The teacher asks students to close their eyes.

• Teacher: (Plays audio of a dense forest, flowing water, and frogs/swamp sounds). "Open your ears. You are in Karawang, but there are no malls. No Galuh Mas, no factories. What do you see in your mind?"

• Student: .................................

• Teacher: "Exactly. It was a ................. It was a .................. Let's write that:.................." 

The teacher tells the story in a narrative style (students do not have the text yet).

• Teacher: "Imagine you are a Portuguese sailor on a big ship. You see a land full of water and mud. You shout to your friends: 'Look! A Caravam!' Or maybe you hear locals say 'Karaba-wang'. What does it mean?"

• Student: ....................

• Teacher: "Yes! The ..................... If you lived there, would it be easy to build a house?"

• Student: ....................

The teacher reads the Rengasdengklok section using a whispering, tense voice.

• Teacher: (Whispering) "It was 1945. The night was silent. The youth took Soekarno and Hatta to a small house in Rengasdengklok. They were hiding. The air was thick with tension..."

• Instruction: "Raise your hand if the story sounds scary or exciting!"

• Student: ....................

• Teacher: "Why is it risky? What if they were caught by the invaders?"

• Student: ....................

The teacher says a word, and students must shout the opposite or a related word based on the "sound" of the story they just heard.

• Teacher: "Factories!"  X Student: .........................

• Teacher: "Peaceful swamp!" X Student: .........................

• Teacher: "Swampy Land!" X  Student: .........................