b. Acting
The acting of cycle II was done on 5
th
and 12
th
of November 2010. In this phase, the writer conducted the teaching learning activities to get the better result
to improve the students understanding of the Simple Past Tense by using narrative text, while the English teacher observed the teaching learning process, the writer
reviewed the material briefly and then explained new activities and exercises as stated in planning phase above.
In the first meeting, the writer reviewed the last lesson. Then, she gave them a new text The Five Footed Bear, she asked them to read aloud the story
while checked their pronunciation. After that, she asked them to find out the simple past sentences in the text.
In the second meeting, the writer gave the text with different title to the students. She still made the students to do the same activity like in the first
meeting made a summary of the text. After summarizing the passage, the students had to read their summary in front of the class, and then the other
students should ask question orally to herhim based on the text. In the last meeting, the writer asked the students to read the text aloud.
After that she divided the students into six groups each group consist of 6-7 students to discuss the text and determine the main idea and supporting idea in
each paragraph, and then summarize it. After that the writer would ask some students to retell the story with their own words. It gave them more chance to
speak and share their opinion, so they could use the Simple Past Tense both written and spoken.
c. Observing
In this phase, the writer and the English teacher made observation and discussion together. It saw that the s
tudents’ responses in cycle II were well. They were very enthusiast during the class. The students looked master the lesson, they
can understand what did the text talk about, and they did not have difficulty to make a sentence in the Simple Past Tense both used verb or to be, they also can
retell the story well and confidently although sometimes they stuck in some words, but it was a good progress for them.
In the first meeting, the English teacher saw that there was a progress in students’ reading, their reading comprehension pretty good; they could understand
what did the passage talk about and could answer some question well. In the second meeting, the writer and the English teacher realized that the
students’ grammar especially Simple Past Tense, reading, writing, and speaking skills were good enough. They could understand the forms positive, negative, and
interrogative and usage of the Simple Past Tense well. For example, usually before the lesson started, the writer always asked them “what did you do last
n ight?”, and in this meeting they could answer correctly like “I studied English”,
students B answered “I cooked with my mother”, and so on. Their reading
comprehension is also good, they had no difficulty to determine the main idea and supporting idea, they also understand what the story talked about. In speaking,
they did it well enough because of the discussion activity regularly. One problem in speaking was pronunciation, the students just need more practice to make it
better. After teaching and learning process have finished, the observer gave them
to posttest 2 exactly on the second action of the cycle II it is to know whether the students’ achievement in cycle II was improved or not. Based on the result of
posttest II, it showed the students who passed the KKM in cycle II were 29 students or 85.29. It concluded there were improvements in their understanding
of the Simple Past Tense when the technique was conducted by the teacher.
d. Reflecting
In this phase, the writer and the English teacher evaluated the teaching learning process that has been conducted together. The result showed that the
students got a good progress in understanding of the Simple Past Tense by using narrative text. They knew the past forms correctly especially the irregular verbs,
their understanding of reading a passage improved too; they knew and understand what did the story talk about so they could retell the story well. Moreover, their
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