Improving the XI IPS 2 Students’ Narrative-Texts Reading Comprehension Achievement by Using Story Mapping Strategy at the SMAN Kalisat Senior High School

Abstract

The research was intended to improve students’ reading comprehension achievement by using story mapping strategy. The research design was classroom action research. The research area was at the SMAN Kalisat Senior High School. The research subjects were thirty two students of class XI IPS 2.The research data were collected by interview, documentation and test. The result showed that the percentage of the active students in two cycles increased from 71.85% to 81.25% and the percentage of the students who improved in reading comprehension achievement increased from 68.75% to 78.12%. It can be said that this research fulfilled the criteria of success. Therefore, the use of story mapping strategy could improve the students’ reading comprehension achievement at the school.