1 Materials should be learning-centered rather than teaching centered.
2 Materials should be creative.
3 Materials should be interesting.
4 Materials should be task-based.
5 Materials should be practical.
The designed instructional materials, which use mind mapping, require the students’ active involvement in the writing process. It includes some purposeful
activities and tasks. In this study, the writer concerns the characteristic of good materials in
three points. They are materials should be creative, interesting and practical. She applies those three characteristics because she believes that the eighth students of
SMPN 1 Kalikotes Klaten need them. The materials are going to help the students to have more understanding in writing English.
f. Pre-writing and Post-writing Activities
Pre-writing serves as the initial stage. Everything that precedes a particular writing experience can be thought of as the pre-writing stimuli Tiedt, 1989: 11.
The activities should be designed to extend students’ thinking. The post-writing activities are anything that follows the students’ writing –
sharing, editing, or publishing. Post-writing includes evaluation of the writing. Any these activities may be done individually, in pairs, in small groups, in the
large group, or in teacher-student conferences Tiedt, 1989: 11
In this study, the writer applies those activities to help the students in making a good paragraph. She gives an interesting topic for the students to get a
full attention from the students so that they will follow the class activity well. After the students finish making a paragraph, they will have a small group
discussion to evaluate their works together and then revise it by themselves.
4. The School Based Curriculum for the Junior High School
School Based Curriculum Guideline explains that KTSP, stands for Kurikulum Tingkat Satuan Pendidikan
. It has been applied in Indonesian school since academic year 20062007. Each group unit of education and school
committee develop this curriculum. A deep analysis on students’ condition and needs in the present and future time shows a need of curriculum which can make
the student independent, smart, critical, logical, and creative. The School Based Curriculum SBC is an operational curriculum arranged and implemented by
every school. There are some terms, which are often used in the SBC and therefore need
to be clarified. The terms are: a.
Competence standard: Competency standard is an ability, which is mastered and implemented by the students in a subject after the learning process is
carried out Nurgiyantoro, 2003: 3. b.
Basic competence: Basic competence is minimum ability mastered by the students Nurgiyantoro, 2003: 4.
