Class Observation Making Lesson Plan

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B. Class Observation

The writer did the job training in SDN Pucangan IV Kartasura started from 1 st February 2011 until 31 st March 2011. In order to know the class facilities and situation, the writer observed the classes first before doing the job training. The writer observed the students of first grade until the students of sixth grade. Then, the writer focused to do the job training at fourth grade. Then, the writer came to the class every Thursday. The English lesson at the fourth grade in SDN Pucangan IV Kartasura is taught every Thursday with time allotment 3x40 minutes. There were forty-one students which consist of 22 boys and 19 girls. Based on the writer’s observation, there was more than a half of a class that did not pay attention to the material given by teacher. They were noisy and they talked each other even drew on their lesson’s book, but there were some students who were enthusiast and had high motivation to learn English The classroom had facilities that support the teaching and learning activity. There were a whiteboard, a blackboard, a cupboard, a clock, a fan, a teacher’s desk and chair, some pictures about math, plants, animals, lesson schedule and picket schedule. There were also twenty-one desks and forty-two chairs arranged in four rows. commit to user 14

C. Making Lesson Plan

The writer made lesson plan before doing teaching and learning activity in SDN Pucangan IV Kartasura. The lesson plan has a function as a tool to allocate the time so that the teaching and learning activity can be organized well. The writer made lesson plan based on book student’s work sheet published by Sinar Mandiri entitled Cakra Cakap dan Rajin as the source of the material. The lesson plan made by the writer consisted of four steps: 1. Motivating Strategy This first step were greeting and warming up. In order to get the students ready to follow the English lesson, the writer reminded the last material that they had gotten last week. The writer also asked some questions related to the material that was going to discuss at that day. 2. Presentation In this step, the writer gave the explanation step by step. It was started from listening, speaking, reading, and writing. The writer used the book entitled Cakra Cakap dan Rajin. The students had to read the material in their books and pay attention to the explanation carefully. The writer also gave some examples related to the topic. The students had to take some notes in their book if they did not know the meaning of the words. commit to user 15 3. Exercises The writer gave questions related to the material to the students randomly. After that, the writer asked the students to do some exercises in their book student’s work sheet. 4. Assessment After the material had finished, the writer made the exercises by herself related to the material to measure the students’ progress in understanding the material that they had gotten. The students did their exercises individually.

D. Teaching and Learning Activities