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In this activity, I also observed the students’ activities and responses in the diary. I also analyzed the result from which I could know how far they had
mastered the material and which material most students failed on. To add the data I considered giving an interview to the students. I wanted to know their
difficulties during the first cycle. As the result, I could determine the next cycle better. Hopefully, the students would have better understanding in writing
narrative texts.
3.3.3.2.2 The Second Cycle
The second cycle was conducted on 28 December 2006, 10 and 11 January 2007.
1 The First Activity
I intended to conduct this activity on 28 December 2006. This activity was teaching and learning process. I used Bawang Putih Bawang Merah as the
material. I intended to choose this Indonesian fairy tale because it has similar theme with Cinderella. Thus, the students could have another view of fairy tales
in different culture. I elaborated this teaching and learning process into two activities. The first was Building Knowledge of the Field BKOF and the second
was Modeling of Text MOT. In the modeling I explained the previous material of which the students got
difficulties besides other new materials. As the previous cycle, I also decided to observe and take notes all of the students’ activities and their responses during the
lesson. I also gave them a chance to ask questions when they got difficulties or needed more explanation. This activity was carried out in 60 minutes. At the end
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of this activity I intended to give an assignment to the students. It was about changing direct speech into indirect speech but it was emphasized on the personal
pronouns and the form of the verbs. 2
The Second Activity The second activity was conducted on 10 January 2007. Before the students
took their post test in the next meeting, I gave them one more chance to have exercises both in groups or individually. This activity was elaborated into two
sessions. In the first session, the students were asked to do the exercise given in pairs while the next session they did the exercises individually. This activity was
carried out in 90 minutes. In this activity I also intended to take notes all of the students’ activities and
their responses during the lesson. It was the last activity in the second cycle. However, I had to be more careful to carry out this teaching learning process. I
gave them chance to ask question when they got difficulties. Before the lesson was closed I looked at glance on their work then I gave brief explanation and
correction for them. Hopefully, their understanding could be improved and they could get better marks in the post test.
3 The Third Activity
This activity was the last activity in this action research. It was held on 11 January 2007. In this activity I decided to give the post test to the students. I
provided 60 minutes for them to do the test. I also observed and took notes all of the students’ activities and responses in the diary. I tried to manage the class well
because the students needed good situation to work better. After they finished the test, I had an interview with some students. I asked them whether they got
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difficulties in the post test. I decided to analyze the result of the post test so that I could conclude whether there was any improvement in their narrative writing
ability.
3.3.4 Observation
