Target needs of Grade VIII students of SMPN 3 Kalasan
of SMPN 3 Kalasan have the characteristics as described in the following paragraphs.
The developed materials considered the findings of target and learning needs. It can be seen from the materials. First, in
accordance with target needs’ results, the materials provides some activities that focused on applying
grammatical rules and enriching their vocabularies. In addition, the learning materials fulfilled their wants of get knowledge of English. Then, the
developed materials also took into account the results of learning needs. From the setting, the materials provided some activities in team. Then, the materials
provided comic strips as learning media. The materials also had many pictures and colorful design, and provided examples in every task. As the
results of the preferable themes, the themes used in the materials were familiar with students’ life, such as family, friend, and experiences. In
addition, the learning materials followed the core competence and basic competence of Curriculum 2013 for Grade VIII.
The materials were developed with the same design and sequences. The materials started with a title page. In the title page, it consisted of the title of
units, a picture which describes the topic of unit, and the brief explanation about what will be learnt. After title page, it was started with lead-in activities,
which was called “Building Up”. In this section, students were given a lead
about the topic. The next part was the main lesson. The main lesson consisted of 4 parts.
They were “observing and questioning”, “looking for information”,
“associating” and “creating” activities. This part was developed based on the Curriculum 2013.
The last part of the unit was reinforcement. The reinforcement covered the self-evaluation part. This part was ca
lled “reflecting”. Students were encouraged to make their own summaries based on what they have learnt.