Using Mentor Texts to Improve Students' Writing Skill
Writing Skill
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37755/jsbi.v16i1.1201Keywords:
mentor texts, descriptive writing, classroom action researchAbstract
This research aimed to find out how mentor texts improved students’ descriptive writing of year-10 students of SMAN 9 Pontianak. To achieve this goal, Classroom Action Research was conducted over two cycles. The participants of this study were 32 students in class X MIA 1. Observational checklists, field notes, and writing tests were used to collect data. The observational checklist and field notes revealed noticeable changes in both student and teacher behaviors during the instructional process. These alterations appear to enhance students’ activeness and motivation, leading to improved writing skills. In addition, results from the writing test indicated that students improved their ability to identify and organize relevant information to describe a topic in their descriptive writings. Moreover, the activity provided from Read Works called article a-day increased students’ vocabular and background knowledge. These outcomes suggest that mentor text is a medium for enhancing writing skill among year-10 students. Therefore, the researcher recommends that teachers use mentor text as a medium to help students improve their writing skills.References
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