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In the next activity, the students were asked to make several sentences with the data from the shortlist in the previous activity.
This activity was also aimed to check the students’ progress in making simple present tense sentences. It was because in the previous
meeting, the students had been taught how to make simple present tense sentences. Besides that, this activity could prepare the students to
write sentences in order to make paragraph on their draft later on. Some of the students still found difficulties in making
sentences. Hence, the researcher had to guide the students in doing the exercise. The researcher had to walk from one table to another to help
and also supervise the students work. In guiding the students, the researcher did not give direct guidance. He asked several question to
stimulate the students and lead them find their way to find the answers.
b. Draft making
After doing the second activity, then the students were asked to do the third activity. In the third activity, the students were asked to
make a draft about describing their school. The description of the third activity can be seen on the field note excerpt below.
After that, it came for the students to make their draft of describing their school. In this section, the researcher asked the
students to use the data and some sentences that the students had made in the previous. The researcher then gave a piece of paper to each
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student to make a draft. Then the researcher asked the students to start writing.
This section was the longer session that the researcher had to give more guidance and assistance to the students. The researcher had
to walk from one chair to anothe r to answer the students’ question.
Some of the students, especially the girl, didn’t find serious problem in making the draft. Some of the boys were difficult to start writing.
Hence the researcher gave guidance to them.
coba Dang, paragraph pertama itu tentang apa biasanya? What is paragraph 1 usually about? asked the researcher. Intro bukan
Mister? Is it introduction? answered the student. So, harus dijelasin dulu kan kamu sekolahnya dimana, alamatnya dimana. So, you have
to introduce your school first, where you study, and your school address said the researcher.
FN 416-05-13p.119-121 The third activity was a bit difficult for the students. Hence, the
researcher had to guide them in doing the activity. This activity took long time to do. Yet, the students were excited with the activity.
In this activity, the students could learn how to make a simple draft. The draft was about their school description. Besides that, this
activity was also aimed to check the students’ progress. After being exposed to the descriptive texts, doing exercises related to descriptive
texts, and doing pre-writing activity such as listing activity, the students were expected to be able to make a simple draft describing
their school. And as a result, the students mostly were able to make the first draft.
After the implementation of the activities in the second meeting, the researcher interviewed the students and the English
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teacher in order to find out their opinion on the second meeting activities. Here are the results of the interview.
R :
Tadi gimana bikin draftnya Dan? Bisa kan
? How was your draft making?
S :
Lumayan bisa Mas. Cuma kadang tu bingung yang mau ditulis apa Mas
. It was quite easy to handle. But sometimes I am still confused
about what I should write. R
:
lhoh tadi kan udah nyatet ide yang mau ditulis dulu kan Dan
? You wrote your ideas first, didn’t you?
S :
Iya Mas. Kebantu sama listnya tadi Mas. Tapi masih bingung
. I did. It was really helping me. But, I am still confused
sometimes. Interview transcript 6
R :Tadi bagaimana Bu pas kegiatan pencarian ide nya?
How was the generating ideas activity Mam? ET
:Sudah bagus Mas. Tapi sepertinya tadi kelamaan ya Mas kegiatannya.
It was good. But, it took too long for the activity. R
:Iya sih Bu. Tadi meng-handle anak-anaknya agak kesusahan. Banyak yang tanya dan minta bantuan Bu. Tadi juga nyuruh
anak-anak buat fokus juga agak susah Bu. Yes it did. It was a bit difficult to handle the students. Many
students asked for help. Moreover, it was a bit difficult to keep them focus on the activity Mam.
