IMPROVING STUDENTS' WRITING ABILITY OF NARRATIVE TEXT THROUGH STORY MAPPING TECHNIQUE AT THE TENTH GRADE OF SMA MUHAMMADIYAH 2 BANDAR LAMPUNG IN THE ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022
Keywords:
Story Mapping Technique, Writing Ability, Narrative TextAbstract
The aim of this research was to improve students’ writing ability through Story Mapping Technique at the tenth grade of SMA Muhammadiyah 2 Bandar Lampung in the academic year of 2021/2022. The subject of this research consisted of 35 students. This research was conducted in two cycles by using classroom action research at X MIPA 2. This research focused to improve students’ writing ability and students’ learning activities. The data was collected through observation sheet and tests. The result of the research was story mapping can improve students writing ability. The result showed cycle II was higher than cycle I. The improvement of the mean score from cycle 1 and cycle II was 0.37. There also an improvement in students’ learning activities. It was shown from the mean score of students’ learning activites in cycle I was 31.83 with criteria was less active meanwhile in cycle II was 36 with criteria quite active, and so the improvement between both of the cycles was 4.17 points. The result of analyzing data, it could be said that Story Mapping can improve students’ writing ability and students’ learning activities.
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