Opening Activities 10 minutes: Meeting II

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b. Main Activities 60 minutes:

Steps Activities Building Knowledge of the Field BKOF 1. The teacher distributes a lead-in task to the students Task 1 of Appendix 2 and has them answer five questions related to the topic of the lesson. Then, the students discuss the answer to the questions together with the teacher 15 minutes. 2. The teacher gives the students a list of words related to the next activity and asks them to find the meanings of each word in the dictionary. The students do the task in pairs Task 2 of Appendix 2 10 minutes. 3. The teacher divides the students into small groups of four or five and distibutes a series of pictures along with some descriptions of the pictures to each group. Then, the groups should match each picture with the appropriate description and answer questions based on the right sequence of the pictures Task 3 of Appendix 2. They will be given a time limit to arrange the picture and discussion with other groups will be held to answer the questions 25 minutes. 4. Based on the previous activities done, the teacher draws conclusions related to the lesson that the students will have in the next meeting, i.e. recount texts. The then teacher explains briefly the purpose and the generic structure of recount texts 10 minutes.

c. Closing Activities 10 minutes:

 The teacher asks about the students’ difficulties during the teaching and learning process.  The teacher summarizes the lesson.  The teacher asks a student to lead a prayer.  The teacher says good bye.

2. Meeting II

a. Opening Activities 10 minutes:

 The teacher greets the students.  The teacher asks a student to lead a prayer.  The teacher checks students’ attendance.  The teacher starts the lesson.  The teacher reviews materials from the previous meeting. b. Main Activities 65 minutes: Steps Activities Modelling of the Text MOT 5. The teacher divides the students into small groups of four or five and asks them to sit based on their own group. Then, the teacher gives the students a list of 294 vocabulary related to the next recount text that they are going to discuss and asks them to match each word with their appropriate definition Task 4 of Appendix 2 10 minutes. 6. The teacher demonstrates the technique of Directed Reading-Thinking Activity to the class. The technique consists of three steps, namely predicting, reading, and confirming. To do that, firstly, the teacher shows the students presentation slides about a recount text entitled “Sixpence Worth of Trouble” Task 5 of Appendix 2 and distributes a Prediction Verification Checklist ”Task 6 of Appendix 2. The text has been divided into some sections. Before reading each one section, the teacher has the groups predict what the section will be about and write down the prediction on the Prediction Verification Checklist. After that, the students read the section and, together with the teacher, decide which predictions are accurate. This activity continues until the class finish reading the whole sections of the text. Finally, the teacher and the class conclude the discussion 25 minutes. 7. As a reinforcement activity, the students then perform another task Task 7 of Appendix 2 related to the text that the students have in Task 5 of Activity 6 15 minutes. 8. The teacher displays other presentation slides Appendix 1. Then, together with the students, the teacher analyzes the language feature of the recount text that they have in activity 6, especially about the simple past tense Task 8 of Appendix 2 15 minutes. c. Closing Activities 5 minutes:  The teacher asks about the students’ difficulties during the teaching and learning process.  The teacher asks a student to lead a prayer.  The teacher says good bye.

3. Meeting III