58 achievement of the competence. The detail indicators of the designed materials
could be seen in Table 4.2.
4. Listing Subject Contents
After formulating learning objectives, the researcher listed subject contents of each unit of the materials. In determining the subject contents, the
researcher took the theory of Pekoz’s Teaching Grammar Stages. There were four units in this designed material. Each unit was divided into five sections. They
were Open Your Mind, Do You Know, Grammar Pit Stop, Try This, and Let’s Sum
Up. The elaborations of those sections were presented as follows.
a. Open Your Mind This first section provided lead-in to the topic being discussed in the unit.
This section aimed to introduce the topic and attract the students’ attention in the topic that was going to be learned. The researcher filled this part with several
learning activities such as analyzing the pictures, answering the teacher’s questions, sharing with friends, matching pictures and discussing with the whole
class in order to reach the aim of the section. b. Do You Know
This section aimed to conceive the features of the text. In this activity, students analyzed definition, function, generic structure, and language feature of
the text by discussing with friends. Moreover, there was an activity which leads to the grammar topic. The activity was brainstorming the grammar points in the
analyzed text. Besides analyzing the text, the students also discussed the grammar
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Table 4.2 The Elaboration of the Learning Indicators of Each Topic
NO UNIT INDICATORS
1 Cinderella Cried Alone
At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to be able to:
Tell a fairytale story from the provided picture State the general structures and language features of
narrative text in the form of fairytale story Distinguish the regular and irregular form of simple past
tense Use simple past tense regular and irregular form in
sentences Implement generic stuctures and language features
simple past tense of narrative text to construct a fairytale story
2 The Hare was Sleeping
At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to be able to:
Match pictures of fable with suitable titles State the general structures and language features of
narrative text in the form of fable State the pattern of past continuous tense
Use past continuous tense in sentences Implement the generic structures and language features
past continuous tense of narrative text to construct a fable story
3 I Went Fishing in the
River At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to be able
to: Share personal experience with others
State the general structures and language features of recount text in the form of a personal experience story
Distinguish the use of adverb of place and time in sentences
Use adverb of place and time in sentences Implement the generic structures and language features
adverb of place and time of recount text to construct a personal experience story
4 He Passed Away
After ... At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to be able
to: Share personal information with others
State the generic structures and language features of recount text in the form of personal biography
Distinguish the use of after and before Use after and before in sentences
Implement the generic structures and language features after and before of recount text to construct personal
biography
points a glance to recognize about grammar being learned in the unit.
