The Description of Students’ Perceptions Based on the Observation

41 individual needs. Alman et al. 1985, p. 90 explain that self concept is important because students’ mental pictures of themselves determine most of what we perceive and do. It meant that the students were able to write when they were given the sample of texts models that were relevant to the topic. The text models should relate the topic to the everyday experiences and backgrounds of the students because they would understand the topic easier. e. The students considered that the use of text modelling encouraged them to write a better composition. As stated on the statement number nine, sixteen students or 80 students stated that the use of text modelling encouraged them to write a better composition. Feez and Helen 2002, p. 29 say that in the text modelling stage, the teacher gives information about the concept and types of the literary text. This activity was the students explored the structural pattern and generic structure of the recount text. Gerot and Wignell 1995, p. 194 and Mukarto, et al. 2007, p. 203 stated that the generic structure of recount with funny ending text is orientation, series of events, and re-orientation consists of humorous activity or situation. For example, the teacher asked the students to read the recount with funny ending text and explored the generic structure of the text. Since the students were taught the text modelling in detail, the students were able to do the exercises and moreover, easy to write a recount composition well.

B. Class Procedure of the Use of Text Modelling in Teaching Writing

The researcher presents the class procedure of the use of text modelling in 42 teaching writing to the eighth grade students of SMP BPK Penabur Indramayu based on the observations and the interview. The researcher also attached the teacher’s materials of writing to know the class procedure of the use of text modelling in teaching writing to the eighth grade students of SMP BPK Penabur Indramayu was good implemented. From the observations, the researcher concluded there was the class procedure of the use of text modelling in teaching writing to the eighth grade students of SMP BPK Penabur Indramayu, as follows:

1. In writing class, the teacher gave a recount with funny ending.

The teacher gave the recount with funny ending and the title was “None of Your Business” see Appendix G.

2. The teacher explained the field, tenor, and mode of the recount.

The teacher taught that the text modelling was one of the stages which the teacher presented exercises which asked students to identify particular information in the text and presented exercises which directed students to the understanding of features and text structures and also asked students to identify language elements conjunctions, substitutions, etc

3. The students read the recount with funny ending.

4. The teacher explained the purpose and generic structure of the recount text.

The purpose of the recount with funny ending was used to retell events or experiences for the purpose of informing and mainly to entertain the audience readers. And, the generic structure of the text is orientation, series of events, and re-orientation with funny ending.