From the result above, we could see the result of the test was very poor. 3,2 of students were categorized in poor. 71 were categorizedin poor tofair.
25,8 of them were categorized as fair to good. The highest score was 70. The means of the test was 57.58. The lowest score was 50. It was far from satisfying.
The detail of the grade category and frequency of students‟ pre-test could be seen in Appendix 20, page 133.
4.2.2 Formative Test Result
3
71 26
Poor Poor to Average
Average to Good Good to Excellent
After doing the first cycle and treatments, the formative test was conducted. The students were asked
to write a descriptive text about “My Best Friend”. They followed the instructions to write a descriptive text. Here is the result of the test:
Table 4.3 Result of Formative Test
Students‟ Code
Components Total
Score Grammar Content
Vocabulary Spelling G-01
3 4
4 3
14 70
G-02 2
4 4
3 13
65 G-03
3 4
4 3
14 70
G-04 3
4 4
3 14
70 G-05
3 4
4 4
15 75
G-06 3
4 4
3 14
70 G-07
3 4
4 3
14 70
G-08 3
4 3
3 13
65 G-09
3 4
4 3
14 70
G-10 3
4 3
3 13
65 G-11
3 4
4 4
15 75
G-12 3
4 4
3 14
70 G-13
3 4
4 3
14 70
G-14 3
4 4
3 14
70 G-15
3 3
3 4
13 65
G-16 3
4 4
4 15
75 G-17
3 4
3 3
13 65
G-18 2
4 3
3 12
60 G-19
3 4
4 3
14 70
G-20 3
4 3
3 13
65 G-21
3 4
3 3
14 70
G-22 3
3 3
3 12
60 G-23
3 4
4 3
14 70
G-24 3
3 3
3 12
60 G-25
3 4
4 3
14 70
G-26 3
4 3
4 14
70 G-27
3 3
4 4
14 70
G-28 2
4 4
4 14
70 G-29
3 3
4 3
13 65
G-30 3
4 4
4 15
75 G-31
3 3
4 3
13 65
Total 90
118 114
101 424
2120 Mean
2.9 3.81
3.68 3.26
13.68 68.39 The average score of cycle 1 was 68.39. It increased from the pre-test with
the margin of 8.07. It showed the improvement in every aspect of students‟ skill in
writing descriptive text. However they got low score in grammar and spelling. Their grammar
didn‟t develop well. They still used the same structure and could not write the sentence well because they did grammar mistakes. It could be seen
that there was a little improvement in the formative test. The students could not reach the target score of test that was 70 and it could
be seen from the students‟ grade category. There were still 9.7 students whose score categorized in poor to
average and 90.3 of students‟ score categorized in average to good but the
highest score was 75. None of students got label good to excellent score.The detail of the grade category and frequency of students‟ pre-test could be seen in
Appendix 20, page 133.
Chart 4.2 The Precentage of the Grade Category of Students’ Formative Test
4.2.3 Post Test Result
