mechanic. The last problem is dealing with the students’ motivation in writing. They are not interested in writing because they think that writing is
difficult. The students of Grade VIII B at SMP N 5 Wates also experienced the
same things dealing with the problems in English writing. When it comes to writing activities, they usually were confused to write down the ideas in their
mind into a paper. In addition, they also found some difficulties in arranging ideas into a logical order. Furthermore, some of them also had difficulties in
creating correct grammatical sentences and choosing the appropriate vocabulary for their writing. Their low motivation in writing activity was also
one of the problems for them. Based on these problems, the researcher feels it is important to find an
effective solution to be applied in the teaching-learning process of writing at SMP N 5 Wates. The implemented solution is believed to be able to improve
the students’ writing skills and solve the problems related to writing activities.
B. Identification Of The Problem
The students at Grade VIII of SMP N 5 Wates encountered some problems in their writing process. Firstly, they had difficulties in delivering
ideas in their mind into a written product. There were two different reasons to support this statement. First, the students had many ideas in their mind but
were confused to choose which one should be written first. Second, they had
limited background knowledge related to the topic. In the writing process, sometimes they feel stuck to continue their writing. They also did not know
what to write and how to start their writing. To overcome this problem, many students tended to copy the model text in their textbook as it was easier to
complete the task. They just changed the subjects or objects of the sentences from the model text. Sometimes, they copied their friend’s work as they
believed it was the correct one. The other problem was they felt anxious to start writing because they afraid to make mistakes especially related to
grammar Secondly, they had a problem in arranging their ideas into a logical
order. They just wrote down random ideas and used them as the final work without
paying attention to the logical order of paragraphs on their text. It made the arranged sentences were not in the right order. They tended to write
disorganized sentences when they felt confused what to write. Moreover, they still did not understand the generic structure of the text, especially recount
text The next problem was related to grammatical rules. Most of the
students found it difficult to create a text with correct English sentences. They just directly translated their sentences from Bahasa Indonesia into English
without knowing that the sentence structure was incorrect. The other problem was their low vocabulary mastery. The students had limited English
vocabulary. It caused the difficulty to express their ideas creatively.
Moreover, they did not use dictionaries effectively in order to find appropriate words in creating meaningful sentences in the text. The problems
with mechanics were they tend to forget to use the correct punctuation in the sentences.
The last problem was the low motivation of the students in English. The students felt that English was difficult subject. It made them rarely pay
attention in class because they did not like the subject. Considering their problems in writing skills, the researcher thought
that there should be an effort to improve the stud ents’ writing ability. To
solve these problems, the researcher decided to implement graphic organizers in the teaching and learning process. The researcher believes that graphic
organizers would improve their writing ability, especially in the terms of delivering and organizing ideas.
C. Limitation Of The Problem
