21 22
+ 23
24 25
26 ?
27 28
29 30
ct Paint
- 20
Hurt +
19 Grow
? 18
Spell -
17 Stand
+ 16
Have ?
15 Wake
- 14
Stick +
13 Repai
r ?
12 Prepa
re +
11 Any
subje ct
1. Say basm
alah Verb
? 2
Verb -
3 Verb
+ 4
Verb ?
5 Verb
- 6
Verb +
7 Verb
? 8
Verb -
9 Verb
+ 10
Form ula of
The Instruction: 1. Make a verbal sentence from the certain number is chosen
2. Write the answer in the answer sheet 3. Every individual has to write a sentence according to the group number is chose.
4. The first group who comes to 100 numbers and has the right sentence of all the numbers is
the winner of the game.
After finishing the game every group has to collect the paper and give it to the writer. The worksheet paper is given to every person in group, so
everyone do the worksheet from the paper. If the worksheet papers have all ready collected, the teacher will close the class by giving them proverb “You
can if you think you can” and explain about the meaning of this proverb, and end the class by greeting.
In the second meeting, the writer opens the class such as the first meeting with greeting, smiling, and ice breaking. The writer still uses snakes
and ladders board but it is big board for this cycle. By using this board, others students can watch the game, and see the development number which are
played by the group shaker. The writer just gives the group one worksheet paper, so the group can fill it together.
Observation The writer observes the action while teaching in the class. The
writer sees that the student are active while doing the activity in the classroom . Although there are crowded and noise, the students look like enjoy the class
activity. Besides, the writer has to control the students’ trouble makers; they are several trouble makers in the class. The writer has to manage the class, and
to give clear explanation about the material and the game rules. The writer
looks the class never quite because of students’ activities, The collaborator teacher also helps the writer for managing the student sit and discipline in the
classroom. After finishing the subject, the writer also interviewed two or more
students and collaborator teaching for knowing; opinion or critic or suggestion about the teaching technique, the students’ understanding, and the student
development in learning simple past tense. The responses are good both from students and collaborator teacher, they give good appreciation to the technique
that is used and applied.
Reflection One of students ask about the way in teaching” why must be
snakes and ladders? Don’t you use another name?”, several students suggest to make variation game from grammatical snakes and ladders and also Madrasah
Tsanawiyah Pembangunan UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta English teacher hopes to change the game into another variation game of grammatical snake
and ladders, also the teacher suggests to separated the trouble maker students to sit in front of. The student worksheet paper is made for group not individual. If
it is made for individual, they will copy the answer from their friends.
Cycle 2
Planning In the second cycle, the writer makes a new strategy about
grammatical snakes and ladders game in simple past tense. The game is grammatical snakes and ladders discussion and quiz. This is variety of snakes
and ladders teaching technique. The writer makes a guideline for the rule of this new game. This is made cause of the writer creativity for students’
development in learning simple past tense in different way of grammatical snakes and ladders way. Other preparations are similar with the first meeting,
for example; planning the subject, developing lesson planning, arranging
worksheet, providing the source of learning, developing evaluation form, and developing observation learning form.
Action In the second cycle, the writer opens the class such as usual by
greeting, ice breaking, and motivating. In this second cycle, the writer gives the material about nominal sentence of simple past tense. She introduces the
nominal adjective, adverb and noun first before using it in sentences by motivating every student to find out adjective, adverb and noun vocabulary.
After the students understand about kind of nominal, the writer begins to explain the use the nominal in simple past tense by giving an example, and the
students have to analyze the sentences, decide the formula and compare it with verbal sentence of simple past tense by grammatical snakes and ladders group
discussion. After the student have all ready discuss about it, one member of group has to be a snake to move to another group for presenting the material
which have been discussed by their group, gives an explanation to one of another group till another group members understand well about the nominal
sentence in simple past tense, and also differs it with verbal sentence. If the presented group doesn’t understand the material well, the group presenter will
get snake point, and the point become less, but if the presented group can answer the question from the teacher and understand the material well, the
presented and presenter group will get ladder point, and the point increase . Table 4.3
The rules of grammatical snakes and ladders discussion and quiz
o The group have to discuss about the nominal sentence, the formula, and the
example in Simple Past Tense, o
after that, every group has to choose one member of the group for presenting the result of her group discussion to another group, another group does too,
o after one candidate of student presented her material, he she just stay at the group
is presented and has a responsible for the group ability in answering the material from the teacher,
o the teacher will ask the member of the group a question, if a certain student in that
group cannot answer the question, so that group and the presenter group will get min point, and if a certain student in that group can answer the question, so that
group and the presenter group will get plus point.
o The group who get the 10 ladders is the winner
Figure 4.1
Grammatical Snakes and Ladders Discussion
What is verbal sentence?
