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their friends’ work when they answered questions in the worksheet. The researcher found that some students left the worksheet without any answers.
In the next cycle, the researcher made the text simpler. One class only comprehended one descriptive text. They had to comprehend each text by
translating the text. It would make them understand the text. Besides, the researcher provided difficult vocabularies in each text in order to make the
students check the meaning of the words in the dictionaries.
2. Cycle 2
The second cycle was conducted on Monday, March 18, 2013. It was the second meeting. This cycle consisted of four stages: planning, acting, observing,
and reflecting. It was conducted in one meeting. The researcher implemented the jigsaw technique for class VII.10. There were 30 students in the class: 16 girls and
14 boys.
a. Planning of Cycle 2
The researcher decided to make a new cycle. It was because some problems occurred in cycle 1 and it was for maximizing the improvement of
students’ participation. The researcher wanted to solve the previous problems about the material, time management, and classroom condition.
The researcher divided the planning of the second cycle in two parts. They are teaching material and lesson plan.
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The teacher wanted the researcher to teach describing places. She gave the researcher freedom to make the material. Therefore, the researcher did not take
the material from the text book. She browsed the material in the internet. It was a descriptive text titled “The National Park Bunaken”. It was chosen because the
researcher wanted the students recognize the beauty of Indonesia. The researcher wanted the students know a good place outside Java. The teacher had already
agreed to use it. Then, the researcher made a handout about a describing place text. The text was divided into five paragraphs. The researcher also made a
worksheet as the students’ comprehension. The comprehension question consisted of five questions. It was
about the text titled “Bunaken National Marine Park”. The researcher also provided the difficult vocabularies in each text.
2 Lesson Plan of Cycle 2 The activity in this second cycle was almost similar to the activity in the
cycle one. The material which only consisted of one descriptive text made the difference to the cycle one. The researcher grouped the students twice. In the first
group, the students were divided into six groups A-B-C-D-E-F. Each group consisted of six members. This group was called home group. The students were
given a text titled “Bunaken National Marine Park” which had already divided into five paragraphs. They had to read their text loudly. Then, the students moved
to the expert group which had the same paragraph of the text. They had a responsibility to comprehend one paragraph in each group by translating the text.
After that, the students returned to their home gro up to retell the content of text
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question about “Bunaken National Marine Park” in the home group.
b. Acting for Cycle 2
