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cardboards, strings and a stick were needed for making The Little Indian Boy picture series. For the supporting tools, the researcher used scissors, glues, cutters,
pencils, rulers, needles, and thread. Furthermore, the steps of producing the media are explained:
a. The Gingerbread Man picture series
1. Printing the illustrations
In this step, the illustrations that had been created were printed on large sheets of paper. Ivory papers were used because they are stiff, thick, and have
shiny surfaces. 2.
Making the cover The cover was made from flannels. The first step of making the cover was
making a house pattern on the flannels and on cardboards. All of the pieces were cut. After that, the cardboard were put between the cut flannels. Then, the flannels
were sewed. Finally, some accessories were glued on the cover. 3.
Making the exercise pages The exercise was a stick and remove picture. The exercise consists of two
pages. Firstly, a house pattern was drawn on the cardboards. Then, the pattern was cut and covered with papers. The next step was sticking pockets and instructions
on the cardboards using glue. The last, Velcro were glued on the back side of the pictures.
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4. Assembling the picture series
The picture series were collected and assembled in the form of a book. The cover, the introduction page, the exercise pages, and the picture series were bound
together using rings.
b. The Little Indian Boy picture series
1. Printing the pictures
The first step of making the product was printing the final design of the picture series. The pictures of where the story took place and the puppet were
printed on ivory papers. 2.
Cutting the scrap frames The picture series were divided into two parts. They were the main pages and
scrap frames. The accessories on the scrap frames were cut. 3.
Making the puppet The printed design of the puppet was cut. Then, the
puppet‟s joints were connected by pins. After that, the puppet faces were stuck side to side using tapes.
The last, a stick was stuck on the back side of the puppet head and a string was tied on the top of the stick and the puppet‟s arms.
4. Assembling the picture series
The scrap frames were stuck on the main pages using tapes. Then, the cut accessories were stick on the scrap frames and left to dry.
5. Assessing The Media
Before the picture series were tried out for teaching listening skills to the students, those were assessed by the English teacher of SD IT Insan Cendekia,
