Way Kambas National Park
READING
Way Kambas National Park is a national park for elephant sanctuary located in
Lampung precisely in the Labuhan Ratu sub district, East Lampung, Indonesia. Way
Kambas National Park, established in 1985, is the first school for elephant in Indonesia. In
the beginning of its establishment, Way Kambas National Park was named the Elephant
Training Center / Pusat Latihan Gajah (PLG), but the last few years this name was changed
into Elephant Conservation Center / Pusat Konservasi Gajah (PKG), which is expected to
become a center for elephant conservation in taming, training, breeding and conserving
elephants. Until now, this PKG has trained for about 300 elephants which have been
deployed to all over the country.
In Way Kambas National Park, there are some endangered animals such as
Sumatran Rhinos, Sumatran elephant, Sumatran tiger, Mentok Rimba, and Buaya sepit.
There are also some plants which are mostly found there such as Api-api, Pidada, Nipah,
and Pandan. On the marshy coasts of Way Kambas National Park is often found various
species of birds, such as, Lesser Adjutant, Pheasant Blue, Kuau Raja, Pependang Timur,
and some other birds.
WRTING DESCRIPTIONS
DESCRIBING PEOPLE
Read the model paragraph and answer the question that follows
The police are looking for woman who stole a diamond necklace from Dayton’s jewelry
store.According to the store manager, the woman is approximately five feet tall, very tin,light-
skinned,and about 60 yeasr old.She has short,straight gray hair and wears glasses. Her most
distinguishing mark is the dimple in her chin.When she was last seen, she awas wearing heavy blue
eye make-up and large,silver hoop earigs.She had on a hhort black coat and black pants. If you see
anyone fitting this description ,contact the police deparment immediately.
What details does the author use to describe the woman?
Tips to write descriptive text :
1. Make sure to choose a meaningful person, place, or thing. …
2. Introduce the person, place, or thing you are describing. …
3. Engage your reader’s sense of sight. …
4. Describe smells and tastes if you can. …
5. Describe how the moment or item feels. …
6. Describe how your subject sounds.
7. Make unique observations
8. Include some figurative language.
9. Wrap it up
DESCRIBING PRODUCTS
A. You work in the advertising division of Lourie’s Departement store.You are working on the
holiday mail-order catalog. You have just completed the firs page. Reread your product
descriptions.
1. keep warm this winter with this
practical but good –looking plaid blanket.It is 52 inches ( 132 cm),wide and 76 inches ( 193
cm) long,with fringe on two sides. It is handmade in England of the finest quality wood. $
100.Item A31 .
2.
Be on time with this accurate and elegant swiss watches .Both the man’s and the woman’s
have black leather bands and gold faces.The face of the man’s watch is 1 ¼ inchies ( 3 cm)
and the face of the woman’s is ¾ inches ( 2 cm ) .Both watches have a one-year guarantee.
$280.Item D12 .
3.
You’ll love this soft cashmere sweater.It has long sleeves, a soft collar and five pearl buttons down
the front. It comes in four colors: black,white, red,blue.It is available in sizes small,medium,and
large.$99.Item A 17
4. This beautiful ,antique Chinese vase makes a perfect
gift. It is 18 inches ( 46 cm) tall and comes with a wooden stand. It has two handles and is
availabe in blue or white.$ 200.Item B5
B. Now write short descriptins of these items for the next page of the catalog. Use your
imagination .remember,when you decsribe an object , you will need to mention such
things as shape,size color and texture.
