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It was interesting. There was my favorite singer, the personnel of One Direction.
R :Terus tadi latihan-latihannya gimana Hes?
What about the exercises?
S :Pas nyari ciri-cirinya tadi lumayan gampang Mas.
The first exercise was easy to do.
R :Terus paragraph rumpangnya gimana? Bisa
ngerjainnya kan? What about the incomplete paragraphs exercise? You
could do that, couldn’t you?
S :Yang itu lumayan susah Mas.
It was quite difficult.
R :Tapi bisa ngerjainnya kan Hes?
But you could do it, couldn’t you?
S :Iya Mas. Tadi juga aku nanya-nanya sama temen
yang lain Mas. Jadi kayak diskusi gitu Mas. Yes I could. I also asked my friends. And we had a
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Hence, the students were ready to step to the next meeting in which they would learn to describe their idol.
2 Second meeting
The second meeting was conducted on May 23
rd
2013. As it is stated in the planning step, the second meeting would be focused on
the listing activity and draft making activity. The researcher opened
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the class by greeting, calling the roll, and relating the previous meeting activities with the activities that the students would do that day.
a. Generating Ideas
Since the researcher asked the students to bring pictures of their idol and the information about their idols, the listing activity
could be started. The researcher asked the students whether they had brought the pictures of their idols. Then the researcher took a look to
several pictures that the students had brought and asked several questions about the pictures. And then, the researcher gave explanation
of what they would do in the first activities. In the first activity, the students were asked to list the physical appearance and the character of
their idol. Hence, the researcher gave a piece of paper to each student. The paper contained some tables which had to be filled with the list of
adjective words of the students’ idol. The following field notes describe the situation.
During the activity, the researcher reminded the students about the last meeting activity regarding the use of adjective words to describe
character and physical appearance of a person. Alright students,
untuk mengerjakannya kalian lihat ke gambar idola kalian
To do the activity you can look at the pictures of your idols..
Kalian bisa lihat rambutnya seperti apa, matanya sipit atau tidak, atau kulitnya putih
atau tidak
You can see what their hair look like, their eyes slanting or not, or their skin white or not.
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After that, the researcher asked the students to do the following activity. In the following activity, the students were asked to make
several sentences from the list that they had done. Then, the researcher asked several of them to write their answers on the white board. And
then, the researcher and the students corrected the answer together. The first activities were done according to the plan. The
studen ts were able to list their idols’ physical appearance and
characters. The students were also active and enthusiastic by asking several questions. They also enjoyed the activities.
These activities were expected to help the students to prepare themselves before writing their first draft. These activities were aimed
to collect the students’ ideas. The ideas could be used by the students to make the draft later on.
b. Draft Making
After doing the first activities, the researcher asked the students to make a draft. The draft was a descriptive text about the
students’ idols. The researcher reminded the students about descriptive texts by showing several descriptive texts via LCD. In this activity, the
students were so active by asking many questions to the researcher. Hence, the researcher guided them by using indirect guidance. The
researcher guided the students by asking some questions to draw and stimulate the students’ mind. Hence, it was expected that the students
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could find their answer by themselves. The field notes below describe indirect guidance by the researcher.
Coba liat. Idolamu kan Chester Bennington kan? Liat contohnya first paragraph tu tentang apa Wan?
Let me see. Your idol is Chester Bennington, right? Look at the sample texts. What is paragraph one
about? asked the researcher.
Pengenalannya Mister
Is it introduction? said the student.
Nah, yang dikenalkan apa biasanya
Yes. What is usually introduced? asked the researcher.
Nama lengkapnya
Mister Full name Mister answered the student.
Terus apalagi? Ada tanggal dan tahunnya itu?
Then what else? There are date and year too. What are they for? asked the researcher.
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Several students also asked for guidance to the researcher. Hence, the researcher had to walk around to give guidance to the
students. Since many students asked for guidance in making the draft, this activity took more time than the previous activities. However, the
questions asked by the students showed that they enjoyed the activity. After all the students had finished the activity, the researcher asked
them to submit their works on the table. Before the researcher closed the class, he gave some conclusions and reflection on what they had
done that day. As can be seen from the excerpt, the draft making activity was
done well. As usual, the students enjoyed the activity. They were so active by asking many questions to the researcher related to their draft.
The researcher expected that the students can be more independent.
