table or write round, team pair solo, think-pair-share, numbered-head together, round robin brainstorming etc. Out of kinds of cooperative learning, round table
or write round is the technique which suitable in writing activity beside team pair solo. In round table technique, students simultaneously generate responses then
pass their list or product paper clockwise to the next students. By doing the combination of sequence pictures or story sequencing cards
through round table or write round technique students may write narrative texts in different way. Through this research, the writer expects for the media and
technique can be a combination to teach narrative text.
1.2 Reason for choosing the Topic
Several reasons have become the writer‘s points of consideration in choosing this
topic:
There are some reasons why writer choose this topic. 1. The writer chose SMP N 19 Semarang because some students in SMP
N 19 Semarang are still having problem with writing skill, especially
in writing narrative texts.
2. Writing skill is one of four skills that has the highest level of difficulties. In writing, there are several rules which have to follow. It
may cause the students do not like this activity. Narrative text is one text which tells imaginary stories fairy tales, legends, etc. In other
words, it is a quite simple text which is easy to understand because some students may read and know this kind of stories since childhood.
For some students or learners, it is an interesting text because they can play with their imagination in constructing this text. There no need to
use the difficult terms to arrange the text. Narrative text is one of the texts which is taught in Junior High School and Senior High School.
However, some students are still confused to distinguish between
narrative and recount text.
3. The implementation of the media is expected to be able to stimulate students‘ creativity and imagination in writing narrative texts. Story
sequencing cards or pictures provide some sequenced events which can catch more attention and motivation for students to write in a
different way.
4. To build students‘ confidence and participation in writing activity, teacher may use media or technique to support the teaching-learning
process in a classroom. In this study, the writer will use round table or write round because it is a technique which suitable for writing activity.
Through this technique, students also can learn how to be responsible for their group. In other words, rou
nd table builds students‘ self-
confidence and responsibility.
1.3 Statement of the Problems
