IMPROVING STUDENT WRITING ABILITY IN NARRATIVE TEXT BY USING COMIC STRIPS TOWARD ON THE EIGHT GRADE AT SMPN 3 SATU ATAP NGEBEL PONOROGO IN ACADEMIC YEAR 2014/2015

Key Words : Writing skill, Comic Strips The language is an important part of the world. People use language to communicate and express ideas of their life. This reality makes teacher think that writing skill should be mastered by the students. In SMP N 3 Satu Atap ngebel Ponorogo showed that the skill writing was low. Here, the researcher chose teaching using comic strips in teaching writing. A comic strip is defined in this study as series of pictures inside boxes that tell a story. Comic as sufficient essential visual aids can be used as a tool of communication between teacher and pupils in teaching learning process. Based on the fact above, the researcher concluded that the statement of this study about Comic Strips improve students’ writing skill of narrative text on the eighth grade of SMPN 3 Ngebel in Academic year 2014/2015. So, the purpose of the study was to know the improvement students’ of writing ability in narrative text by using comic strips on the eighth grade of SMPN 3 Satu Atap Ngebel Ponorogo 2014/2015 academic year. In this study, the researcher used Classroom Action Research. It consisted of four steps, they were planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. The researcher used three instruments to do the research. They were observation, questionnaire and test. Observation sheet is the tool to observe and control classroom activity. The questionnaire consists of list from the statements and questions that arranged by the researcher. The purpose of the statements and questions were giving the students feedback from the list as the comments from all of the things in teaching and learning activity. The purpose of the test is to know the result of teaching and learning process. The result of observation checklist proved that the students were very active in the class. They were active in teaching and learning process, doing the writing, and asking about difficult material. The result of questionnaire proved that the most of the students’ were motivated and interested in using comic strips in teaching writing because it made them easier to write and have many idea. The result of the test showed that in cycle 1 just 8 students got reach KKM. But in cycle 2 are 25 students’ got reach KKM. Finally, the researcher concluded that the result of this research showed the improvement students’ writing ability in narrative text by using comic strips toward on the eight grade of SMP N 3 Satu Atap Ngebel Ponorogo