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then change them into verbs 2 and find the Indonesian meaning. After the students finished doing the task, the researcher and the students
discussed the task together. Finally it came to the last task in meeting 1. In Task 4, the students had to do the task individually. They had to
look at the comic strips in Task 3 again and they had to complete a narrative text based on the comic strips. The first and the last
paragraphs had been done by the researcher so the students had to complete the narrative text on the blank space that was provided by the
researcher. The researcher walked around the class to check the students’ work. After all of the students finished writing the narrative
text, the researcher collected the students’ work. Then the researcher gave some clues about what they were going to talk and discuss in the
next meeting. After that, the researcher closed the class and went home.
b. Meeting 2 of cycle I
The second meeting was held on Tuesday, April 15, 2014. The researcher arrived at the school at 12.10 p.m. Then the researcher said
to the school staff that she wanted to conduct the second meeting of the research in class VIII G. Fortunately, the researcher met a student
of class VII G who passed the hall and the student said that on that day, the class was moved to class VII G which is located near the
basket ball field. Then the researcher went to class VII G. There were
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students of class VIII G there. Then the researcher prepared all of the materials that would be taught. The lesson started at 12.30 p.m. The
researcher opened the class as usual. The researcher greeted the students, prayed, and checked the attendance. There were two students
who were absent. After checking the attendance, the researcher started the lesson. She gave the students the paper of students’ work in the
previous meeting. She gave feedback to their work. It can be seen from the fact below:
R membahas kesalahan-kesalahan yang dilakukan oleh siswa-siswa baik dalam hal grammar, punctuation, vocab, spelling, content, dan
organization. “Nah anak-anak coba dilihat hasil pekerjaan kalian yang udah Miss bagikan. Masih banyak kesalahan-kesalahan dalam
hal grammar dan punctuation. Ada juga yang masih salah dalam hal spelling atau ejaannya.” The researcher discussed mistakes that the
students made about grammar, punctuation, vocabulary, spelling, content, and organization. “Now, look at your work that I gave to you.
There are a lot of mistakes about the grammar and the punctuation used. There were also many students who made mistakes on the
spelling.” FN 5
After that, the researcher wrote on the white board the mistakes that the students made in the task of the previous meeting. After all of the
students got clear understanding about the feedback that the researcher gave, the researcher continued the lesson by reminding the students
about the nature of a narrative text. After that, the students were given a handout again. The handout contained a task that they had to do in
this meeting. The researcher gave an instruction what they were going