IMPROVING STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENT IN WRITING NARRATIVE TEXT BY APPLYING SPORE STRATEGY

Abstract

This study aims to discover the improvement of the students’ achievement
in writing narrative text by applying Spore Strategy. The objective of this study is
to find out whether the Spore strategy can improve students’ achievement in
writing narrative text or not. This study was conducted by using classroom action
research. The subject of the research was class XI IPA 2 of SMA Negeri 6 Medan
which consists of 34 students. This study applied quantitative and qualitative data.
The data of this study were obtained quantitatively through writing test which
show that the students score kept improving in every test and qualitatively based
on diary notes, observation sheet and interview sheet which show that teaching
learning process ran well, the students were active, enthusiastic, and interested in
writing. In the first test, the mean score was 56.8. In the second test, the mean
score was 67.2, and in the third test the mean score was 81.2.The research
findings indicated that Spore Strategy significantly improved students’
achievement in writing narrative text.