Type of the Research Settings of the Research

students. After the data was collected, the researcher and the English teacher designed the course grid and lesson plan using cue card as media to teach writing. 1. Interviews The interview is aimed to get the data related to the teacher’s and students’ behavior and their perspectives in writing before, during, and after the action. In the reconnaissance step, the researcher interviewed the English teacher related to the teaching and learning process and the problems faced. Then, she interviewed the students to know about their opinions and their difficulties during the teaching and learning process of writing. During the actions, the interviews were conducted in every meeting of each cycle of the research. The interviews were needed to get the feedback from the English teacher, the students, and the collaborator. After conducting the actions, the researcher also interviewed the students to know improvement of writing’s behavior. 2. Observations To get the information needed, the researcher observed the teaching and learning process in class VIII-E. It related to students’ behavior in writing, the teacher’s action in the class, and problems related to the teaching and learning process. These observations were conducted before, during, and after the actions of the research. Those things were noted. 3. Tests Pre-test and post-test were conducted to measure the students’ writing score before and after the actions. Moreover, it aimed to obtain the information of students’ improvement in learning process after using cue card as the media. The researcher used writing rubrics from Jacobs 1981 to make the scores of the students’ writing tests. 4. Questionnaires The questionnaires were distributed in the reflection step of each cycle. The researcher distributed questionnaires to the students to gain the data about their opinions toward their interests, feelings, responses about the teaching and learning process and the implementation of the cue card, and their abilities in writing English as well. 5. Documentation The photographs and videos were used to support the data. Those can show the situation during the research. When the researcher observed the writing teaching and learning process, her collaborator, Amaliya, tapped the video and took some photographs. Moreover, she also recorded the interviews in her mobile phone.

F. Instruments of Data Collection

The data of the research were in the forms of field notes, interview transcripts, observation checklist, questionnaires’ analysis, writing scores, and photos. The instruments of the research are presented below. 1. Interview Guidelines The interviews were conducted before, during, and after the actions to dig the information from the teacher and students. The purpose of interview guidelines was