1 Planning The researcher started to make plans after knowing the problem. The researcher
looked for an appropriate strategy that could overcome the problem. The researcher prepares the syllabus, the texts, media that will be used, students‟ worksheets,
observation checklists, and rubrics. The researcher considered the objects‟ strengths and weaknesses so that the strategy could overcome the problem happened.
2 Acting In this step, the researcher applied the strategy in order to overcome the problem
which happened. 3 Observing
The researcher observe the situation of the environment and tried to analyze the data. The researcher analyzed the data by doing analysis which was appropriate.
4 Reflecting On this phase, the researcher reflects and evaluates the action that has been
explored.
B. The Setting and Subject of the Research
This study was conducted at MAN II Yogyakarta which is located at KH. Ahmad Dahlan street, no. 130. The subjects of the research were the eleventh grade students
of social class 2 of MAN Yogyakarta II in the academic year of 20122013. The school provides many facilities to support the teaching and learning process. It has a
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There were thirty six students in the class. There were 28 girls and 8 boys. Some students had difficulty in understanding grammar and writing narrative text
using simple past tense. As mentioned in the research objective, the researcher intended to improve the eleventh grade students‟ grammar accuracy of simple past
tense in narrative writing. Besides, the researcher asked two persons as observers to help the researcher in observing the research in the classroom.
C. Instruments of Data Collection
The instruments of this research are presented as the following. 1. Observation checklists
Observation checklists gave the information about the effectiveness of using picture series to teach writing recount texts. The English teacher checked some
aspects in teaching and learning process such as the lesson plan, the tasks, the materials and the media by putting a tick to statements in the observation checklists.
2. Interview guidelines The interview guidelines were used to guide the researcher to get responses
from the teacher and the students on the use feedback when she conducted interviews. In this research, the researcher interviewed the students and the English teacher
before, during and after implementing the actions to see their improvements on writing.
