The author tries to attest that clustering technique can be one of the teaching techniques to increase students' writing skills. This means that the use of clustering technique in writing can increase students' writing skills.
Background of The Study
The following is students' test result of descriptive text at class X of Higher Vocational School 3 METRO. Students' writing score of descriptive text at the tenth grade of Higher Vocational School 3 Metro.
Problems Identification
From the table, the researcher can conclude that the students still could not understand or create a descriptive text, even if the teacher had explained it. The author chooses this topic because she wants to prove that the use of clustering technique can improve students' ability to write descriptive text, because students will not only be interested in descriptive text by using clustering technique, but also can develop their imagination using clustering technique .
Problem Limitation
Most students have difficulty developing an idea in their text and unifying the text.
Problem Formulation
The Objectives and Benefits of the Study
The Objective of The Study
The Concept of Writing Skill 1. The Definition of Writing Skill
The Writing Process
First, have they considered the purpose of their writing because it will affect what type of text will be produced, the language that will be used and the information that will be included. Writers produce the final version when he has edited his draft, making the changes they feel are necessary.
The Characteristic of Good Writing
It is significantly different from the original plan and the first draft because it was changed in the editing process. Based on the diagram above, we can see that there are four processes of writing, they are planning, drafting, editing and the last one is the final version or final draft.
The Types of Writing
The sentence is arranged so that the reader can easily understand your idea. A descriptive text paragraph is a paragraph that clearly visually depicts a person, place, or thing in such a way that the reader can visualize the subject and enter into the writer's experience.
The Concept of Descriptive Text 1. The Definition of Descriptive Text
- The Generic Structure of Descriptive Text Descriptive text has structure as bellow: Descriptive text has structure as bellow
- The Component of Writing and The Measurement of Writing Descriptive Text Descriptive Text
- Content
- Vocabulary
- Grammar
- Mechanic
- Organization
- The Procedures of Teaching Descriptive Text trough Clustering Technique
- Advantages and Disadvantages of Using Clustering Technique in Teaching Descriptive Text
Descriptive text is the text that is always around us when we want to describe something or someone. 10. 18 Wilson Paige & Glazier Teresa “The Least You Need to Know About English Writing Skills”, (New York: Cengage Learning Press 2008), page 221.
Action Hypothesis
Therefore, it can be seen that teaching using clustering technique has more advantages than disadvantages, this is the way the author uses clustering technique for teaching descriptive text writing. Dependent variable in this research is the variable that is observed and measured to determine the effect of the independent variable.
Setting
Subject of the Study
Action Plan
Classroom Action Research
The second cycle is carried out by the researcher if the first cycle does not give a significant result according to the goal by changing the treatment. Through observation, the researcher gets a document and systematically thinks about the activity and interaction in the classroom, the action process, the impact of the action, the position of the place of the action and the obstacle of the action should be recorded in the observation activity. The researcher will try to see and rethink something the researcher has done.
By reflecting, the researcher will know the strength and weakness from the action that the researcher has performed. The researcher reviews and reflects on the students' attitude and research performance, regardless of whether reviews are positive or negative. By reflecting, the researcher will know the strength and weakness from the action that the researcher has performed.
In the first step, the researcher will compare the distribution of pre-test and post-test scores. The researcher examines and reflects the attitude of the students and the performance of the researcher whether it is quite positive or negative in the second cycle or the need for the next cycle.
Data Collection Technique
View the location sketch of the Secondary Vocational School 3 Metro b. Observation of the establishment of the Secondary Vocational School 3 Metro c. Observation on the construction of the Secondary Vocational School 3 Metro. The writer will use the documentation method to collect data on the result of descriptive text writing skills of students of the tenth grade of vocational high school 3 Metro. The writer will then select this data to select the appropriate database for the focus and objective of the study.
Research Instrument
Data Analysis Technique
Based on the goal of learning mastery in Erhvervsgymnasiet 3, Metro is 70% for English lesson, KKM is 70 score.
Indicator of Success
Description of Research Location
SMK N 3 Metro acts as a transition from Junior High School 7 Metro, which long ago was ST Negeri Metro, it is located at Kemiri Street Kampus 15A Iring Mulyo, Metro Timur. In 1963, this school changed to STPN (Sekolah Teknik Persiapan Negeri) based on Minister of Education and Culture Republic of Indonesia SK number, this school served as a transition to Junior High School 7 Metro.
Description of the Research
At the beginning of the teaching-learning process, the researcher asked the students for descriptive text. At the end of the meeting, the researcher gave feedback to the students about the learning process. So it was the reason why the researcher used clustering technique to improve the writing skills of the students.
