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b. Acting
The action of the second cycle was done on February 2
nd
, 4
th,
and 7
th
2011. The action was done based on the lesson plan. In the first meeting, the writer gave the students a model of a narrative text and provided with the
picture sequence which added by some key words to stimulate and help students to describe the event. The student asked to write a description of a
picture or part of the story in the Expert group and asked each student to present and share her or his part of the story to the home group.
In the second meeting, the students were asked to make the first draft the complete story individually and asked them to revise their draft
on content and organization using the revising guide by peer correction. In
the third meeting, the students were asked to edit their writing in terms of grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation using editing guide.
c. Observing
As in the first cycle, the observer observed the students’ participation in the process of writing in pre, whilst and post writing
activities through observation checklist see Table 4.2. In the first meeting, there were 86.0 students who participated
actively in discussing the events in the picture sequence. There were 89.0 students involved enthusiastically in writing and revising their first draft,
while in the third meeting, there were 92.8 students who participated actively in editing and completing their final draft. So, the result of
observation checklist in the first cycle was 89.3 of the students were involved in writing class activity. This was assessed by adding the
percentage of the students’ participation in the three meetings divided by 3
See Appendix 9b. From the students’ participation, it showed that the
students were motivated in the teaching and learning of writing. It indicated that the second criteria of success had been achieved.
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Table 4.3 Students’ Participation Result on the Teaching and Learning in the 2
nd
Cycle
No Categories
First meeting Second meeting
Third meeting Student
Student Student
1 Very Good
25 71.4
27 77.1
30 85.7
2 Good
10 28.6
8 22.9
5 14.3
3 Fair
4 Poor
Total 35
100 35
100 35
100
The calculation of the mean of students’ score in writing posttest 2 gained 77.2. It was derived from:
n xi
X
35 6
. 2700
X
2 .
77
X
Then, the calculation of class percentage about the students who passed the Minimum Mastery Criterion- Kriteria Ketuntasan Minimal
KKM: 100
x N
F
100 35
28 x
. 80
Finally, the calculation of the improvement percentage is gained from the following formula:
P = 100
2
y y
y
100 3
. 56
3 .
56 2
. 77
1 .
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Based on the result of the students’ writing product, there was better improvement of students’ average score from the students’ writing in the
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