narrative story: characters, the event background, problems, efforts, final solution.
b. CIRC to teach reading
CIRC is a specific method in cooperative learning to teach reading, especially to young children and teenage students. Here are
the main components of CIRC to teach reading based on Slavin 2005: 207-209:
1. Fundamental activities Students use well a basic text or a novel. The story or text is
introduced and discussed in the reading groups directed by the teacher that spend around 20 minutes every day. In these groups,
the teacher decides the purpose of reading , introduces new unknown vocabulary items, repeats known vocabulary items,
discusses the story after students finish on reading it, and etc. After the discussion, the students are given story package
and do these following activities: a.
Reading in pairs Students read a text in silence and then take turn read
aloud the text in pairs, in rotation for each paragraphs. The listener correct each mistakes made by the reader. The teacher
assesses the students’ work through walking around and listening to students when they read each other.
b. Writing the story and its grammar
Students are given questions related to each story that stress on its grammar-the structure used in all narrative text.
c. Spelling words loudly
Students are given a list of new or difficult words in the text; they have to learn to read the words correctly.
d. Word meaning
Students are given a list of new words in the text then they are asked to look at the meaning of words in the
dictionary, write the definition easily. e.
Retell the story After reading and discussing the text with their friends, they
are asked to summarize the main points of the text. f.
Spelling Students always test their ability in spelling every meeting.
They help each other with their friends. g.
Examination by the partner If students have finished doing those activities, their
partners give a form showed that they have finished the work and fulfilled the criteria of the reading task.
h. Test
Finally, students are given a comprehension test.
2. Direct teaching of reading comprehension Once a week, students receive direct teaching about reading
comprehension ability especially in these following terms: Identify main idea
Understand a simple cohesive Making an inference
After finishing the lesson, students comprehend text as a team or group. They will discuss and assess each other about their progress in
comprehending text. Slavin 2005: 205 also states the other main components of CIRC:
1. Reading Groups Students are divided into several groups with each group consists
of two or three. They are divided like that based on the level of comprehension owned by each student.
2. Team Students are divided to a group of two or three in their reading
groups, and then the couples are divided into a team that consists of couples of two reading groups or level. For example, a team may
consist of two students from the high level group and two others from the low one.
Besides that, there are some activities usually done by students in CIRC:
1. Explain the prediction about how to solve the problems
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