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3 Using Pictures and Handouts
Since the pictures and the handout were effective to them. It helped them also to learn, so those media still used in Cycle II. There were corrections of the
media that would make them more useful such as made the clearer and bigger size so they could read it clearly. The media would be used effectively and efficiently.
4 Giving Rewards to the Students
Giving rewards were necessary to students. It could motivate them to be more active in the class. Giving additional point or compliments would encourage
them to do the best.
2. Action and Observation in Cycle II
The actions were carried out two times i.e. on September 9
th
2014 and September 12
th
2014. The schedule of the Cycle II can be seen in the table below:
Meeting Day and Date Time
Material
3 Friday,
September 5
th
, 2014 2 × 40 minutes
7.40 a.m. – 8.20 a.m.
The Blue Whale, Komodo Dragon
4 Tuesday,
September 9
th
, 2014 2 × 40 minutes
9.40 a.m. – 10.40 a.m.
Flood
Table 2: the schedule of the cycle II
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It focused on recognizing text organization in keeping the students in proper m
ood and prompting the students’ awareness by giving tips. The complete description of the implementation in the second cycle was presented as in the
following.
a. Meeting 3
The third meeting was held on Friday, September 5
th
, 2014 at 07.40 a.m-8.20 a.m.. The action plans were still similar but in this meeting, the researcher blended
the implementation of recognizing text organization to make the learning activities more varied. In addition, the students stated that they wanted a different
activity. The researcher started the lesson by building the students background
knowledge through a picture of a blue whale. They stated what came on their mind while looking at the blue whale.
The example of pictures can be seen in figure 4 The researcher asked the students to work in pairs. Then, she distributed
the worksheet which consisted of two tasks. In the first task, students were asked
