Planning Report of Cycle 1
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Figure 4. Arranging Tables and Chairs into Semicircle
The researcher started the activities of the lesson by implementing the Quantum Learning principles “Everything is on purpose” by asking the students to change the
arrangement of the table into a circle and put some posters containing different motivational sentences on the wall. The researcher was also implementing the
Quantum Learning Design “Enroll” to increase their motivation by asking them to read, understand, and keep in mind the content of those posters. The students seemed
enthusiasm and interested to gain the meaning of each word in the motivational poster.
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Figure 5. Sticking Motivational Posters on the Wall by Involving the Students
All students were involved in this activity although some of them were confused of the reason behind this activity. Therefore, the implementation of Quantum
Learning Design “Everything is on Purpose” required the researcher to tell the the
objective of the activity to the students as shown in the following vignette.
V02 Then the researcher prepared all the media to teach such as a laptop and an LCD
projector. He presented a famous public figure, Christiano Ronaldo, asked the students to look at the picture and initiated the students’ participation by asking what
the students know about the public figure. The students showed their enthusiasm “Tolong kalian tata mejanya menjadi bentuk melingkar biar kalian tidak bosan.
Oiya, sekalian bantu mas nempelin poster poster ini di dinding ya Please change the arrangement of the tables
into a circle so they won’t to get bored. Besides, please help me to stick these posters on the wall
” the researcher said. The students responded it by saying “mang buat apa sih mas kok pake acara
nempel poster segala What is this activity for? ?” “Biar kalian termotivasi dan
jadi semangat untuk belajar khususnya belajar bahasa Inggrisnya It is for motivating you so you will get more spirit in learning English
” answered the researcher.