3.6 Research Procedure
This research was used classroom action research that was carried out by following the research procedure based on the principle of Lewin including the
identifying idea, reconaissance, general plan, implemetation of the action, monitoring implementation and effect, and data analysis and reflection. In this study, the
researcher and subjects under study conducted some process which expected to improve descriptive paragraph writing by using Think Pair Share in seventh grade
students at SMPN 1 Tempeh 20152016 academic year.
3.6.1 General Plan
The general plan of the action means some activities that should be prepared before implementing the action of the research.
They are as follow : a. Choosing the theme and sub-theme based on the basic course of KTSP
curriculum for the seventh grade of Junior High School. b. Constructing the lesson plan for the first cycle meeting I and meeting II
c. Preparing the students’ worksheet.
d. Constructing the guide of observation in the form of checklist containing the students’ participation.
e. Constructing the writing achievement test for the first cycle. f. Constructing the writing achievement test for the second cycle.
3.6.2 Implementation of the Action
This research would be conducted during the school hours. The activities is teaching writing through TPS. On this point, the implementation of cycle 1 based on
the lesson plan 1 for the first meeting and lesson plan 2 for the second meeting. The observation was done during the teaching learning process in cycle. If the result of the
first cycle had not achieved the standart mean score requirement, the cycle two was done by revising some aspects of the actions in the first cycle.
3.6.3 Monitoring implementation and effect
Observation is an important step in this research. It was used to observe the activities and the application of the actions in teaching writing. The observation guide
in the form of checklist containing some indicators was used in this research to observe the student’s activities in the teaching learning process.
Evaluation was conducted to know wether the use TPS can improve the student’s writing ability covering five aspect of writing: grammar, vocabulary,
mechanic, content and organization. The process of evaluation was done by conducting observation whereas the product evaluation is carried out the end of each
cycle in the form of writing test. The criterion was used to evaluate the success of the action at least 70 of the students achieved minimum requirement standard that is 70
and at least 70 of the students involve in teaching learning process of writing by using TPS technique.
3.6.4 Analysis and Reflection of the Action
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