Opening Main Activities Closing

180 OBSERVATION CHECKLIST Cycle 1 1 st meeting Day Date : Time : Location : Observer : Put a tick √ on either Yes or No that most clearly represents your observation. You can write some descriptions to add explanation if it is needed. No Observation Items Yes No Description

A. Opening

1. The teacher greets the students. 2. Students respond to the greeting. 3. The teacher checks the students’ attendance. 4. The teacher explains the objectives of teaching and learning that day.

B. Main Activities

1. The teacher activates the students’ background knowledge by asking questions that lead to today’s topic. 2. The teacher gives the students some texts to read. Text : Holiday in Mount Bromo 3. Students read the texts. Text: Holiday in Mount Bromo 4. Students list some difficult words on the text. 5. Students use their dictionary to help them understand the texts and the word meanings. 6. The whole class discuss the meaning of difficult words together. 7. The whole class discuss the recount text together. Text: Holiday in Mount Bromo 8. The teacher explains the generic structure of a recount text to the 181 students. 9. The teacher shows a blank graphic organizer about Holiday in Mount Bromo to the students. 10. The teacher introduces and explains about graphic organizer to the students. 11. The teacher guides the students to determine orientation, events, and re-orientation from the text Holiday in Mount Bromo through the use of graphic organizer. 12. In pairs, the students complete the graphic organizer. 13. The whole class discuss the complete graphic organizer together. 14. In pairs, the students answer the question based on the text. The whole class discusses the answers of the questions together. The teacher explains the language features of the recount text. The students make signs in the conjunctions and adverbs of time. The teacher explains conjunctions and adverbs of time to the students. The students find verbs 2 on the text Holiday in Mount Bromo. The teacher explains the use of verb 2 and simple past tense in a recount text.

C. Closing

1. The teacher reviews and summarizes the lesson 2. The teacher previews on the upcoming materials. 3. The teacher closes the lesson. 182 OBSERVATION CHECKLIST Cycle 1 2 nd meeting Day Date : Time : Location : Observer : Put a tick √ on either Yes or No that most clearly represents your observation. You can write some descriptions to add explanation if it is needed. No Observation Items Yes No Description

A. Opening