Improving The Students’ Achievement in Writing News Item Text By Using Video at Madrasah Aliyah Al-Manaar Asahan

This research was aimed to find out the improving of the students’ achievement in writing News Item text by using Video. The subject of this research were the tenth grade of MAS Al-Manaar Asahan which consisted of 29 students. This research applied classroom action research. The data of this research were qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data were taken from observation sheet, interview sheet, and diary notes. The quantitative data were taken from tests, that were carried out in the end of every cycle. The tests were given to the students in form of pre-test, post test 1 in the first cycle and the post test 2 in the second cycle. The result of the data analysis showed that the score of students increased from the first post-test I to post-test II. It were showed from the mean of orientation test was 63,9 there was 27,6% (8 students) who got point 75 or more. In the post test of cycle I, the mean was 71,4,(16 students) it was higher than orientation test. There was 55,2%(16 students) who got point 75 or more. The percentage of the students’ score in the orientation test to post-test I was improvement 27,6%. In the post test II, the mean was 79,6 and the percentage of students who got point 75 or more was 79,3% (23 students). It indicated that the use of Video can improve the students’ ability in writing News Item text