For improving the students’ knowledge, the school provides a library including materials related to the lesson until soft skill book. It is also completed with three
computers, many children’s work and many educative instruments. Besides, for developing the students’ talent in music, the school also provides many drum band
instruments. However, the students only can play them at a certain time. The facility that is no less important is lavatory. Totally, the school has four
lavatories. Two lavatories are for students, one lavatory is for men and another is for woman.
B. Job training activity
1. Class observation
At this time, the writer observed the English teacher’s way of teaching in the class before doing real teaching practice. The observation started from 18
th
to 20
th
January 2010. The English teacher was teaching while the writer was sitting to observe the activities in the class. The writer observed not only how the teacher
taught but also how she managed the class. Besides, the writer observed the facilities in the class too. Paying attention and taking a note were the only activities done by
the writer during the class observation. There was only one English teacher in the school. She was not a permanent
teacher. She handled English subject from the first grade until the sixth grade.
At the beginning, the writer made an agreement with the English teacher about what grade the writer would teach in. Finally, the writer was given chance to teach
third until fifth grade students of the school. However, the writer decided to take the fifth grade as her focus in doing the apprentice.
From three-day observation, the writer started to recognize the characteristics of each grade. Third grade students were the most crowded one. They were still likely
to play around and make some noise. It was a big challenge for the writer to manage the class conductively. The fourth grade was divided into two classes, four A and four
B. The fourth grade students were calmer down than third grade. They were more easily managed. The most noticed class was fifth grade. They had high motivation to
study English. The activities in the class were greeting, reviewing last material, correcting
homework if any, presentation and closing. The tea cher’s voice was loud but the
students’ voice was louder so the teacher often hit a table or board to attract the attention from the students. The instruments used in teaching were black board, chalk
and handbook. After three-day observation, the teacher suggested the writer to directly handle
the class for next meeting. However, there were still guidances from the teacher.
2. Lesson plan making