Based on the result of the pre-test score, the researcher identified and found the problems after taking the students. The researcher motivated and informed the students about the activities in the next meeting. In this session, the researcher received the result of the post-test 1 from the students in cycle 1.
In the teaching process, three indicators were used and mentioned to recognize the students' activity. From the pre-test and post-test I score, we knew that there was an increase from the score of the students' scores.
From the result of the student's score in pre-test and post-test I, there was an increase from the students' result score. After analyzing the students' scores in the post-test of cycle I, the researcher had to complete the next cycle because only 11 students (42.30%) passed the test and got scores ≤ 70. In addition, the researcher analyzed the results of the post-test II and concluded , that there were 20 students (70%) who passed the test because they got a score ≥ 70.
From the result of the student's score from the post-test II, it could be concluded that there was an increase in scores. Students' results in the first cycle of the pre-test, the cycle of the post-test and the cycle of the post-test II The process of learning English was successful in the cycle I, but the average score of the students was low. The result of the students' descriptive text writing skills of the pretest cycle, post-test I and cycle II post-test.
Based on the result of pre-test, post-test I and post-test II, it was known that there was a positive significant increase of the students'. This is supported by the increase in the score of the students from pre-test to post-test I and from post-test I to post-test II.
I Increasing F Percentage F Percentage
CONCLUSION
Based on the result of using Clustering Technique in writing skills, it could be concluded that there was an improvement in the students. Therefore, the clustering technique can be an effective strategy and can be used as an alternative way of teaching writing because the strategy is easy to implement and it was one of the interesting strategies that was very close to the learning activities of the students. It made it easier for the students to understand the material so it could increase the writing skills of the students.
This means that the result of cycle II has already reached the indicator of success, namely that 70% of students meet the KKM. It was clear that grouping technique can be used to increase the students' writing skills.
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Tujuan pembelajaran
Materi pembelajaran 1. Materi Pertemuan ke 2
- Materi Pertemuan ke-2 Unsur Kebahasaan
The African elephant is found on the continent of Africa and the Indian elephant is found in Asia. Elephants are mammals as well as herbivores, meaning they only eat plants rather than meat. I know that there are two main types of elephants; the African elephant and the Indian elephant.
The African elephant has wrinkled gray skin, a hunched back, and two tusks at the end of its trunk that it can use like fingers to pick up objects. The Indian or Asian elephant is smaller than the African elephant and has smaller ears. They have more of a humpback and only a finger-like tip at the end of their trunk.
Kegiatan Pembelajaran Pertemuan Ke 2
- Teknik penilaian (scoring rubrics)
Memahami, menerapkan, menganalisis pengetahuan faktual, konseptual, prosedural berdasarkan rasa ingin tahunya tentang ilmu pengetahuan, teknologi, seni, budaya, dan humaniora dengan pengetahuan kemanusiaan, kebangsaan, kenegaraan, dan peradaban tentang penyebab fenomena dan kejadian, serta penerapan pengetahuan prosedural dalam bidang ini. kajian khusus sesuai dengan bakat dan minatnya untuk memecahkan masalah. Menulis teks esai dalam bentuk teks deskriptif (orang, hewan, benda, tempat wisata, dan bangunan bersejarah terkenal). Membuat dan mengedit teks deskriptif pendek sederhana tentang orang, hewan, benda, tempat wisata, dan bangunan bersejarah terkenal.
Materi pembelajaran 1. Materi Pertemuan ke 4
- Materi Pertemuan ke-5 Unsur Kebahasaan
The context of this type of text is the description of a certain thing, tourist attraction, building, animal, person or others, for example: our pet or a person we know well. Built in 1889, it has become both a global icon for France and one of the most recognizable buildings in the world. The tower is the tallest building in Paris and the most visited monument in the world; millions of people visit it every year.
Upon its completion, it surpassed the Washington Monument to claim the title of tallest man-made structure in the world, a title it held for 41 years, until the Chrysler Building in New York City was constructed in 1930; but, due to the addition in 1957 of the antenna, the tower is now taller than the Chrysler Building and is the second tallest structure in France after the Viaduct Millau 2004.
Kegiatan Pembelajaran Pertemuan Ke 4
Writing Descriptive Text Skill)
Please write about writing descriptive text on the topic "Favorite Actor" at least 2 paragraphs. Please write about writing descriptive text on the topic "Favorite fruit" at least 2 paragraphs.
