87 generic structure of the story. The teacher moved around to the students and
checked the students’ writing. Then, some of the students presented the story in front of the class. Then, the teacher asked the students to fill questionnaires and
after that the teacher closed the lesson.
4.3.3 Observation
The observation of the second cycle was conducted at the same time of the action. Same as the first cycle, the researcher employed two observers in the
observation. They sat at the back row of the class and used observation checklist to observe the students during the teaching learning activity. Their job was giving
thick √ to represent the evaluation on the students’ activities on the observation sheet see appendix 12 on page 166. First, the observers
observed the students’ interest toward the lesson. The
activities which represented students’ interest were students entered the classroom on time, students were ready for the lesson,
students had the background knowledge of the material, and students gave responses when the teacher asked the questions. Besides, the observers evaluated
the students’ effort. The activities such as students completed the sentence
together based on the story which shown on the slide, and students sat in the group and arranged the picture series
entitled “The Lion and the Mouse” and “The Hare and the tortoise
”. Another element that the observers observed was students’ persistence. The activities which represented the students’ persistence were each
of group wrote the narrative story based on the pictures series that they had arranged, the students work in group from the beginning until the end, until their
own group finished making a narrative story, the students presented the story in
88 front of the class, and the students revised their writing. The last element that the
observers had to observe was how the use of pictures series implemented in the class. The observers evaluated the picture such as the colors, size, and also the
story in the pictures.
In addition, the observers observed the teacher ’s activities. There were
some elements in observing teacher ’s activities. They were teacher’s behavior at
the beginning of the class such as greeting the students, checking the students’ readiness, giving clear instruction. Besides, the observers also evaluated on the
teaching activities during the learning process. It was shown when the teacher moving around to each group, checking the pictures arrangement, and giving
feedback to the students. The result of the observation was described on the observation analysis.
4.3.1 Observation Analysis
After conducting observation, the researcher analyzed the result of the observation see appendix 12 on page 166. Firstly, the researcher analyzed the
result of the students’ interest. The result from the two observers showed that in
the beginning of the lesson the students entered the class on time. For the second statement showed that the students were ready for the lesson. In the previous
cycle, when the teacher began the lesson but the students were not ready for the lesson, in this case, there was improvement from the previous cycle. The result for
the next statement showed that the students had background knowledge of the narrative material. The last statement, the resulted showed that students gave
respond when the teacher asked questions. In conclusion, from the four statements
