4.3.1 Materials Design
The writer designed the material based on thematic learning. Based on the journal of Effective Educational Practices for Students with Autism Spectrum
Disorders that thematic learning has many advantages especially to be applied for students with autism. They are: it has the strength in the
connection which means that it helps students understand the connection and how to connect to the material, draw connection from the real world which is
very important since students are basically taught to learn the real condition of their surroundings, makes connections through a common them, has the
variety within learning which means that thematic learning allows students to experience many different ways of learning strategies, activities, teachers
are able to be creative, authentic and original, utilizes collaborative and cooperative learning, students share the same learning goals, not all teacher-
students centered mostly is students-centered, integrates word processing skills into creative activities, it saves the time since teacher can teach more
than one subject at the same time languange and nature, languange and social studies.
Thus many advantages teacher can get from thematic learning. The author designed the materials to be divided into some lessons, each lesson
concentrates on one theme and also interspersed by other language features. Below is one example of the material design taken from lesson V with the
theme of “ Family Members”.
The writer used many colors and used bold font to ease the students in recognizing the words and to grab their attention since students like colors.
Another strategy in designing the material that is to blend the instruction by using Bahasa and English at the same time; it is aimed to ease the teacher and students
in finding out what they have to do especially in doing the exercise. Below is the example of the instruction:
Sister : saudara perempuan Brother : saudara laki-laki
Younger brother: adik laki-laki siblings
Older brother: kakak laki-laki Older sister: kakak perempuan
Younger sister: adik perempuan
Listening and reading Perhatikan dengarkan guru kalian membaca dan tirukan.
There are two books. | ð
ər ə tuː bʊks | Ada dua buku.
There are five candies. | ð
ər ə faɪv ˈkændɪz | Ada lima permen.
There is a car. | ð
ə z ə kɑː | Ada satu mobil
.
The examples are taken from lesson VI about the zoo, the writer made the materials as easy as the students can receive the message. The writer put the
transcription for each word in English to ease teacher in reading and annoucing the ncorrect pronounciation. The correct pronounciation is very crucial in this
case, students will gradually understand that different sound in English leads to different meaning.
The table below describes the design of each lesson in the textbook.
Table 4.4 Lesson Design Lesson chapter
Content
Lesson I A Colorful Day : kinds of colors 11 colors, state the
colors, exercises. Lesson II
Numbers: 1-10, 11- 20, favorite number, state the number, exercise.
Lesson III My Name Is: introduce myself, introduce others, name,
age, grade, school’s address, home address, and so on. Insert: how to apologize, sorry, I apologize, and so on.
Forgivi ng: it’s okay. Never mind.
Lesson IV Greetings and Farewell : hello, hi, good morning, good
afternoon, good evening. How are you
Farewell: goodbye, good night, see you, later, see you later.
Lesson V My Big Family: Family members, my pet, family tree.
Lesson VI At The Zoo : Animals in the zoo, animals in the house
family pet, the farm animals in the farm, single plural a one, two, three, four, and so on, the use of “there is-
there are”. Lesson VII
My Body : body parts head, hair, nose, face, ear, and so on
Health condition: sick, headache, stomachache, cold, fever and so on.
Lesson VIII Transportation
: public
transportataion, private
transportation. Bus, train, airplane, subway, and so on.
The classroom: things in the classroom, tables, chairs, desks, chalks, crayon, pen, pencil, and so on.
Our house: livimgroom, bedroom, bathroom, garden, dining room. And so on.
Lesson IX Job: professions, doctor, nurse, teacher, farmer, and so
on. I want to be.......
What do you want to be?
The table above describes the lessons sequence, each lesson is completed with a lesson plan. The teacher must follow the lesson plan in doing the teaching
and learning activity. The lesson plan eases teacher in managing the activity in the classroom. below is the example of the lesson plan.
LESSON PLAN RPP
Lesson I SCHOOL
: SMP SLB YPAC Semarang STUDY
: English YEARSEMESTER
: VIIVIII I and II
COMPETENCE STANDARD: 1. Siswa dapat membaca kalimat dan percakapan sederhana, misalnya tentang warna, anggota
keluarga, perkenalan serta bilangan 0 s.d 20 dalam bahasa Inggris. membaca
2. Siswa dapat mengidentifikasi benda-benda yang namanya disebutkan oleh guru.
menyimak 3. Siswa dapat melafalkan dengan benar kata-
kata yang telah dipelajari. berbicara 4. Siswa dapat menyalin kalimat sederhana yang
telah dipelajari. menulis CHARACTER
: 1.
Menunjukkan pemikiran yang lojik, kreatif, dan termotifasi.
2. Menunjukkan sikap aktif dalam belajar.
3. Menunjukkan sikap kepedulian terhadap
sekitar. INDICATOR
: 1. Siswa mampu mengenali warna dalam bahasa inggris.
2. Siswa mampu melafalkan warna-warna dengan menggunakan bahasa Inggris.
3, Siswa dapat mengenal benda sekitar beserta warnanya dalam bahasa Inggris.
THEME : A Colorful Day
ASPECT : Membaca, Menyimak, Berbicara, Menulis
TIME ALLOCATION : 3 x 40 menit
I. Learning Purpose
Pada akhir pembelajaran siswa akan: 1.
Dapat mengenali 11 warna dalam bahasa Inggris. 2.
Dapat menyebutkan jenis-jenis warna dalam bahasa Inggris. 3.
Dapat bekerjasama dan berdiskusi dengan teman satu kelas dengan topik warna.
4. Menguasai pelafalan warna-warna dengan benar dengan menggunakan bahasa
Inggris.
II. Material of Learning
1. Set kosakata warna-warna dalam bahasa Inggris.
2. Text-text pendek tentang warna dari benda yang ada disekitar dalam
bahasa Inggris. 3.
Text bacaan bergambar “Pumpkin” beserta phonetics transcriptionnya dan juga artinya.
Pengenalan pada konsep ber tanya menggunakan “Do you like...?”
III. Method of Study Technique:
1.Individual test 2.Question and Answer
IV. Learning Activities
Opening Activity -
Guru menyapa murid -
Guru mengundang presensi dari murid
Main Activity a. Exploration
1. Guru memberikan pertanyaan pancingan kepada murid mengenai warna dalam bahasa Indonesia.
2. Guru menarik perhatian dengan menyebutkan beberapa warna dalam bahasa Inggris.
b. Elaboration