Formula Rumusan
What is nominal sentence?
Formula Rumusan
Example of verb in sentence:
Noun example:
Adjective example:
Adverb example:
What is simple past tense:
Table 4.4
Grammatical Snakes and Ladders Quiz Group
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 Snakes
point Ladders
Point
Table 4.5
Grammatical Snakes and Ladders in Learning Simple Past Tense Make a past tense of nominal sentence from the words below
Winn er ?
100 reade
r + 99
surpr ised
- 98
wond erful
+ 97
smart -
96
Stupi d
+ 95
clever ?
94 loyal
- 93
hones t
+ 92
scare -
91
Any subje
ct
I -
81
You +
82 We
- 83
They +
84 He
?
85 She
- 86
Tomy +
87 Rina
- 88
Teach er
? 89
Moth er
- 90
Any verb
On the
paper -
80
In the bedro
om +
79 In the
bathr oom
? 78
In Jakar
ta +
77 In
Lond on
- 76
In Japan
- 75
above +
74 under
? 73
moth er
- 72
father +
71 Any
subje ct
I +
61 You
? 62
We +
63 They
- 64
He +
65 She
? 66
Tomy -
67
Rina ?
68 teach
er +
69 moth
er ?
70 Any
verb
lover +
60 farme
r -
59
pink ?
58 black
+ 57
clean -
56
dirty ?
55 hungr
y -
54
thirst y
+ 53
sweet -
52
salt -
51
Any subje
ct
I ?
41 You
- 42
We ?
43 They
? 44
He -
45
She +
46 Tomy
? 47
Rina +
48 Teach
er -
49
Moth er
+ 50
Any verb
teach er
- 40
Docto r
+ 39
actor ?
38 presi
dent -
37
collec tor
+
36 paint
er -
35
nurse ?
34 dentis
t -
33
stude nt
+ 32
lawye r
- 31
Any subje
ct
Wet +
21 sad
- 22
happ y
+ 23
optim ist
? 24
proud +
25 dange
r -
26
dilige nt
? 27
dry -
28
crow ded
+ 29
dark -
30
Any subje
ct
In the kitche
n -
20
At class
+ 19
sick ?
18 arrog
ant -
17
In Band
ung +
16 At the
bank ?
15 In the
mark et
- 14
On the
table +
13 In the
office ?
12 In the
rome +
11 Any
subje ct
Say basm
alah Nomi
nal ?
2 Nomi
nal -
3 Nomi
nal +
4 Nomi
nal ?
5 Nomi
nal -
6 Nomi
nal +
7 Nomi
nal ?
8 Nomi
nal -
9 Nomi
nal +
10 Form
ula of
The Instruction: 1. Make a nominal sentence from the certain number is chosen
2. Write the answer in the answer sheet 3. Every group has to write a sentence according to the group number is chosen.
4. The first group who comes to 100 numbers and has the right sentence of all the
numbers is the winner of the game.
After finishing the material, the writer closes the class by asking feedback from the student, and greeting “See You Next Time”.
. Observation In this second cycle, the grammatical snakes and ladders discussion
and quiz are held. The big appreciations from the students are more than the first cycle. The students are motivated and very active in the class; they are
enjoying the class activity although the class is noise. Also, the students have many developments in understanding simple past tense in discussion
and quiz.
Reflection The students hope the variation game of grammatical snakes and
ladders game for the third cycle by the new motivated game. The writer has to prepare for the third cycle game that invites the student to learn more easy
and fun learning. The responses are good either from student and the teacher collaborator. The students are fun in learning, and they can improve
their understanding about simple past tense little by little by fun learning.
Cycle 3
Planning In the third cycle, the writer reviews the first and the second
material about simple past tense, both verbal and nominal sentences. In this panning, the writer makes a new variation of grammatical snakes and
ladders game. The writer also provides a certain worksheet paper for student activity and duty. This cycle doesn’t need complicated explanation, and hard
subject description to the student. The writer just needs more creative strategy and method in reviewing the subject of simple past tense in the past
meeting for student comprehension.
Action Action in the class is not easy, the writer needs self confidence for
teaching. As known, the students of Madrasah Tsanawiyah UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta are active and full of curiosity and easy boring.
Therefore, the writer has to make a new way in teaching simple past tense by grammatical snakes and ladders analyzing the sentences game in the fifth
meeting, and snakes and ladders information giving game in the last meeting.
