FOR STORY WRITING

ABSTRACT PROBLEM STATEMENT

In story writing, it is important for learners of all ages to be able to convey their point of view in a Pupils were commonly having problems in writing a story due to the fact that they:
compelling and well-structured way. However, generating and expressing ideas for story writing 1. often have a difficulty in generating ideas
can be quite challenging for some young learners. In this Fourth Industrial Revolution, the 2. have an issue in framing their story plots into beginning, middle and end
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is crucial for education. It is seen as a mean to 3. have problems in expanding their ideas
deliver knowledge effectively to the generation Z as they dwell in technology. Hence, the use of
Toontastic acts as a medium to assist Level 1 primary school pupils to master the writing skill
specifically in story writing while inculcating fun learning. The research design used for this
intervention was the action research. The initial data (pre-test) and final data (post-test) were INTERVENTION
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taken and compared from pupils’ writing exercises to confirm the objectives. The samples were
taken from two rural schools in the interior parts of Sarawak that consists of six Primary 3 pupils.
It is a playful storytelling application that allows pupils to draw their own
characters and settings, customize existing Toontastic characters and even can
In this intervention, the teacher asked pupils to create an animation cartoon video by using
add their own faces on them in the story. It helps to spark pupils’ imaginations
Toontastic application and write a story based on the video that they have created. Pre-test and
by using Story Arc to help frame their writing. Other than producing
post-test were used as methods of data collection. The findings taken from the pre-test and post-
swashbuckling adventures stories, pupils can also use it for assisting them in
test showed positive effects in improving pupils’ mastery in writing as pupils responded
other language skills or even make Science reports. Meanwhile for teachers, this
effectively to Toontastic based activity and thus helped them to brainstorm creative ideas for story
application can help them to create tutorials, explain projects or do reports. We
writing. Based on the findings, it can be seen the integration of ICT in education benefits both
believe that Toontastic application is a great innovation that benefits teachers
teachers and pupils. Hence, the result from this study is crucially highlighted so that other
and pupils all around the world.
teachers could apply this tool in their teaching and learning as well as to enhance pupils’ writing
skill. Teachers are also encouraged to apply this tool in teaching other skills as well.

RELATED THEORIES
1. Writing is believed to be cognitively complex as it involves the acquisition of vocabulary and grammar (Klimova, 2014).
2. Writing skill is said to be difficult due to the fact that the pupils often have a difficulty in generating ideas in order to create a good piece of writing (Jenny & Jay, 2015).

3. In the book entitled, Murid dan Alam Belajar, imaginative play refers to a situation when children are allowed to create new activities based on their own imagination and creativity. In
addition, it also scaffolds pupils in their creative writing process(Choong Lean Keow, 2008).

4. In Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences, there are eight types of intelligence and one of them is the spatial intelligence (Woolfolk, 2010).

PROCEDURES OF USING THE APPLICATION

STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 STEP 4 STEP 5 STEP 6

Pick ‘Short Story’ from the Plot the Pick a Add and design Set the mood Save and
Story Arc. story. setting. characters. or soundtrack. export.

RESULT
The findings taken from the pre-test and post-test showed positive effects in
improving pupils’ mastery in writing as pupils responded effectively to
Toontastic based activity and thus helped them to brainstorm creative ideas
for story writing. Based on the findings, it can be seen the integration of ICT
in education benefits both teachers and pupils.
CONCLUSION
Toontastic for story writing has proven that the involvement of multimedia or ICT in pupils’ language
learning process can stimulate pupils’ cognitive development as well as boost their motivation and
improve their writing skill. Toontastic for story writing could also be adapted and applied in other
language learning lessons that involves listening, speaking, reading and also language arts.

IMPLICATIONS
It scaffolds the creative writing process and empowers pupils to
Pupils:
It scaffolds the creative writing process and empowers pupils to create or customize their own animated cartoons, explore adventures and narrate their own story into a video production.

create or customize their own animated cartoons, explore

Teachers:
It helps teachers to create a fun and enjoyable writing activities rather than just using a chalk and talk method. It also allows teachers to teach other language skills.

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Society:
It gives parents the opportunity to teach their children at home as it is accessible without any purchase in various gadgets and people from different ages can use it whenever they are.

INTERVENTION PROCEDURES
The implementation of the intervention was conducted in five days:

Day 1: Teacher showed pupils a Day 2: Pupils explored the Day 3: Pupils drafted their Day 4: Pupils watched their video Day 5: Teachers and pupils
sample of the video created using application with teachers’ storylines and created their story production and wrote their story in discussed about their story writing
Toontastic application. guidance. using the application. the worksheet. and gave feedbacks.

CHRISTINA YENES ANAK EASTERLY ANAK IRINA EMMANUELLA ANAK MARRYTA ANAK VALERIE IONNIE ANAK
RIGIM MICHAEL EJENG UDIT ROBERT AYIN
SK Lubok Mawang, SK Rancangan Sepupok, SK Sungai Duan, SK Batu Niah, SK Rumah Mentali,
Kapit, Sarawak Subis, Sarawak Mukah, Sarawak Subis, Sarawak Subis, Sarawak

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