of cycle 1, the next cycle was considered to be conducted to make some significant improvement.
5. Revised Plans
Considering the result of cycle 1, the actions were refined. Some mistakes and weakness of the previous actions were revised. The next cycle was planned by preparing
course grid, lesson planning and hand-out for three meetings. The actions were: a.
using more photographs that represent some feasible adjectives used. b.
drilling grammar especially the simple present tense and sentence patterns used.
c. maximizing the pair and group work.
d. giving rewards to the active students.
e. giving more feedback written and oral to the students related to their
writing performance. In this cycle, the actions focused on how to use photographs in certain activities
which motivated the stude nts‟ active participation in group works even created fun
competitive at the classrooms.
6. Actions and Observations
In this phase, photographs were involved in three meetings. The collaborators would observe the teaching learning writing process and the obstacle which might be
appeared. They used the observation checklist too and wrote this gained data into the field notes. As there were some national holidays in Thursday class too in cycle 2 , the
additional class using the counselling hours again were used . The schedules of the actions could be presented in the following table below:
Table 3.2 Schedule of Action in Cycle 2 No Cycle Day, Date
Time Text
–Theme
1. II
Saturday, 24
th
May 2014 08.30 -10.05 a.m.
Descriptive-Idol
2. II
Wednesday, 27
th
May 2014 12.20-13.00 p.m.
3. II
Saturday, 31
th
May 2014 08.30 -10.05 a.m.
7. Reflections
After the action was done or implemented, some reflections were done. The reflections on this stage were conducted by evaluating the actions through interviewing
the research team including the English teacher and the students about their response towards the actions. Then, students also filled the questionnaire. If the result showed
some improvement, the research study was ended. It was considered effective to solve and to enhance the students writing performance.
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