In analyzing the sentences, the writer divides the class into seven groups, every group has to analyze the 25 sentences; there are verbal
sentences or nominal sentence, and correcting the wrong sentences. After they analyze the sentences, the group task has to change to another group for
correction.
Table 4.6
Identifying Sentences in Grammatical Snakes and Ladders Game
No Sentence true
false verbal nominal 1
It was a good book 2
I didn’t know you before 3
My mother was in the kitchen last time 4
She were my friend 5
Tony cut her hair by his self last day 6
Rini doesn’t do her homework last night 7
My teacher come at 06.00 before I came last day
8 I went to the zoo last week with my friend
9 Did you come to the library yesterday?
10 Did you took my glasses?
11 There was a pencil in the pencil case
Identify the sentence of simple past form, whether it is true or false and verbal or nominal sentence
12 Was you English teacher last two year?
13 They were a nurse in the old hospital
14 Did you put my paper an hour ago?
15 When Tomy came to my house, I was sleeping
16 Jeans eat banana last time because she was very
hungry 17
I bought vegetable and fruit in the supermarket last day
18 Anisa and Dian were a smart person
19 I study English last night
20 My sister cooked rice last day
21 Did you read an English lesson before exam?
22 I was in the English class last day because I am
sick. 23
Tony didn’t love history lesson when he was in Junior High School
24 Do you come to my house one hour ago; I was
waiting for you there? 25
When I was child, I didn’t like to play football. 26
Dinda cut her hair by herself. 27
It were a good book 28
I didn’t knew you before 29
My mother were in the kitchen last time 30
She was my friend 31
Tony don’t cut her hair by his self last day 32
Rini didn’t do her homework last night 33
My teacher came at 06.00 before I came last day
34 I go to the zoo last week with my friend
35 Do you come to the library yesterday?
36 Did you take my glasses?
37 There were a pencil in the pencil case
38 Were you English teacher last two year?
39 They was a nurse in the old hospital
40 Do you put my paper an hour ago?
41 When Tomy come to my house, I was sleeping
42 Jeans eat banana last time because she is very
hungry 43
I and my mother buy vegetable and fruit in the supermarket last day
44 Anisa and Dian was a smart person
45 I studied English last night
46 My sister cooks rice last day
47 I was in the English class last day because I
was sick.
48 Tony didn’t love history lesson when he is in
Junior High School 49
Did you came to my house one hour ago; I was waiting for you there?
50 When I was child, I don’t like to play football.
In the last meeting, the students are suggested to study simple past tense by giving information of grammatical snakes and ladders game. In
this activity, the student have to make a group of five, two groups for girl and three groups for boy. Every group is containing of seven persons. The
first student who sits in front of as the head of snakes line, the last student who sit behind as the head of snake’s assistant, and the rest of student as
the body of snake. The way in playing this game is very simple, the students have to make a line like snakes. There are five snakes. Every
snake has one head which is in front of and one assistant of snakes head is in behind. The snake head has a duty as a receiver of information from the
writer, and the assistant has a duty for writing the information, the head snake has to give the information to their assistant by giving information
through her snakes body by whispering. If the students don’t whisper to her friend, that group will be loser and their group point will be lost. After
ten simple past tense sentences whispered, the snakes groups have to make five short conversations from that 10 simple past tense sentence.
1. Did you come to the library yesterday with your friend? Whisper sentences to another which your teacher informs to your
friend
2. Where was my pencil? 3. I wasn’t a science winner competition, but I was math winner competition
4. I didn’t come to the library yesterday, but I was in the classroom with my friend.
5. When I was in London two year ago, I didn’t meet with my big family. 6. I was not in the bathroom at 06.00 last morning, but I was in the bedroom.
7. Did you meet with your family when you were in London last year?
8. Where were you at 06.00 last mornings? Were you in the bathroom? 9. There was a pencil in the pencil case last time, but it lost.
10. Were you a science winner competition last year?
Dragon Snake : 1
Please make five short conversations from these 10 sentences above
Gold Ladder : 4 Cobra Snake : 2
Stone Ladder : 9 Yellow Snake : 10
Wood Ladder : 3 Python Snake : 7
Silver Ladder : 5 Poison Snake : 8
Ice Ladder : 6
Observation In this third cycle, the writer gets good responses from the
students. They are always fun during the action or teaching learning process. There are many students’ improvements in understanding simple
past tense.
Reflection The responses are good; the students hope to do the game in every
class meeting by teacher clear explanation about the material or subject. A lot of teachers just give explanation and exercise, there isn’t practice.
4. Data of Questionnaire
