Text identification Action and observation

55 students found difficulties in re-arranging the paragraph. Mister, paragraph yang duluan yang mana Mister, which is the first paragraph? asked the students. The first paragraph is the introduction, coba paragraph introduction nya yang mana so, which is the introduction? answered the researcher. The researcher tried to stimulate the students by asking such question. This? Yang ini bukan Mister is this the introduction? asked the student. Nope, introduction itu tentang pengenalan tokoh, benda, or places yang mau dideskripsikan introduction is to introduce person, things, or places which are going to be described. So, which one? asked the researcher. oh berarti yang My school is Islamic Junior ini Mister oh so is it „My school is Islamic Junior Mister? asked the student. Yes, that’s right. Good job answered the researcher. Overall, almost all the students didn’t find any difficulties in re-arranging the paragraph. Yet, there were still some students who found it a bit difficult. The researcher helped the students by giving guidance to the students who still found difficulties in doing the activity. After that, the researcher showed the right paragraphs order so the students could know the right answer, in this case, the correct paragraphs order. FN 313-05-13p.117-119 In the rearranging paragraph activity, the researcher ’s main focus was that the students could understand the generic structure of the texts. The students were expected to know that the introduction paragraph is in the first order, and then followed by the supporting paragraph orderly. This activity was also expected to help the students to understand how to organize their ideas and make them into logical order when they are expressed. In other words, this activity was aimed to solve the students’ writing problem related to their organization aspect of writing. 56

c. Completing the blank paragraphs

After doing the rearranging activity, the researcher led the students to do the next activity. The next activity was completing blank paragraph. In this activity, the students were asked to complete the blank paragraph with the suitable words given in the box. The description of the completing paragraph activity can be seen in the field note excerpt below. After that, the researcher gave the next exercise. In this section, the students were asked to complete the blank paragraph with the suitable words provided in the box. Similar to the first exercise, the researcher guided and supervised the students in doing the exercise. Since this exercise was a bit harder, the researcher gave more time to the students to do the exercise. Hence, the researcher could give more guidance and assistance. Mister, yang number two ga bisa I can’t do the number two said the student. just try, coba dilihat konteksnya dalam kalimat yang belakang look at the context of the sentences. Ada kalimat apa what is there? asked the researcher. ada tulisan: In kecamatan Sukorambi said the student. so how, kira-kira itu menunjukkan apa so, what does it refer? asked the researcher. alamatnya mungkin Mister answered the student. jadi mana yang tepat? asked the researcher. yang located bukan Mister? asked the student. Nah, good. That’s the answer said the researcher. Thank you Mister said the student. You’re welcome responded the researcher. After all the students had finished, the researcher asked the students to check their work together. Hence, all the students knew the right answers and they could learn from them. After that, the researcher explained to the students that the writing section would be begun. FN 313-05-13p.117-119