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6. The students could not answer
comprehension questions. The students did
not really
understand the
questions and did not
use any
reading techniques and strategies.
The students could not get the main
points of
the reading activities.
They only read the texts
without understanding it.
7. The teacher mostly asked the
students to translate the meaning of some unfamiliar words through
dictionary. The students were
lazy to guess the word
and they
only depended on the dictionary.
The students
depended on the dictionary.
8. The activities were not varied.
The students liked to chat with their
friends than listen to
the teacher
explanation. These activities
will apply
every meeting.
The teacher let the students
to do
their activities.
The students did not pay attention
to their teacher. 9.
The students were passive in the classroom activities.
B. The Process of Cycle 1
1. Planning
a. The Concept of Course Grid and Lesson Plans
1 Designing the Course Grid
The action began by collaboratively discussing some plans for the first cycle. It started with selecting the basic competency and the standard competency for the
first semester of grade IX. From the discussion, standard competency 5 and the
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basic competency 5.3 were chosen in Cycle I and II. The standard competency 5 is about understanding the meaning of short essays in the form of procedure, and
report to interact with environment. The basic competency 5.3 is about responding to the meaning and rhetorical
steps in the simple essay in the form of procedure and report texts simply,
accurately, fluently, and appropriately to interact with the society in which the students belong. From the competency, materials, media and activities were
designed. The course grid was appropriated with recognizing text organization. The course grid can be seen followed. The full course grid can be seen in the
appendix 3.
2 Making Lesson Plans
Learning process in the classroom was planed so that class runs smoothly and successfully. All the elements were also planned in whole process so that it could
support the attempts to reach the objectives of the learning. The lesson plans were designed in order to create meaningful and relevant tasks. The lesson plans made
covering the class activities, time allocation, objective of the learning, classroom management, principle of the task and activities designed.
The lesson plans could be the guideline for the teacher, so that it could minimize the irrelevancy and inefficiency activities. It also made the teaching runs
Basic Competency
Materials Teaching-
Learning Activities
Indicators Assessment
Time Allocation
Sources Techniques
Form 5.3 responding
to the meaning and rhetorical
steps in the simple essay in
the form of procedure and
report texts simply,
accurately, fluently, and
appropriately to interact with
the society in which the
students belong.
Procedure text Example
Vanilla drops cookies
Pre-Reading Whilst
reading
Post- reading:.
1 Finding the
main idea of each paragraph
2 Finding the
details information of
the text 3
Recognizing pattern
organization of the text.
Written Written
Written Answering
reading comprehension
questions
Answering reading
comprehension questions
Answering reading
comprehension question
2x40 minutes Scaffolding
English for
Junior High
School Grade IX
Cakrawala SMP kelas IX
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