Summary of Cycle 1 Report of Cycle 1

students reviewed the picture word chart by reading and checking the spelling of the words. 2. MOT Modeling of the Text The plans focused on giving the students more explanation about the language features of narrative texts in order to give the students more details about this text. It was done by implementing the activities in PWIM. They are: a Classifying Words. In Cycle 2, the students were not only required to identify whether it was noun, verb, adjective, or adverb, but also to apply it into their writing. The researcher planned to give an exercise in which the students apply their knowledge about word classes. The exercise required the students to describe some characters in fairy tales. b Giving Exercises about the Use of Past-tense form The researcher and collaborators planned to give some exercises about the use of past tense in a narrative text so that they were able to apply the knowledge that they got. They were asked to change the verb in present into past tense form. 3. JCOT Joint Construction of the Text a Generating Sentences and Paragraphs The researcher planned to give tasks for the students to re-arrange jumble sentences. Those sentences should be arranged in a good form of narrative text. To fulfill the time allocation, she prepared short jumble sentences of a narrative text. b Reading and Reviewing Sentences and Paragraphs The students were given time to check and correct their own writing before they submitted it to the researcher. 2 Fourth meeting In the fourth meeting, the plans focused on how students wrote sentences into a good narrative text through the use of PWIM in ICOT stage Independent Construction of the Text. The researcher also would pay attention to the time allocation. Moreover, she followed the steps of writing process as explained in the following discussion. a Planning • Selecting Pictures The researcher selected and prepared picture word charts entitled “Malin Kundang”. • Identifying and Labeling Items The students were asked to identify and label items of the pictures in their worksheet. b Drafting • Adding Words The researcher planned to encourage the students to add words in their picture word chart. They were allowed to use English dictionary for translating words.