This paper aims to uncover semantics meaning found in the literary work in the English handbook of high school using a semantic approach. This study applied a descriptive qualitative method. The data in this study were phrases, sentences, and clauses that allegedly contain implicit and explicit meanings. The literary work analyzed were taken from three (3) handbooks for high school student. The results of the study showed the discovery of various types of semantic meanings in literary works found in the English handbook as teaching materials. The types of semantics meaning found in the English Handbook for high school were literal and non-literal meaning. These meanings did not appear together in one literary work, but it is spread in the literary works found in the English handbooks.

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan kepraktisan dan keefektifan perangkat pembelajaran IPA SMP yang dikembangkan berorientasi pembelajaran inkuiri terbimbing berbantuan strategi concept mapping untuk meningkatkan penguasaan konsep pada materi kalor di siswa SMP. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif dengan rancangan uji coba one group pretest-posttest. Perangkat pembelajaran yang diimplementasikan dalam penelitian ini meliputi Rencana Pelaksanaan Pembelajaran (RPP), Lembar Kerja Siswa (LKS), Buku Siswa, dan Lembar Penilaian (LP). Subyek penelitian adalah 10 siswa kelas VII SMP Negeri 19 Surabaya. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa (1) kepraktisan perangkat pembelajaran yang ditinjau dari keterlaksanaan pembelajaran berkategori baik, aktivitas siswa paling dominan adalah proses memecahkan masalah, serta respons siswa terhadap pembelajaran dinyatakan positif dan (2) keefektifan perangkat pembelajaran yang ditinjau dari ketuntasan hasil belajar produk, proses, dan psikomotor berkategori tuntas, perilaku berkarakter dan keterampilan sosial berkategori baik. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian tersebut dapat disimpulkan bahwa perangkat pembelajaran IPA SMP yang digunakan praktis, dan efektif) untuk meningkatkan penguasaan konsep siswa SMP pada materi kalor.The Effectiveness of Learning Tools with Guided Inquiry Model Assisted by Concept Map Strategies to Improve Concept MasteryAbstractThis study aims to describe the practicality and effectiveness of the Junior High School natural learning learning tools that are developed oriented towards guided inquiry learning assisted with concept mapping strategies to improve the mastery of concepts in heat material in junior high school students. This research is a descriptive study with a one group pretest-posttest trial design. The learning tools implemented in this study include the Learning Implementation Plan (RPP), Student Worksheets (LKS), Student Books, and Assessment Sheets (LP). The research subjects were 10 grade VII students of SMP Negeri 19 Surabaya. The results showed that (1) the practicality of learning devices in terms of good learning implementation, the most dominant student activity was the process of solving problems, and students' responses to learning were positive and (2) the effectiveness of learning devices in terms of completeness of learning outcomes of products, processes , and psychomotor categorized as complete, characterized by good behavior and social skills. Based on the results of these studies it can be concluded that the science learning tools of junior high school that are used practically, and effectively) to improve the mastery of the concept of junior high school students on heat material.

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui efektifitas fabel sebagai bahan ajar terutama dalam pembelajaran Bahasa Inggris yang terdapat fabel. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Sumber data penelitian ini adalah fabel. Data dalam penelitian ini dapat berupa frasa, baik itu frasa kata benda ataupun kata kerja, klausa serta kalimat yang ditemukan dalam fabel. Teknik pengumpulan dan analisis data yang digunakan adalah teknik analisis teks. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa nilai pendidikan karakter yang banyak muncul dalam fabel, diantaranya; nilai religious, kejujuran, kreatif, bersahabat/ komunikatif, kerja keras, ingin tahu, dan toleransi. Selain itu, efektifitas penggunaan fabel sebagai media pembelajaran mahasiswa menunjukkan hasil yang signifikan dan berada pada skala 77%.

Penelitian ini bertitik tolak adanya kesenjangan antara harapan pembelajaran dan hasil belajar fisika SMP, oleh sebab itu perlu diupayakan peningkatan mutu proses belajar mengajar melalui pengembangan perangkat pembelajaran yang sesuai dengan hakikat IPA dan standar kompetensi lulusan SMP. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan kevalidan dan kepraktisan perangkat pembelajaran IPA terpadu berbasis software adobe flash CS6 pada materi energi dan makanan. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif evaluatif yang menghasilkan media pembelajaran IPA terpadu yang valid dan praktis untuk siswa SMP. Media pembelajaran yang dihasilkan divalidasi oleh 2 ahli pembelajaran dan 3 ahli media menggunakan lembar validasi. Kepraktisan produk ditentukan berdasarkan respon 2 guru dan 20 siswa terhadap media pembelajaran yang dikumpulkan menggunakan angket respon. Data hasil penelitian dianalisis secara deskriptif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan media pembelajaaran dinyatakan valid, sedangkan respon yang diberikan guru dan siswa menunjukkan respon yang positif terhadap perangkat pembelajaran dan media pembelajaran yang dihasilkan. Berdasarkan temuan penelitian tersebut dapat disimpulkan bahwa perangkat pembelajaran IPA berbasis media software adobe flash CS6 yang dikembangkan valid dan praktis digunakan dalam pembelajaran IPA terpadu pada materi energi dan makanan bagi siswa SMP. Validity and Practicality of Integrated Science Learning Tools Based on Adobe Flash Cs6 Software on Energy and Food Themes Abstract This research is based on the existence of a gap between learning expectations and learning outcomes for junior high school physics, therefore it is necessary to improve the quality of the teaching and learning process through the development of learning tools that are in accordance with the nature of science and competency standards for junior high school graduates. This study aims to describe the validity and practicality of integrated science learning tools based on Adobe Flash CS6 software on energy and food materials. This research is an evaluative descriptive research that produces an integrated science learning media that is valid and practical for junior high school students. The resulting learning media was validated by 2 learning experts and 3 media experts using a validation sheet. The practicality of the product is determined based on the responses of 2 teachers and 20 students to the learning media collected using a response questionnaire. The research data were analyzed descriptively. The results showed that the learning media was declared valid, while the responses given by the teacher and students showed a positive response to the learning tools and learning media produced. Based on the research findings, it can be concluded that the adobe flash CS6 software media-based science learning device that was developed is valid and practical to use in integrated science learning on energy and food materials for junior high school students.

Novel as a literary work can be analyzed by using semiotic analysis. This article aims to analyze the meaning of index found in characterizations in the novel the Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas. This article involved the descriptive qualitative method. The results revealed that there are many causal relations between the index and the characterization of the characters found in that novel. It contained 24 characterizations from eight major and five minor characters that had been representative of this article. From this article, it is obtained more information about the identified characterizations found in the novel and its index analysis that showed its causalities relation between the sign and the object (index and characterization) in a more comprehensive meaning. Since semiotics is the study of signs and novel is a literary work, it is recommended to English literature lecturers and students to enrich knowledge of analyzing literary works through semiotic analysis.