OPENING (KOSONG)

1. OPENING (KOSONG)

2. KINDS OF STORY FABLES FAIRY TALES LEGEND FOLKTALES

3. LEGEND A legend is a narrative that people tell as a true story. Sometimes the details are difficult to confirm, but usually the story names people and identifies locations. The person telling the story usually does not claim to be an eyewitness to the events, but heard it from someone who knows someone who heard it from someone who was really there... Legends often contain a moral or a lesson and are told to uphold the values of the community. They often involve supernatural or religious elements.

4. PICTURE The legendary MalinKundang stone at Air Manis beach - Padang (Jan 2008)MalinKundang is a folktale about retribution on an ungrateful son. A sailor from a poor family, the protagonist voyages to seek his fortune, becoming rich and marrying a princess. On his return to his home village, he is ashamed of his humble origins and refuses to recognise his elderly mother. She curses him, and when he sets sail, he and his ship are turned to stone [Wikipedia].

5. TEXT This is a story about MalinKundang. He was a boy from a very poor family, who lived with his mom. His father is a sailor, but he had already died. Malin was a smart boy but a bit naughty. He always chased a chicken and hit it with a broom, until one day he slip of and hurt himself. The wound left a scar on his hand. When Malin grew up, he decided to go to the city, so one day he would become rich by the time he went back to the village. Malin’s mother disagreed with his decision because he is the only one she had, but Malin had already made up his mind. His mother had no other choice but to let her only child go. Malin was traveling by sea, so he came along with one rich merchant. He was hoping to become one of his crew and learned from that merchant. Malin went to anyplace wherever the winds took him. Soon he became a great successful man. Many years have passed since then. Malin has become a rich merchant, because of his hard work and married the most beautiful girl in the world and he had forgotten his mother as well as the village. On the other hand, Malin’s mother was getting older so so much she had always wait for Malin’s return at the harbour everyday until one day there was a merchant who stopped by the village. She knew it was Malin the moment she saw him. What made her so sure is because of the scar on his hand. But Malin denied as his mother because Malin felt ashamed to his wife and the crew, then he was gone. Malin’s mother was really upset then she started to curse him. On his journey Malin’s ship began to shake and soon it it turned into a stone………..until now.

6. GENERIC STRUCTURE Narrative Text Definition of Narrative Narrative is a text focusing specific participants. Its social function is to tell stories or past events and entertain the readers. Generic Structure of Narrative A narrative text consists of the following structure: Orientation: Introducing the participants and informing the time and the place Complication: Describing the rising crises which the participants have to do with Resolution: Showing the way of participant to solve the crises, better or worse Language Features of Narrative Using processes verbs Using temporal conjunction Using Simple Past Tense