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b. Acting
The action of the second cycle was done on February 2
nd
, 4
th,
and 7
th
2011. The action was done based on the lesson plan. In the first meeting, the writer gave the students a model of a narrative text and provided with the
picture sequence which added by some key words to stimulate and help students to describe the event. The student asked to write a description of a
picture or part of the story in the Expert group and asked each student to present and share her or his part of the story to the home group.
In the second meeting, the students were asked to make the first draft the complete story individually and asked them to revise their draft
on content and organization using the revising guide by peer correction. In
the third meeting, the students were asked to edit their writing in terms of grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation using editing guide.
c. Observing
As in the first cycle, the observer observed the students’ participation in the process of writing in pre, whilst and post writing
activities through observation checklist see Table 4.2. In the first meeting, there were 86.0 students who participated
actively in discussing the events in the picture sequence. There were 89.0 students involved enthusiastically in writing and revising their first draft,
while in the third meeting, there were 92.8 students who participated actively in editing and completing their final draft. So, the result of
observation checklist in the first cycle was 89.3 of the students were involved in writing class activity. This was assessed by adding the
percentage of the students’ participation in the three meetings divided by 3
See Appendix 9b. From the students’ participation, it showed that the
students were motivated in the teaching and learning of writing. It indicated that the second criteria of success had been achieved.
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