1. Planning
Based on the reflection of the actions implemented in Cycle I, I found that there were some aspects in the Cycle I that needed to be improved. Considering the
improvement of writing learning process, I still implemented the same actions in the Cycle II. I decided to implement the same activities and some new actions with a
hope that the teaching and learning process would be more enjoyable and the students‟ writing learning process would significantly improve. The action plans of
Cycle II reveal the following points.
a. Giving Some handouts of the materials
In this Cycle, giving some handouts was still used to help the students to learn since its success in Cycle I. It would consist of the materials explanations and
tasks. I planned to keep providing them until the last meeting. Like the handouts in the Cycle I, I would give them to all students. The
sources of the handouts which were about a short letter containing the expressions of asking for a permission, giving invitation, giving prohibition, and giving instruction
would be adapted and adopted from some internet websites and another main course book like an English book entitled Interactive English . To enrich the materials and
tasks, I would develop the materials by myself too. The difficulty level of the materials and the tasks in the handouts would be
considered from the development and the characteristic of VIII E students during the teaching and learning activity in the Cycle I.
b. Applying a group quiz
By considering from the reflection of Cycle I, I would still used a group quiz as the activity to activate rivalry atmosphere in the classroom. The implementation of
applying a group quiz was as same as what I had done in the previous cycle. The difference action was forming new groups in order to make a new atmosphere in the
teaching and learning activity I would choose the members of a new group by considering their
participations and performances during the group activity in the previous cycle. I would mix the members of the group and would not make all passive students in one
group. At least, there was one active student in one group who would lead hisher friends to compete with other groups.
A quiz would be implemented to the groups every once a week and the quiz scores would be announced before we ended the English class every meeting. I
would also motivate them to join the quiz with high spirit during the implementation of the teaching and learning. The questions of the quiz would be around the tasks that
I would give in the handouts. By doing them, the students would never give up and always try to show their best abilities.
In addition, I would give the students some rules before the implementation of a group quiz. I did not want the students did other subject homework like in the
previous cycle, so one of the rules was the students were prohibited to have their own business. They had to join the activities from the first to the last.
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