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2. Acting a
Meeting 1 1
Opening
It was on Monday, December 20
th
2010, at 11.30 a.m. when lesson started. The researcher greeted the students and checked the attendance list. There was
one student who was absent because of sickness.
2 Main Activities
a Pre reading activity
In pre reading activity of first meeting, the researcher gave the students some exercises in finding main idea, finding detail, drawing inferences, and predicting
word meaning from context due to the fact that they still had difficulties in these four skills. Before the students did the exercises, the researcher reviewed some
strategies which she taught before in previous meeting about how to find main idea, find detail, draw inferences, and predict word meaning from context. The
researcher believed that the students needed that kind of review very much. Doing this way, she often confirmed to students whether her explanation was acceptable
or not. After that, the students finished the exercises. They could answer almost all of the exercises correctly. Next, the researcher did brainstorming with the
students by asking “are you ever cheated by someone? Could you tell your experience to your friends?” No one answered. Then, the researcher pointed one
of them. He was ST. He said that he was ever cheated by his friends. His friend brought his money and ran away. When he told his story, the students ED said
“how pity you are”
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b While reading activity
In while reading activity, students were put together into pairs or dyads. Then, the researcher gave them a text to read entitled Sucker Day. Like in previous
meeting, they did peer tutoring sessions. They seemed relax and enjoy during this activity. It proved that they had known the concept of peer tutoring deeply. They
made questions based on the category and responded them well. Moreover, they were interested in being a tutor and a tutee. They generated questions, answered
them and gave feedback each other. It could be illustrated as follows: ME: “What is the main idea of paragraph three?”
SR: “Morrison sold advertising space to businesspeople in Wetumka.” ME: “Yes, you’re right. Next, who caught Morrison?”
SR: “Sheriff in Missouri” ME: “Your answer is right. Was the advertising space sold out?”
SR: “No.” ME: “Was the advertising space sold out?”She repeated the question because
the answer was wrong SR: “No.”
ME: “Salah tau The answer is yes. The clue was in paragraph 3 last sentence. when Morrison left town, his suitcase was filled with much money that he
got from the businesspeople Kopornya udah terisi penuh uang. So, it means the advertising space was
sold out. SR: “O begitu ya.ok I know now”
ME: “What is the meaning of “frowned”? SR: “Without smiling”
ME: “Yes, you’re right.”
Almost all of the pairs participated well in this activities. They were actively asking each other. They were so enthusiastic to follow the procedures of pair
tutoring. This activity needed 40 minutes to finish.
c Post reading activity
In post reading, there were three pairs who represented their result of peer tutoring. It ran smoothly. Then, the researcher wanted to evaluate their
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consisted of main idea question, detail question, inference question, and word meaning question. Most students could answer them well. Moreover, they could
answer inference question. “Who was Morrison? Morrison was person who cheated people of Wetumka.” The students who gave right answer could be
described in the table 4.6 below:
Table 4.6. The Result of Post Reading in Meeting 1 Cycle 2
Question Category R Meeting 1
Main Idea 17 students 42.5
Detail 40 students 100
Inference 28 students 70
Word Meaning 26 students 65
n 40 students
Notes: n= number of students R= number of students who gave right answers
2. Closing
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