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NEWSLETTER 05 Juli 2021 SMP NEGERI 21 BATANG HARI BEING A SKILLFUL STORY WRITER THROUGH COMIC STRIPS Writte by Dedi Hendriyato, S. Pd Batang Hari –Teaching English to the The strategy used in this learning STORY beginner level, junior high school students, process is genre based approach, HEADLINE is not an easy duty. which consist of Building Knowledge of the Field, Happy learning? As a teacher, someone have to raise the Modeling of the text, Joint Guiding the students students’ motivation and interest to study Construction of the text, and being a skillful story happily without boredom. independent construction of the writer? How comes? text, as the writer get when he Well, getting students’ interest in language participating in the training of the “ I am happy and enjoy learning, a teacher is expected to be able to trainer PINTAR second Module today’s class, sir, because get into the student world itself. Moreover, Tanoto Foundation Programme. through comic I could teachers have to be able design a good learn English easily” said lesson plan and choose appropriate The objective of the study one of the students, teaching media which is familiar with implement by the writer is the Ulvika. them. A comic strip is one of teaching students are able re-write a media that can be used in learning a narrative text with their own “Yes, Mister. Besides, we foreign language, English, as the writer, it words. also could pronounce the is used in teaching narrative text. English words easily and Besides, the students are invited correctly by listening the As stated in oxford advanced learner’s to find moral values which is native speaker voice. dictionary, a comic strip is a sequence of found in fairy tale, legend or Then we can write the drawings telling a story. It is used to fable. In addition, they are narrative text by our own express idea with sequences of pictures. invited to know their cultures by words” Putri answered. And it is often combined with words or knowing folk tale which is other visual information. However, comic derived from local or even from strips is used in order to help students abroad. This learning process try easier to comprehend a story offered by a to guide the students to enhance narrative text. Besides, comic strip as a their writing skill and also media of teaching, the teacher also drilling them retelling the story implement a learning strategy to gain his by their own words. objective of the study.

Kriiing!!! the bell was rang, the teacher Further, the students wrote and “ Well, class. I have a comes to the class bringing his material pronounced a word that they picture here, do you know and equipment’s for teaching such as heard from the audio in take turn what character is in this projector, laptop, Plano paper, some comic way. Then, teacher distributed a picture?” strips picture, and some cut of a narrative text of Aladdin and asked them text’s sentences. By the assistance of one to read it and did pairing “ Aladdin, Sir!” Shouted of the students, Putri, the projector and correction. The class started by Putri Windi and her other equipment’s was ready to be used. It make noisy in a moment because friend. means that the class is ready to begin. the students were practice pronouncing the words and “Wow, marvelous, you’re The teacher greet the students and invited sentences of the story. The right dear!” them to begin the prayer before study. students enjoyed pronouncing the Next, the teacher check the student’s sentences. Some students read attendance list. No body absent for this the text while acted as the main meeting. Further, the teacher start the character in the story. lesson by showing a cartoon picture of Aladdin to the students. The picture was Going on the next activity, while- used to build students’ early knowledge activity, they have to do the next about fairy tale which became learning phase of genre based approach material in this meeting. which is join construction of the text. In group the students were Next step in this learning process is given both of a cut of Aladdin’s Modeling of the text, in this step the sentences story and its comic teacher drills students’ receptive skill, he strip pictures. They were asked invited them listening “Aladdin and the to match those cut of sentences lamp” recorded story audio. Putri and her with their Comic Strip pictures, friend seem enthusiasm to the teacher then rearrange them into a good explanation, while the audio was played, order paragraph and those the students were asked to write ten words paragraph to be meaningful text or vocabulary that they heard from the of “Aladin and the lamp” story. audio. All the students focused listening All of the students seemed the audio. They were happy because they enthusiastic and active in their could hear a native speaker’s voice. group matched the picture of comic strips with their sentences. Then, they present their work with their friends in plenary.

After the students comprehended the story Through learning process of of Aladdin and took the moral values, in narrative text, the students are the post activity of learning process they expected able to develop their were asked to do independent construction receptive and productive skill. of the text. Here, they were asked to retell Moreover, they know closer with the story of Aladdin with their own words folk tale not only from local but both in written and spoken. also from abroad and get moral message from the story. “ I am happy and enjoy today’s class, sir, because through comic I could learn At last, learning outcomes will be English easily” said one of the students, influenced by the teacher effort. Ulvika. When the teacher try to do his best to serve his students best. By “Yes, Mister. Besides, we also could designing the lesson plan with pronounce the English words easily and active learning, setting the class correctly by listening the native speaker in creative way. So that the voice. Then we can write the narrative text objectives of the study will be by our own words” Putri answered. reach easily. However, based on the students respond, it can be concluded that comic strips media and the strategy of genre based approach could motivate student in learning English. Besides, it also can improve their skill in both in speaking and writing. The students’ confidence is also increase