In short, the percentage of the students’ participation in the second meeting of the cycle was that 79.48 of the students were active, while 20.51 of the students
were passive. In general, the result of the classroom observation toward the students’
active participation in the cycle is presented in table 4.1.
Table 4.3 The average result of the students’ participation in the cycle
No. Meeting
Percentage Active
Passive
1 Meeting 1
74.35 25.64
2 Meeting 2
79.48 20.51
The Average 76.96
23.07
Based on the table 4.1, the percentage of the students who were active during the teaching and learning process of writing in the cycle was 76.96. That
score had already achieved the successful criterion of this classroom action research. That is at least 70 of the students were active during the teaching and
learning process of writing. It means that, the use of picture series as an instructional medium could improve students’ during the teaching and learning
process of writing. It is based on the preliminary study that the researcher did, the English teacher of the VIII E class said that 51.2 students who were active
during the teaching and learning process writing.
4.1.3 The Result of Writing Test in the Cycle
The writing test was administered in the third meeting, that was on 13
th
of March, 2015. The writing test was administered to measure students’ achievement
in writing after the implementation of the action. The students were asked to write a recount text based on the picture series given. They should write at least 8
sentences in making a recount text covering the generic structure of it. Every student’s writing was scored analytically. Analytical scoring is a
way of scoring based on each aspects of writing. The aspects of writing are grammar, vocabulary, mechanics, organization, and content. In addition, to
conduct the reliability of the test, there are two scorers in scoring students’ writing. They are the researcher as the scorer 1, and the English teacher as the
scorer 2. The score that was used is the total score scored by the researcher and the English teacher and divided by two. The result of the writing test table is
enclosed in Appendix K page 89 Based on the result of the writing test in Appendix K page 89, it was
found that most of the students’weaknesess were in the aspect of grammar and mechanics. The students made many mistakes in the use of irregular verb and tobe
was,were. In addition, the results of the writing showed that the students still found difficulty in the use of mechanics related with spelling, puntuation, and
capitalization.
The precentage of the students’ witing achievement using this following formula: =
× 100 =
29 39
× 100
= 74,35
Based on that data, 29 students 74.35 got score at least 75 or higher, meanwhile 10 students 25.64 got score less than 75 in that writing test. From
that result of the writing test in the cycle 1, it can be interpreted that the result of that writing test had achieved the target as the success criteria of the research. The
target that should be achieved was 70 of the students had to get score at least 75 or higher.
4.1.4 Reflection of the action in the Cycle
