Building Knowledge of Closing Activities a.

175 Language features • Use of nouns and pronouns to identify people, animals, or things involved. e.g. I, we, my friends, boat, fish, island, etc. • Use of action verbs to refer to events. e.g. depart, see, run, pass, etc. • Use of past tense to locate events in relation to writer’s time. e.g. We departed in the morning from a friend’s house at Ponorogo. • Use of conjunctions and time connectives to sequence the events. e.g. then, after that, finally, etc. • Use of adverbs and adverbial phrases to indicate place and time. e.g. at 9 p.m., at Ponorogo, etc. going fishing usually bring? Etc.”

b. Modelling of the Text

1 The teacher gives an example of recount text of “Going Fishing for the First Time” to the students. 2 The teacher asks the students to read first the recount text of “Going Fishing for the First Time”. 3 The students read the “Going Fishing for the First Time” text. 4 The teacher asks the students to close their eyes and visualize the text while the teacher read the text. The teacher also plays the sound effects related to the situation around river. 5 The teacher gives explanation about the Sekolah Menengah PertamaMad rasah Tsanawiyah Kelas VIII Edisi 4. Jakarta: Pusat Perbukuan Departemen Pendidikan Nasional. Amstrong, Thomas. 2009. Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom Third Edition. Alexandria: ASCD Amstrong, d. Tables of Jigsaw Reading 176 • Use of adjectives to describe nouns. e.g. beautiful, challenging, amazing, etc. recount text in the text of “Going Fishing for the First Time”.

c. Joint Construction of the

Text 1 The teacher divides the students into 8 groups. 2 The teacher asks the students work in group to find the main idea of every paragraph. 3 The students are asked to draw pictures based on the main ideas in the text. 4 After the students finish the idea-sketching activity, several groups show the result of the activity. 5 The teacher divides the class into several groups which include 4 people. Every student in every group has their own numbers from 1 to 4. Thomas. 2003. The Multiple Intelligences of Reading and Writing: Making the Words Come Alive. Alexandria: ASCD.