– 19.50 high achievement The Implementation of Picture Series in the Cycle 1

86 improvements. Therefore, the researcher planned to revise and modify what had been done in cycle one. Since the fact that the activity, particularly in the group activity, and also the technique in presenting the picture series were not really appropriate in cycle one, the researcher planned to modify them in order to optimize their improvement in the writing skills. As stated in chapter two, in the text-based approach, one of the stages is joint construction of the text Feez Joyce, 2002 in which students need to experience their own contribution in composing the narrative text. The researcher as the teacher has to reduce her contribution in giving the guidance. This stage should be strengthened before they run to the next stage, independent construction of the text. Joint construction of the text helps students to start their very first writing before they write independently. Therefore, the researcher planned to strengthen this stage by modifying the activity. Based on the questionnaire results, the applying activities in the form of group work was already good. It can be seen from the result of item 2 that 14 53.85 students agreed and 5 19.23 students strongly agreed that working in the group helped them in composing the text. Meanwhile, based on the field notes done by the observers and the researcher‟s observation, story chain as the pre-writing activity in the group activity did not really work. Therefore, the researcher changed the activity become arranging the jumbled paragraphs of the narrative texts. The students were also asked to fill the blank words of the paragraphs. Besides, the number of students for each group also affected the effectiveness of the group 87 activity. Therefore, the researcher made the groups which consist of 4 or 5 students in cycle one into pairs in cycle two. As clarified in chapter two, the techniques used in teaching affect to the learner‟s understanding of the process. Also, the use of technique in teaching should be potential to enhance and enrich the learning process Dhand, 2008. According to the theory, the technique which was employed by the teacher should help the students to enhance and enrich their understanding of the topic. Based on the fact, the researcher found that the way of presenting the picture series by attaching them on the white board was not really effective for the students. Therefore, the researcher planned to distribute the picture series directly to the students. It was aimed to optimize the usage of the picture series to help the students in composing the narrative texts.

2. The Implementation of Picture Series in the Cycle 2

In cycle two, the topic was similar to cycle one. It was about composing narrative text. The differences were the group activity and the way of presenting the picture series to the students. The researcher still employed the picture series as a technique to improve students‟ writing skills. The second cycle of implementing picture series was conducted in one meeting: Tuesday, May 13 th , 2014. This meeting was conducted in eighty minutes. There were 26 students who joined in the class. The researcher employed the same steps as the first cycle namely planning, action, observation, and reflection.