adding in the action verbs and to be „is, am, are‟ when answering the questions and making their own texts and they were confused in using
possessive pronoun “him, her” with subject „he, she „ and object „him, her‟ .
To reduce these grammatical mistakes, the drilling grammar actions especially the simple present tense and sentence patterns were
done. There were some tasks in the form of cloze test were provided. The task required the students to choose the correct verbs and to use correct concord agreement. In pairs,
students helped their friends finding the correct choices provided and using various learning aids such as dictionary and their note. Students stated that the task had
developed their grammar accuracy while writing.
c. Maximizing the pair and group work
Pair work activities were used in drilling grammar activity. Students helped their pairs to finish the task. They used pair discussion actively on sharing ideas before
presenting their result discussion in front of the class.
R : “Do you find difficulties in writing using the photographs?
“
Ada kesulitan gak pas nulis pake foto
S14 :
” …Tenses sir, sometimes I forget it. Fortunately, there were some extra tenses task before individually writing so I can check whether the grammar used in
my writing is correct or incorrect
“ …..tenses itu pak sok kadang inget kadang
enggak. Untungnya ada beberapa latihan tenses sebelum nulis sendiri jadi saya bisa ngecek apakah tulisan yang saya buat sudah bener apa belum tenses nya .
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…Then, in pairs they got activities in completing the correct present tense and pronoun used. They discussed it with their pairs and presented confidently their
result in front of the class. I checked the answer again with them and they revised
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Then, students were mixed in group work. The group work session should include the female and male students. At first, students needed adaptation to this group
technique. Later, they could share their ideas by using different perspective. The group work was used in game and group writing activity. Each group got the photographs and
some clues to be described. In game activity session, they helped their friends to examine the photographs and to find some correct adjectives and nouns words by using
various learning media such as dictionary. Then, in group writing activity, they should make their group writing product
out of the class. In making group writing product, students could prepare their own group writing independently. They helped each other to observe the given photographs
and clues as the ideas then to start their writing, after that to submit their group product. The collected group writing products were distributed to other group. The groups had
the job to make some correction related other group writing product. Students could give some feedback related to some aspects in grammar and writing mechanism for
correcting their friends group writing product. …”Now, I want you at home try to make their descriptive based on what photographs
that you got. Try to list some adjectives and nouns firs
t.
”
Tugas kalian di rumah secara berkelompok buat texts deskriptif berdasarkan foto yang yang saya beri. Sebelum
menulis temukan beberapa kata sifat dan benda yang kalian temukan dari foto tersebut
Ss were asked to make their group writing descriptive texts at home…. FN . 13 27
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d. Giving Rewards to the Active Students
The direct mark as the students‟ praise was given in the cycle to assess
students‟ participation in sharing their pair discussion results. In cycle II, students were active to volunteer themselves in participating for some activities and were not patient
to have turns to share their ideas in front of the class. They become more confident and responsive to express themselves.
Then, some prizes that were prepared made the students‟ motivation increase to
join the game activity. They wanted to get the prize so they gave motivation each other when doing the game.
…Then, I shared the group writing product to the other group. The groups were asked to correct their friends‟ product including the adjectives, nouns, and the punctuation. After
that, they should share their result correction to the class. Ss started to correct and shared their result.
“Her nose is pointed not flat”,
lihat fotonya
. “See the photograph “ The
other group showed and corrected their friends‟ descriptive texts. “Capitalization”,
pake huruf besar di awal kalimat nih
. “ replied another group gave feedback…. FN. 14 31
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..“Today we will do the matching games, brings your dictionary There is a prize for the winner
who successfully did it “I gave the information to the students. I shared the worksheet and made students in group to match some photographs and adjectives
choices provided. These photographs were placed in some tables then one by one students group should match and see the photographs. I explained that one photograph
would just represent one adjective so Ss should see the photograph carefully. They tried to match many correct adjectives and nouns provided and photographs as
they wanted to be the best group and won the game
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