Improving the Eighth Grade Students’ Ability in Sentence Writing by Using Pocket Chart at SMP Negeri Sucopangepok, Jelbuk, Jember

Abstract

Writing is a form of written communication to express the thinking or feeling of the writer. This research was conducted at SMP Negeri Sucopangepok, Jelbuk, Jember with the eighth grade students as the population. The research design was Classroom Action Research. Before writing a paragraph, students have to be able to write correct sentences. From experience, it was found that there were difficulties in sentence writing. The difficulties were sentence fragments and grammatical problems. Besides, the students were not interested in teaching learning process of sentence writing. The objectives of the research were to improve the eighth grade students’ participation in teaching learning process by using Pocket Chart and their ability in sentence writing. The target of this research was 65%. The results of students’ active participation were 69.35% in the first cycle and 71.54% in the second cycle. The result of sentence writing scores was 66,66% in the first cycle increased to 69,56% in the second cycle. In conclusion, the use of Pocket Chart could improve the eighth grade students’ participation in teaching learning process and their ability in sentence writing.