Planning Findings of the First Cycle

could help them to share the ideas in comprehending of descriptive text and analyzing schematic structures of descriptive text. Besides, there are some students didn’t focus in teaching learning process and some of them just passive during the lesson, so they still confuse about the material and didn’t do the exercise well. From the reflecting phase above, the teacher and the writer must have more efforts to develop students’ reading comprehension of descriptive text by using Contextual Teaching and Learning method. It was needed to improve again in the next cycle. This effort was done in the next lesson plan of cycle 2.

3. Findings of Cycle II

a. Planning

The planning phase of second cycle was implemented into a lesson plan. In this phase, the writer modified the lesson planning based on the result of reflecting phase in the cycle 1. The lesson plan which was used still Contextual Teaching and Learning method in learning schematic structure and linguistic feature of descriptive text. In this planning, the writer focused in give re-explaining and some exercises about schematic structure and linguistic features of descriptive text. It was caused to ensure the students’ reading comprehension concerning those aspects. Besides, the writer also prepared unstructured observation sheet to make note the classroom activity during teaching learning process in acting of cycle 2 and she also prepared the posttest 2.

b. Acting

The action of the cycle two was done on September 21 st and 23 rd 2010. After reviewing the previous lesson, the teacher got students to read the text and gave them some minutes to identify and to look up the unfamiliar words of the text by using their dictionary. And then, the students determined the schematic structures of the text by themselves. Afterwards, the teacher asked students some questions related to the text. Then, the students were divided into five groups and asked to arrange jumble paragraph into a good passage. And then, students are asked to find the schematic and linguistic features of descriptive text. After that, the teacher asked to the leader of each group to present their answer. Then, discuss it together in the class. Next the teacher concludes about the material and activity in this meeting.

c. Observing

In this phase, the observer makes notice about the situation in the classroom, she was found more increase situation than cycle before. The students more active, they usual to ask the material which they think its unclear explanation, they like to do exercise cooperatively, and they have more attention to the teacher’s explanation. In the second action of cycle two, the teacher was held on posttest 2 regarding students’ reading comprehension of descriptive text. Based on the result of the posttest 2, the mean score of the class in reading test gained 71.95 in which there were 17 students who passed the Minimum Mastery Criterion – Kriteria Ketuntasan Minimal KKM is 70.

d. Reflecting

In this phase, the teacher and the writer have evaluation of acting or action in cycle two. They have conclusion that the students more understand about the materials; especially in schematic structure and linguistic feature of descriptive text than the acting in cycle one. Then, the students have more understood to answer the question about those materials. Besides, the writer and teacher have satisfied of students’ reading comprehension of descriptive text by using Contextual Teaching

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