The Setting and Subject of the Research
prepared all of the actions and materials. It covered preparing the lesson plan, preparing the materials and media and preparing the scoring rubric.
a Preparing the lesson plan
In MAN II Yogyakarta, English is taught two times a week. The lesson plan was developed on the current curriculum consisting of several components namely
standard of competence, basic competence, indicators, learning objective, learning materials, media, learning method, teaching and learning activities, evaluation and
sources. In this research, the researcher made 2 lesson plans for 2 cycles. b Preparing the materials and media
The use of media is very important in teaching writing to promote an attractive learning. In this research, the researcher used interactive lesson like tounge
twister and some pictures to entertain and helped the students to compose narrative texts.
c Preparing the Scoring Rubric
There are five aspects in the rubric which are grammar, organization, vocabulary, diction and communicative purpose. Since, the focus of the research was simple past
tense so the researcher modified the grammar aspect. The researcher counted the students‟ error of simple past tense in each sentence. The students were asked to write
10 sentences. Every correct verb was given 0,4 score so the maximal score for grammar aspect was 4.
The researcher summarized the analysis in the descriptive form. The researcher also used questionnaire and interview to know further about the student‟s opinion
about the use of feedback. From those instruments, the researcher could gain the information whether the feedback helped the students or not in improving students‟
grammar accuracy of simple past tense. The researcher would analyze the data in percentage, score description.
There were 2 criteria of successful in this research: 1. The students‟ error percentage of simple past tense decreased from pre-test study
until post-test study. 2. More than half of the students in the class could pass the KKM
Kriteria Ketuntasan Minimal
which was 6,5. 38