Developing Ideas, Topic Sentence, and Paragraph
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words will come more easily” 1973, p.6. The development of ideas could be seen from the number of word production. The result showed that most of the
respondents could produce more sentences in their writing. According to Elbow, the reflection of the using of freewriting will enrich student’s writing product by
getting a lot of important words, phrases, and sentences 1973. The researcher found out that the respondents were motivated by five-minute freewriting and
they were improving along the semester. They admitted that they could produce more words in a limited time which is in five minutes.
Moreover, the researcher analyzed the number of word production from the first freewriting until the fourth freewriting in order to know whether the
students really could develop their ideas. The result was interesting because there were improvements of word producion. The researcher counted the first, the
third, and the fourth freewriting and the result was almost 100 of the respondents experienced the improvement of word production. It could be seen
from the example of a student’s freewriting as follows:
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Table.4.6. A Student’s Five-minute Freewriting
Freewriting The Five-minute Freewriting
Word Production
1
st
I like writing. I like writing because I want to be a writer. I
am not confident. I m not confident because I am still afraid to make a mistake and compose
my result of writing with others. I got A in my basic writing course. I got A because I was
lucky enough. I like reading a book. I like reading because I get many things and learn.
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3
rd
A beautiful thing. There is one beautiful thing I see now. The beauty more than all-things
appeared in this world. I can’t describe how beautiful the things is. The thing show me how
great God: art in the world. When I turned my head from the thing all things around me look
meaning. I really want to reach the thing and live in that thing. I really want to build a
country in that thing. How beautiful the sky is. 78
4
th
I have one important thing in my wallet. the important thing is my driving license. There are
three reasons why my driving license is important. First, it is used to help me to ride
motorcycle. If I don’t bring it, I will be caught by policeman. Second, it is a sign that I am
allowed to ride a motorcycle. Third, it can be a thing to fulfill my wallet. That is all about my
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Table 4.6 presented the product of student’s freewriting. The first freewriting was about his writing journey. The student wrote anything related to
his writing journey with guided questions. Meanwhile, the second freewriting was