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3. Write with Joy

This section is the activity for each unit. Students are going to write a writing product to be submitted to their teacher. Some mind mappings will guide students’ writing process before the first submission. T eacher will evaluate students’ work and give some feedback for their work. On the following meeting, teacher will send it back to students so they can make some revisions of their writing. The task can be individual work and in a group work depends on the instruction for every unit.

4. Sharpen Your Skill

Since the writing course has limited time, so this section provides exercises for students to be done at home. Students are going to have the opportunity to draw a mind mapping according to their choices and write some paragraphs. Then, students bring their works on the next meeting. They will exchange their work with their classmates to get some feedback. II. Teaching Learning Types 1. Communicative activities to open students mind before they write. 2. Reading the examples and the explanations. 3. Writing activities according to the mind mapping given. III. Contact Hours This course is designed for 8 meetings. Each meeting is 80 minutes. IV. Evaluation 1. Students’ creativity by drawing mind mappings. 2. Students’ writing product based on their correlation with the mind mapping. V. References Wardiman, Artono, et al. 2008. English in Focus: For Grade VIII Junior High School SMPMTs. Jakarta: Book Central, Department of National Education. Mukarto, et al. 2007. English on Sky 2: for Junior High School Students Year VIII. Jakarta: PT. Erlangga. Widiati, Utami, et al. 2008. Contextual Teaching and Learning Bahasa Inggris Sekolah Menengah Pertama Kelas VIII. Jakarta: Book Central, Department of National Education. 3 Internet Sources: Bellis, Mary. 2009. Albert Einstein – Biography, http:inventors.about.comod estartinventorsbleinstein.htm , accessed on 20 th December 2009 Http:images.google.co.id , accessed on 20 th December 2009 Ramadhani, Agus. 2009. Understanding Types of Text: Handout to Learn English Text Types, http:understandingtext.blogspot.com , accessed on20 th December 2009 Unknown. 2009. Kangaroo, http:wikipedia.comkangoroo , accessed on 20 th December 2009 Unknown. 2009. Memorandum, http:uwp.duke.eduwstudiodocumentsmemo003.pdf , accessed on 20 th December 2009