1. BRASTHA SETYA RIYANTANTO
2201409085
LTT TUESDAY 207 208

2. This presentation contains:
•What is memo
•Some examples of memo
•Why we write memo
•How to write memo
•Exercises for students

3. LESSON PLAN
School : SMP N 3
Subject : English
Grade/semester : VII/1
Time Allocation : 2 x 40

4. Competence Standard
5. Membaca
• Memahami makna teks fungsional dan
esei pendek sederhana berbentuk
descriptive dan recount yang berkaitan
dengan lingkungan sekitar.
6. Menulis
• Mengungkapkan makna dan teks tulis
fungsional dan esei pendek sederhana
berbentuk descriptive dan recount untuk
berinteraksi dengan lingkungan sekitar.

5. Based Competence
5.1. Merespon makna dalam teks tulis
fungsional pendek sederhana secara
akurat, lancar, dan berterima yang
berkaitan dengan lingkungan sekitar
6.1.Mengungkapkan makna dalam bentuk
teks tulis fungsional pendek sederhana
dengan menggunakan ragam bahasa tulis
secara akurat, lancar, dan berterima untuk
berinteraksi dengan lingkungan sekitar.

6. Learning Objectives
• In the end of meeting at least 80% of the
students are able to:
• Mention five characteristics of memo.
• Mention the reasons why people write
memos.
• Mention the steps to write a memo.
• Draw some information based on a given
memo.
• Write a memo based on the given
situation.

7. HAVE YOU EVER
WRITTEN A MEMO?

8. Activity 1: You will know
What a memo is.
Why we write a memo.
How to write a memo.
Some tips considering
in writing a memo.

9. Activity 2: Example
MEMO
To : Health & Safety Committee
From : Joe Chan, Chairperson, H&S Ctte
Date : 20 May '11
Subject : Room change for next meeting
The meeting on Saturday, 18 June
has been changed to Room 101.

10. Activity 2: Example
MEMO
To : My darling Jane
From : John
Date : 1 April 2011
Subject: Chocolate
I had a great time last night, let's do it again
soon.
Hope you like this chocolate.
Love, John

11. Activity 3: Language Features
Spelling
• m-e-m-o
• m-e-s-s-a-g-e
• f-o-r--m-a-l-
• h-e-l-p
• s-i-t-u-a-t-i-o-n
• u-s-e-f-u-l-
• o-f-f-i-c-e

12. Vocabulary
• Situation
• Problem
• Optional
• Introduction
• Purpose
• Solution
• Action

13. Punctuation:
• Period (.)
• Comma (,)
• Colon (:)
• Parentheses (( ))
• Exclamation point (!)
• Quotation marks (?)

14. So, what is
memo?

15. A memo is
a hard-copy (sent on
paper) document
used for
communicating inside
an organization
it is a way to help
remind about
something

16. Why do we write memos?
Memos are useful in
situations where e-mails or
text messages are not
suitable.
if you are sending an object,
such as a book or a paper that
needs to be signed, through
internal office mail, you can use
a memo as a covering note to
explain what the receiver should

17. How to write a memo
Memos should have the following
sections and content:
A 'To' section containing the
name of the receiver
A 'From' section containing the
name of the sender.
A 'Date' section
A Subject Heading
Signature (This is optional)

18. Sample Memo Format / Template
Memo
• To:
From:
Date:
Subject:
• First Sentence:
Reason for the memo
• Second Sentence - Main Body:
Any Instructions or information
• Closing Sentence
What is required of the reader e.g.
Confirmation, answers or feedback

19. Let’s watch the video !

20. LET’S DO THE EXERCISE!

21. Activity 7: Exercise
Instruction:
• Look at the memo below.
• Answer the questions based on the memo
correctly.
• The memo that is discussed is different for
each group.
• After each group analyzes the memo, your
job is to share your group’s finding of the
memo analysis to other group by joining
and sharing to different group.

22. MEMO
• To : Health & Safety Committee
• From:
Joe Chan, Chairperson, H&S Ctte
• Date: 20 May '11
• Subject : Room change for next meeting
• The meeting on Saturday, 18 June
has been changed to Room 101.

23. Questions:
1. Who is the sender of the memo above?
2. When did the sender write the memo?
3. What subject is the memo about?
4. To whom is the memo?
5. What is the messaged inside the
memo?

24. Activity 8: Practice

25. Activity 9: Practice
Instruction:
• Choose one of the situations below and
make a memo based on the situation that
you choose.

26. Situations:
• You want to ask your younger sister to buy
some medicine because of your illness.
• You need to borrow your friend’s note book
to learn about one of the subjects in your
lecturing.
• You want to ask your friend to meet you soon
because you have to discuss something with
your friend.

27. Happy Working...