CHAPTER 3 TEACHING WRITING DESCRIPTIVE TEXT USING
3.3 The Advantages of Using Questions and Answers about
1. Many students think that writing is very difficult to learn and boring. By using this technique, writing class becomes more interesting and more active.
2. It is easier for the students to generate ideas and get details for the descriptive paragraph by using questions and answer technique.
3. The use of this technique can help the students to express their ideas easily.
4. This technique can increase students’ motivation, concentration, and participation in learning process.
CHAPTER 4
CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS
4.1 Conclusion
In teaching writing, teachers should be able to attract the students’
attention, and the teachers also have to be creative. The teachers should choose a technique that can involve the students to write independently, especially writing descriptive text. This text has purpose to describe a person, a place, and a thing in details. In teaching descriptive text, the teachers have to consider about the technique that will be used.
Questions and answers about pictures is a technique that can be used by teacher in teaching a descriptive text. Procedure of teaching writing by using this technique is divided into three stages. They are pre-teaching activity, whilst-teaching activity, and post-teaching activity. Questions and answer technique will help the students to organize and generate their ideas easily, especially in writing a descriptive text. This technique also makes students active and feels motivated in writing.
4.2 Suggestion
There are some suggestions proposed dealing with the conclusion above:
1. Teachers are suggested to give some pictures that suitable with a topic of lesson. It is better for teachers to use the pictures that can attract students’ interest.
2. It is better for teachers to explain the use of questions and answers card to the students.
3. It is better for teachers to give examples of questions about picture to ease the students make their own questions.
4. It is better for teachers to control and evaluate every student’s work in order to see an improvement of the students in writing.
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Appendix 1
LESSON PLAN Kelas/semester : VIII/1
Mata Pelajar : Bahasa Inggris Jenis Teks : Descriptive Text Aspek/Skill : Writing (Menulis) Alokasi Waktu : 2 x 45 menit Standar Kompetensi
12. Mengungkapkan makna dalam teks tulis fungsional dan esei pendek sederhana berbentuk descriptive dan recount untuk berinteraksi dengan lingkungan sekitar.
Kompetensi Dasar
12.2Mengungkapkan makna dan langkah retorika dalam esei pendek sangat sederhana dengan menggunakan ragam bahasa tulis secara akurat, lancar, dan berterima untuk berinteraksi dengan lingkungan sekitar dalam teks berbentuk descriptive.
Indikator
• Membuat teks descriptive A. Tujuan Pembelajaran
Pada akhir pembelajaran, siswa dapat:
− Membuat teks descriptive B. Materi Pembelajaran
a. Materi
• Definition : A text that describes a particular person, a thing, or a certain place in detail
• Tense : Simple Present Tense
• Personal pronoun : As subject (she, he, it, Sakura, I, we, you, they,), as object (me, you, her, him, it, them, us), as possessive (my-, your-, her-, his-, its-, their-, our-), etc.
• Verb : V1 (-s/-es) → have – has, wear – wears, use – uses, etc.
• To be : is, am, are
• Adjective : color (pink, white, etc), size (small, big, etc)
• Noun : bed, desk, chair, book shelf, window, curtain, etc.
• Preposition : on, in, under, above, in front of, beside, behind, etc.
• Example:
- My classroom - My room - My house b. Generic Structure:
• Identification
Identifies or introduces the character in general
• Description
Describes parts, qualities, characteristics of a particular person, a thing, or a certain place that is described
c. Examples:
• A particular place
My Classroom
My classroom is big. There are 20 tables and chairs in my classroom. In front of the class there is a teacher’s desk and a teacher’s chair. There are two pictures of the president and the vice president hanging on the front wall. There is a whiteboard under the pictures. In front of the class in the corner, there is a flag. In my classroom, there is not any book shelf but there is a cupboard.
C. Sumber dan Media Pembelajaran
− Benda-benda sekitar
− Gambar-gambar yang relevan
D. Metode Pembelajaran : Three phase technique a. Pre-teaching Activity
− Greeting
− Check students’ attendance
− Check students’ readiness to study
− Review previous lesson
− Teacher gives some prepositions
− Teacher asks the students to look around the classroom
− Teacher asks some questions about the classroom b. Whilst-teaching Activity
− Teacher asks the students to make questions
− The students answer the questions
− Teacher and students arrange the answer into a paragraph
− Teacher explains about tenses, social function, and generic structure of the text.
− Teacher asks the students to work in group
− Teacher distributes a picture with difficult word in it.
− Students in group make question about the picture
− Students change the questions to other group
− Students in group answer the questions
− Students in group arrange the answer into a descriptive paragraph
− Teacher controls the students activity c. Post-teaching activity
− Teacher evaluates all the students’ activities
− Teacher submit the students works
− Teacher assesses the students work, both individually and in group.
E. Penilaian
− Teknik : Tes tertulis
− Bentuk : Membuat teks descriptive.
Appendix 2
Sakura’s bed room
Difficult words: - Bed - Window
- Pillow - Curtain
- Sofa - Picture Frame
- Book shelf - Rug
- Desk - Drawers
Prepositions