20 Ask the students to rewrite their recount text based on the analyzing and
revising worksheet. 21
Before posting their final recount text make sure that the students’ recount text are in written in Time New Roman and the font size was 12.
22 Ask the students to post their final text by using Moodle.
4.2 The Analysis of Pre-test
This pre-test was conducted on April 30
th
2011 as the beginning session of the research. The aim of giving this pre-test is to measure the basic competence of the
students especially in writing recount text. Pre-test was attended by 20 students. This test was conducted by asking the
students to write about their unforgettable holiday with their family in form of recount text spontaneously in a paper.
Some of the students were confused. Then the writer explained that the holiday must not about their recent holiday, it is alright if the students wrote about the
last year ’s holiday. The writer gave 45 minutes intended for the students to finish
their writing. During the writing process, the students were told to work individually. After they finished writing the recount text, the students submitted their paper. See
Appendix 4 t o see the students’ recount text.
The results of those activities can be seen in table below: No
Code Component of Writing
Scoring Score
1 2
3 4
1 A-01
20 20
16 13
69 2
A-02 20
18 18
15 71
3 A-03
20 18
16 13
67 4
A-04 20
16 16
14 66
5 A-05
17 15
15 11
58 6
A-06 20
19 19
14 72
7 A-07
23 20
20 15
78 8
A-08 20
17 17
13 67
9 A-09
24 20
20 16
80 10
A-10 20
18 18
12 68
11 A-11
20 18
18 14
70 12
A-12 20
18 18
13 69
13 A-13
20 17
17 14
68 14
A-14 17
17 17
13 64
15 A-15
18 18
18 14
68 16
A-16 22
20 20
16 78
17 A-17
23 20
18 14
75 18
A-18 17
15 16
11 59
19 A-19
20 17
17 15
69 20
A-20 17
17 14
14 62
21 398
358 348
274 1378
Score Average 19.90
17.90 17.40
13.70 68.90
Table 4.1 The Result of Pre-test
1= Taskcontain appropriateness to what extent the writing reaches the target 2= Rhetoric’s step appropriateness to what extent the writing order takes the
reader into recount 3= Suitable form how far the writing fulfill form arrangement, spelling, neat
4= Language appropriateness how far the language which use appropriate with communication context?
The average score of pre-test = ΣStudents’ Score X 100
Σ Students = 1378 X 100
Σ 20 = 68.90
The students’ achievement average on the pre-test was 68.90 . It was lower than the SMP N 13 Semarang Kriteria Kelulusan Minimal KKM Criteria Mastery
of Learning for English Language lesson, which states that the minimal score for passing this subject is 69. For this reason, the writer conducted the action of
improving students’ performance in writing recount text.
4.3 The Analysis of First Cycle
