9 VIII D
30 15
15 10
IX A 30
12 18
11 IX B
33 18
15 12
IX C 31
14 17
13 IX D
30 13
17
Total 400
185 215
B. Description of Treatment
At the beginning of the research, the pretest of experimental class was administered on November 25
th
, 2016 at 7.30 until 09.00. On the other hand, the pretest of control class was in the same day but in different time that was at 9.15 to 10.45. Then, the
researcher did the treatment for both of classes. 1. Description of the first treatment
The treatment was administered from November 25
th
, 2016 until December 2
nd
, 2016. At the first treatment, the researcher greeted to the students, prayed together, checked
the attendant list, and gave motivation to make them interested in teaching learning process. The researcher divided the students into ten groups; each group consisted of
three students. The students were asked to gather with their own groups. In this treatment the researcher gave the explanation about narrative text included the
purpose, rhetorical structure, and language features of the text. The writer gave an example of narrative text about legend with the title “legend of “Pinocchio”. The
writer also explained how to make narrative text by using transition-action-detail TAD strategy.
In the first treatment, the students looked nervous. They looked difficult to understand the material. To make the students understand the material easier, the
writer gave an example of the story of making text by transition-action-detail TAD. The researcher explained the material by using transition-action-detail TAD. Then,
the writer asked the students to make a narrative text by using transition-action-detail TAD with their own group. After that, the writer gave chance to the students to ask
if they had difficulty about the material. Finally, the writer guided the students to make a conclusion about the material.
Finally, the researcher and the students concluded the material has been studied together. The writer asked to the students if they had difficulty in understanding this
lesson. Then, the researcher closed the lesson. 2. Description of the second treatment
At the second treatment, the researcher greeted to the students, prayed together, checked the attendant list, and gave motivation to make them interested in teaching
learning process. Before using transition-action-detail strategy, the researcher reviewed the material.
In the beginning of the treatment the researcher asked the students to gather with their own group. Then the teacher asked about the material in the previous meeting that
was about purpose, rhetorical structure, and language features of the narrative text. The teacher gave an example of narrative text about legend with the title “Lake
Toba”. The researcher asked the students to discuss and identify the purpose, rhetorical structure, and language features of the text with their own groups.
After that, the researcher explained again the procedure of making narrative text by using transition-action-detail TAD strategy. Then, the writer asked the students to
make a narrative text by using transition-action-detail TAD and submit their text. As the last activity of this treatment, the writer gave chance to the students to ask if
they had difficulty about the material and the task. The researcher and the students concluded the material has been studied together. The
writer asked to the students if they had difficulty in understanding this lesson. Then, the researcher closed the lesson.
3. Description of the third treatment At the third treatment, the researcher greeted to the students, prayed together, checked
the attendant list, and gave motivation to make them interested in teaching learning process. Before using transition-action-detail TAD strategy, the writer reviewed the
material. In this treatment the students looked more enthusiastic to follow the learning process.
The researcher asked to the students about the material in the previous meeting and discussed about the students’ task in previous meeting. The students were given an
example of narrative text about legend with the title “Golden Snail”. The writer also