USING PICTURE TO INCREASE THE ABILITY OF THE FIRST YEAR STUDENTS OF SMPN 2 TAMBANG IN WRITING DESCRIPTIVE PARAGRAPH

Abstract: This action research is aimed at increasing the students ’ ability in writing descriptive paragraph by using picture. This research was conducted in two cycles, each of them was done in four meetings. Before using the picture a pre-test was conducted while a post-test was administered after the treatments. The data were analyzed by comparing the result of pre-test and the result of post test. After doing some treatments, the data were analyzed. Based on the data finding there is an increasing score between the pre-test and the post-test. The pre-test is 28.84 while the post test in Cycle 1 is 49.84 and 61.11 in the Cycle 2 Post-Test. It can be concluded that using picture can increase the students ’ ability in writing descriptive paragraph. Key Word: Using picture, students ’ writing abilit