Historical, Scientific, and Technical Text

what is a historical text

• breaking down a text

• a text that tells what happend and why with a historical text

• a paragraph

• the main idea of a text

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Born into a family of doctors in Kampung Ketapang, Kwitang Barat, Jakarta, Abdulrachman Saleh also became a doctor. After finishing MULO, he studied at STOVIA. While still a student, he was appointed assistant at the laboratory of physiology. Graduating from STOVIA, Abdulrachman Saleh continued his work at the lab while having his own medical practice.

Abdulrachman Saleh’s role in medicine was significant. He became a lecturer in Jakarta, Surabaya, Malang, and Klaten. For his meritorious service in medicine, specifically in physiology, in 1958, the University of Indonesia bestowed him the title of Bapak Ilmu Faal (Father of Physiology).

Abdulrachman Saleh was a man of many interests. He was involved in youth organizations like Boy Scouts and Indonesia Muda. He was also a member of Aeroclub, and co-founded the Verenigde Oosterse Radio Omroep (VORO), an organization of broadcasters. It was he who established the Voice of Free Indonesia, the radio station which spread the proclamation of Indonesia’s independence to the world.

THE MAIN IDEA OF THE FIRST PARAGRAPH IS THAT ABDULRACHMAN SALEH …

• had his own medical practice,

• studied at the medical school in STOVIA.

• became a doctor because of his family.

• was appointed assistant at the laboratory of physiology.

• started his career as a doctor in STOVIA.

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Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) — Astronomer and Scientist. Galileo developed a superior telescope and made many significant discoveries in astronomy. He was sentenced to life imprisonment by the inquisition for his support for the Copernican theory that the sun was at the centre of the solar system.

Galileo was born in Florence, Italy in 1564 to a poor but noble family His parents recognized their child’s innate intelligence and talents and so made sacrifices to have him educated. At his father’s insistence, Galileo studied the profitable career of medicine. But, at the University of Pisa, Galileo became fascinated in a wide range of subjects. He was also critical of many of Aristotle’s teaching which had dominated education for the past 2,000 years.

Galileo was appointed to be a mathematics professor at the University of Pisa, but his strident criticisms of Aristotle left him isolated among his contemporaries. After three years of persecution, he resigned and went to the University of Padua, where he taught maths. His entertaining lectures attracted a large following and he was able to spend the next 18 years pursuing his interests in astronomy and mechanics.

SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM GALILEO GALILEI’S LIFE IS …

• We must always believe whatever the society believes to avoid getting persecuted

• We must never go against the believe of the society to avoid getting imprisoned

• We should believe in something and stay faithful to it no matter how hard

• We must sacrifice everything to get ourselves educated

• We should spend 18 years to pursue our interests

A piece of writing that tells how to make or do something

• Historical Text

• Technical Text

• Scientific Text

• Literary Text

This diagram is an example of a technical text. What does the diagram show you HOW TO do?

• How to hold hands with someone

• How to make a new handshake

• How to wash your hands

• How to make shapes with your hands

What is the missing step in fixing a bowl of cereal?

(1) Get the bowl out of the cabinet.

(2) Get the milk out of the refrigerator.

(3) ____________

(4) Pour the cereal into the bowl.

(5) Pour the milk on top of the cereal.

• Place the spoon the bowl.

• Get the cereal box out of the cabinet.

• Eat the bowl of cereal.

• Get the cereal box our of the microwave.

A __________ text explains a Science Topic and includes lab reports and magazines. ~ i.e How Rocks Form

• Technical

• Scientific

• Persuasive

• Historical

Dolphins are regarded as the friendliest creatures in the sea and stories of them helping drowning sailors have been common since Roman times. The more we learn about dolphins, the more we realize that their society is more complex than people previously imagined. They look after other dolphins when they are ill, care for pregnant mothers and protect the weakest in the community, as we do. Some scientists have suggested that dolphins have a language but it is much more probable that they communicate with each other without needing words. Could any of these mammals be more intelligent than man? Certainly the most common argument in favor of man's superiority over them that we can kill them more easily than they can kill us is the least satisfactory. On the contrary, the more we discover about these remarkable creatures, the less we appear superior when we destroy them.

It is clear from the passage that dolphins ----.

• don't want to be with us as much as we want to be with them

• are proven to be less intelligent than once thought

• have a reputation for being friendly to humans

• are the most powerful creatures that live in the oceans

• are capable of learning a language and communicating with humans