Using of Clustering Technique to Improve Students Ability in Writing Descriptive Text at the Eighth Grade Students of SMP Negeri 1 Langsa

This title of research is “Using of clustering technique to improve students’ ability in writing descriptive text at the eighth grade students of Smp Negeri 1 Langsa”. Writing skill is one of the productive skills that should be mastered in using a language. The students have difficulties in writing descriptive text because they difficult to find fresh ideas. Therefore, the researcher will try to use clustering technique as a technique to improve students’ability in writing descriptive text. The research was designed to figure out whether clustering technique can improve students’ ability in writing descriptive text. This research aimed to find out the clustering technique can improve student’s ability in writing descriptive text at the eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Langsa. This research was applied to elevate student’s writing ability. This research used Classroom Action research (CAR) as the method. This research involved the students of VIII-E class. The class consist of 35 students. The instruments that used in this research were test and observation. Based on the research result, learning writing through clustering technique made students’ writing ability in descriptive text increased. The result of pre-test showed that only 10 students (28,5%) who passed the KKM score, the result of post test 1 showed that 19 students (54,28%) who passed the KKM score. In the end of cycle 2, the result of post test 2 showed that 30 students (85,7%) who passed the KKM score. Based on these finding it can be concluded that clustering technique can increased the students’s ability in writing descriptive text at the eighth students of SMP Negeri 1 Langsa.