search the princess, suddenly they found a lot of
sea worms on the beach. The king then realized that his daughter had
returned as sea worms. Later he named the worms as Nyale.
Until now, people in Lombok always try to catch nyale. Nyale is very delicious
and that is why more and more people come to Lombok to catch it. However,
they cannot catch it anytime they want. They can only find it once a year, in
February or March. The tradition to catch the sea worms is called Bau Nyale.
-> Resolution.
A story from Lombok. Adapted from Indonesian Forklore.

Questions A :
1. Same
2. Same
3. Same
4. Same
5. What are the generic structures of the story?
Questions B :
1. Who is Mandalika Princess?
2. Do you think Princess Mandalika had a good personality? Give your
reasons!
3. Why did the King held the competition?
4. What happened to the Princes when the King found no winner at the
competition?
5. Do you think jumping into the sea was a wise solution for Princess
Mandalika? Why?
6. What are the messages that you can take from the story?

Remedial Test (Halaman 46-47)


The Legend of Lake Batur diganti dengan Dae La Minga
DAE LA MINGA
THERE was a very beautiful princess in Sanggar Kingdom. Her name was Dae La
Minga. The king and the queen loved her very much. The people also really loved
her. Dae La Minga not only a beautiful princess, but also a very kind girl. She liked to
help other people.
Dae La Minga was very popular. Her beauty was spread all over the places. Many
men felt in love with her. Many of them were princes from other kingdoms. One by
one, the princes came to Sanggar Kingdom.
Dae La Minga was kind to everyone. And that included to the princes. She was very
polite and treated them nicely.
All the princes thought that they had a chance to be her husband. They all thought
the princess loved them. Therefore they started to compare to one another.
"Hey, you'd better leave this kingdom now. Dae La Minga only loves me. She was
very kind to me," said one prince.
"No way! She only loves me," said another prince.
However, other princes also argued that they had the best chance to marry Dae La
Minga. Then the fight was unstoppable.
Since they were princes, they had soldiers. The little fight start to become worse. It
started the war!
The king of Sanggar Kingdom really worried with the condition. He did not want to
see the war in his kingdom. He was really concerned with his people. He knew he
had to do something to solve the problem. He asked all his adviser to give him
solution.
The king and the adviser knew that Dae La Minga could not choose one of the
princes. Other princes could be jealous and it would started the war again. Therefore
they decided to ask the princess to leave the kingdom.
"My Dear Daughter, I know this is very difficult for you. This is also very difficult for

me and your mother," said the king.


He continued, "We hope you understand. If you don't leave the kingdom, there will
be a massive war. Our people will suffer."
Dae La Minga was very sad. However she completely understood the situation. She
really loved her people. She did not want the people to suffer because of her.
"Where should I go, Father?" asked Dae La Minga.
"The advisor told me to put you in a place that all the princes cannot see you. The
place is very far and very high. It is in the Mount Tambora," said the king.
The king then told his people that the princess would leave the kingdom in order to
avoid the war. The people were very sad. Most of them cried. They really did not
want to lose her. But they knew war would happen if she still stayed in the kingdom.
Then it was time for her to leave the kingdom. Some soldiers accompanied her. They
would guard her to go to Mount Tambora.
Until now some people still believe that Dae La Minga spiritually still lives in Mount
Tambora. She often shows herself in certain occasion. Not everybody can see her,
except the lucky people.
A story from Bima. Adapted from Indonesian Forklore.

Answer the following questions by looking through the text!


1. Who was Dae La Minga?
Answer : __________________________________________________
2. Why did the people really loved her?
Answer : __________________________________________________
3. Why did the princes start to compare one another?
Answer : __________________________________________________
4. What kind of suggestion that offered by the advisor to the King?
Answer : ___________________________________________________
5. Where did the King put his daughter? Why did he choose that place?
Answer : ___________________________________________________
6. Who accompanied Dae La Minga to the Mount Tambora?
Answer : ___________________________________________________
7. Why did the people cried?
Answer : ___________________________________________________

8. Spiritually, Dae La Minga still lives in Mount Tambora until now. Who can see
her?
Answer : ____________________________________________________
9. If you were Dae La Minga, would you accept the advise to leave the
Kingdom? Why?
Answer : ___________________________________________________
10. What kind of messages that you can take from the story?
Answer : ___________________________________________________

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