The Use of Picture Series Techniques to Improve Writing Skills on Narrative Text to The Seventh Grade Students of SMP Negeri 2 Tabanan

Abstract

This study aims to improve writing skills through picture series. The research subjects were students of class VII B, SMP Negeri 2 Tabanan, which consisted of 34 students. Data collection techniques used are observation and tests. Based on the analysis it was found that in the learning activities in cycle I, students were given a writing test given by the researcher. Some students experience a lot of writing problems. In Cycle II students were also given a writing test and a simple writing game. This increase was shown by the student's writing test scores. The improvements that occurred were: (1) The students' pretest average score of 66.3 increased to 71.0 in cycle I and 76.8 in cycle II; (2) the average value of the first cycle is 71.0 with a completeness percentage of 41.2%; (3) the average score in cycle II was 76.8 with a completeness percentage of 82.4%; (4) from the data that has been analyzed, the percentage of student completeness from cycle I to cycle II increased by 41.2%