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1.2. Acting
In this step the teacher taught the students by using lesson plan that had been made before. In the first meeting of cycle one the teacher taught the
students by giving inductive explanation of past continuous tense related to the students’ activities that they were doing before English lesson. Students were
given some real example of past continuous tense and were asked to identify the formula from the example that had been explained before. In the end of the
first meeting, the teacher gave homework to make clipping of past continuous tense and to find the past continuous sentences in the newspaper article.
In the second meeting the teacher asked the students to collect their work and gave the score. The teacher made a group game to add their score
while they reinforce the material related to past continuous tense. Students who got the highest score in the game would get the award from the teacher and
their friends. Beside of that, the teacher gave some comments related to the group work. Then, the teacher gave award for the best group whose get the
highest score. Meanwhile, the observer observed the condition in the classroom when the discussion happened.
1.3. Observing
a. Portfolio Assessment Result
Students’ portfolio consists of group and individual assignment. Students’ entire portfolio was observed to get the final score. Portfolio
assessment used the scoring rubrics as the criteria. The entire portfolio assignments that had been done then those were collected in the portfolio
folder. The content of portfolio that was corrected by the students had to be given the comments from the teacher. The final score of portfolio
assignment showed the students’ achievement in cycle 1. The total score of
students’ portfolio assessment is explained as follows:
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Table 4.2. Students
’ Final Portfolio Score
Score Category
Amount 85.00
– 100 Very good
1 2.5 70.00
– 84.9 Good
21 52.5 55.00
– 69.9 Medium
16 40 40.00
– 54.9 Bad
2 5
– 39.9
Too bad -
Amount 40 100
Average Category 69.60 Medium
Based on the table above, the writer concluded that portfolio assignments were not success yet. It proved
with the students’ score that could not achieve the criteria of action success. There was only 1 student
who got the highest score in cycle 1 2.5. Students who got good category were 21 52.5. There were 16 students got medium category
40 and 2 students got bad category 5.
b. Observation Result
Related to the observation that was held in the acting process, the observer made the specific ideas related to the situation in the classroom
when implementing CAR. The observer made the rating scale in observational form. It was about the physical classroom condition,
students’ general intellectual ability and creative ability.
First, the physical condition of classroom was good. The facilities to support the learning process are good enough. The school provided the
cupboard in the classroom, so it easy to put aside the portfolio folders safety. The education instruments were also good enough such as colorful
marker, clean whiteboard, proper seat, so the group discussion could be done well. In general, the physical condition of the classroom made the
learning process hold comfortable.
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Next, related to students’ general intellectual ability. Most of them still had lack of knowledge about past continuous tense. Students showed an
interest in problem solving. It is proved from the stude nts’ group discussion.
They less respond what the teacher asked. Furthermore, students had low grasp of understanding the concept of material.
Then , related to the students’ creative ability in the classroom. The
students were really noisy in doing the exercise or when the teacher explained the materials. While the teacher was explaining the material,
some students do not concentrate. But, the activities of group discussion happened well even though some of the students seen do not interest with
the topic. Then, the response of students in the preliminary exercise is good enough. The students had to do the exercise in group. When the teacher
asked the questions, a few of the students respond enthusiastically.
c. Test Result
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