Comparative Table of Text Types/Genres in English for Nusantara Textbooks
Text Grade 7 (English for Grade 8 (English for Grade 9 (English for
Type/Genre Nusantara Kelas VII) Nusantara Kelas VIII) Nusantara Kelas IX)
Recount N/A Personal experiences Recounting trips (e.g.,
(e.g., Independence Day National Parks),
celebrations), recounting underwater adventures.
past incidents (e.g.,
environmental issues).
Narrative Comic-based stories Stories like The Ugly Fantasy stories (e.g.,
(e.g., Galang’s Duckling and Elephant Princess Suripit, The
adventures, cultural tales and Friends. Multiverse Story of Timun
in dialogue). Mas).
Descriptive Descriptions of people, Describing places, Descriptions of fauna
hobbies, and places (e.g., people, and things (e.g., (e.g., Bekantan,
Galang's friends, Monita's Independence Day events, Orangutan, birds like
house). sea animals). Cendrawasih).
Procedure Recipes, cleaning How-to guides (e.g., Procedural steps in digital
instructions, classroom saving water, recycling, contexts (e.g., online
routines (e.g., "Let’s Clean washing hands). safety, filtering news).
Up!").
Report N/A N/A Factual reports on
Indonesian wildlife.
Dialogue Conversations for role- Dialogues exploring Dialogues in practical
playing (e.g., greetings, personal feelings, actions contexts (e.g., digital
discussing hobbies, giving (e.g., expressing kindness, safety, fantasy
directions). environmental issues). interactions).
Poster Posters for events, Posters on saving water, Infographic posters on
personal schedules, and anti-plastic campaigns, upcycling and digital
school festivals. and community health. safety.
Advertisement N/A N/A Examples of
advertisements for charity
events, preloved goods.
Expository N/A N/A Explaining digital
concepts (e.g., fake news,
cyberbullying).
Poetry N/A Writing short poems Poems connected to
related to kindness or recounts or descriptive
personal reflections. settings.
Key Differences Across Grades:
1. Reports: Found only in Grade 9, with a focus on Indonesian wildlife.
2. Expository Texts: Unique to Grade 9, focusing on abstract and digital-age issues.
3. Posters: Grade 7 uses posters for personal and school-related contexts, Grade 8 emphasizes
environmental and health campaigns, while Grade 9 includes charity and digital safety themes.
4. Poetry: Introduced in Grade 8 with reflective themes and further developed in Grade 9 with connections
to recounts or descriptive settings.
