The use of cooperative integrated reading and composition to improve students’ ability in composing narrative writing (a classroom action research with 8th grade, MTs Negeri Kudus in the academic year 2010/2011)

This study was to investigate the students’ Ability in writing a narrative text, to apply CIRC in teaching learning activity to improve students’ from aspect: Content, Organization, Vocabulary, grammar, and mechanic. In conducting this study, the researcher collected data from students of 8th grade, MTs Negeri Kudus in the academic year 2010/2011. The method of data collection used here were observation, and test. The data were obtained by employing test, and observation. The test used to measure students’ proficiency in writing narrative text. Mean while, the observation was administered to know the students’ engagement during the teaching. In order to investigate the students’ responses towards the teaching and learning by means of CIRC. Then, the result of the observation was interpreted. Hopefully, the teacher of English subject can be more creative in creating the new idea to teach English writing. This research was done in three phases; pre-test, teaching learning activity by using CIRC consisted of three cycles. The topic of pre-test was daily activity because the students had been familiar with them, the topic of first cycle was Beauty and The Beast, the topic of second cycle was The Stingy and Generous, the topic of third cycle was Takatuliang the Woodcarver. In the pre test, the average of the students’ achievement was 35.8, the average of students’ test result in the first cycle was 54, 25, the average of students’ test result in the second cycle was 76,3, the average of students’ test result in the third cycle was 80,6. So that, there is an improvement before and after students get the teaching. Students improve their writing efficiently and effectively by using CIRC. The advantage of CIRC is students know that one’s performance is generally caused by oneself and one member of a team. This method give much time to students to be active in the English teaching and learning process Beside that, they can develop critical thinking and learn to solve the problem. They feel proud and jointly celebrate when a group member is recognized for achievement. In the other hand, CIRC has disadvantages they are this teaching need a long time from the preparation, acting and evaluating. The class’s condition becomes crowded. There some students do not want to join certain students