Improving Writing Skill of the Seventh Grade Students of SMP Petra Berkat Denpasar in academic year 2019/2020 through Guided Writing with Picture

The fact in the schools, that there are many students still lack of writing skill. The undertaking of the present classroom action research was mainly intended to know whether guided writing with picture can improve the subject’s writing skill. In this case, the researcher limits the research on implementing guided writing to improve writing skill of the seventh grade students at SMP Petra Berkat Denpasar in academic year 2019/2020. The study was designed in the form of a classroom action research. It was conducted into two cycles and each cycle consisted of two sessions and involved four steps namely planning, action, observation and reflection. There were three instruments used to collect the data in this study: pretest, post-test, and questionnaire. The subject of the present study was the seventh grade students of SMP Petra Berkat Denpasar in academic year 2019/2020. The total of students in this class were 27 students. After analyzing the students’ answer in pre-test, it was found that the score of students’ writing skill was very low. The present classroom action research was then carried out using guided writing in cycle one and cycle two. The result of the post-test in each cycle showed that there was significant improvement concerning the subject’s ability in writing, especially in writing descriptive paragraph. This research furthermore showed that there was changing learning behavior as the result of the positive responses concerning the technique applied in improving the subject’s writing skill. The present classroom action study proved that guided writing could improve writing skill of the seventh grade students of SMP Petra Berkat Denpasar in academic year 2019/2020. The technique also changed the students’ learning behavior so their motivation increase.