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Cycle 1. Cycle 2.
E. The Procedure of Action research
The procedures of action research in this research are as follows: 1.
Identifying the problem The writer as the teacher in this research identifies the problems. In this
case, the problem refers to students’ vocabulary and sentence structure knowledge.
2. Carrying out the real classroom research
a. Planning the action
In this step, the teacher prepares everything related to the action that will be implemented in the classroom. Here, the writer makes a lesson plan dealing
with certain topic, material, media, time schedule, and instrument for observation.
b. Implementing the action
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vocabulary and sentence structure knowledge in writing through guided writing. The teaching and learning activities are written in the lesson plan.
c. Observing the action
In this step, the teacher as researcher observes all of the activities happening in the teaching and learning process. It is done in the teaching and
learning process of vocabulary and sentence structure knowledge in writing through guided writing. Collaborator helps the teacher to observe all of the
activities happening in the teaching and learning process. d.
Reflecting the observation result In this step, the teacher as researcher makes an evaluation and
investigation towards what he has observed in order to find out the strength and weakness of guided writing process. Through the observation, the teacher can see
whether the students improve during the guided writing process or not. 3.
Doing evaluation After the whole teaching and learning process has been conducted in the
classroom, it is better to give test. After that, the teacher analyzes the result of the test by scoring it, and then finding the mean score. It is done in order to make sure
whether or not there was an improvement of students’ writing.
F. The Technique of Collecting Data