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understanding means the language and the rule that people used and they know it well in their area. In Ryan book’s, he said, “writing is a skill, and skills are learning by doing.” 5 We can’t learn writing by the theory. We have to understand every part of writing itself. In writing narrative, we have to understand the characteristic and have to arrange it grammatically well. Besides, we can not only write once then master it; we have to write gradually in order to make it better and better. From the other book, writing defined as a way of remembering and a way of thinking as well. Writing makes words permanent, and that expand the collective memory of human beings from the relative small store. 6 From many definitions the writer infer that writing is a human communication besides speaking through particular rule with particular equipment such as paper and pen in order to show people feeling and to produce people’s mind into a work, and in the process it can help people to sharpen their memory. b. Classroom writing activity In teaching writing, the researcher should consider what kind of writing activity in the class room. Some of writing activity is explained by a book with a title “From Language Learner to Language Teacher”, they are: 7 1 Copying 2 Dictation 3 Note-Taking 4 Speed Writing 5 In-Class Essay 6 Dialogue Writing 7 Stories 5 Vincent Ryan Ruggiero. The Art of Writing. California: Alfred Publisher. 1981, P. 12-13 6 James C. Raymond, Writing Is an Unnatural Act, New York, Harper Row Publisher Inc, p.2 7 Snow, Don. an Introduction to Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Venice: TESOL Publications, 2007, p. 152-157 From that book, there are seven activities that students can do in classroom. One of them is story. In the story, students in eighth grade will focus on recount and narrative. Recount retell their activities or experiences about past even, when narrative usually will amuse or entertain them with classical and fairytale story. c. Writing Process Another important thing in writing is the process, because writing is not one time over activity. The idea could come anytime, and we would try to make our written as good as possible. There are several stages from several books about process of writing; the first one is from Carol: 8 1 Prewriting Prewriting occurs before the writer produces the first rough draft, is a planning and preparation stage. In prewriting, the writer selects a subject and begins to discover what she wants to say about it and how best to present her thoughts to her audience intended. It provides the foundation for any discoveries made in the writing process; it is the germination or gestation period for the paper, the stage in which ideas begin to take shape. 2 Writing In this stage, the writer will try to write down their idea on a paper. It will be the first draft of the idea. The writer could make up the idea in the next stage. 3 Rewriting Continuing in this part of writing, the writer revises the draft produced in the writing stage, is an important part of writing that is at times neglected by many student writers. This stage requires the writer to make decisions that determine the final shape and effectiveness of her writing. It involves both editing for grammatical and mechanical correctness. 8 Carol A. Binder. Writing in Process: Strategies for organization and Development, Singapore: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005, p. 6-8