102 10.51
– 15.00 low achievement
15.01 – 19.50
high achievement
19.51 – 24.00
very high achievement
The total mean score of this topic was 21.65. It indicated that the implementation of the technique picture series could help the students to
improve their writing skills. The criterion achieved was high achievement. The activities and the techniques used in the second cycle could help them to produce
the writing products better than in the preliminary study and also the first cycle. It could be seen that 18 students 69.23 agreed, 8 students 30.77 strongly
agreed, and there was no student who disagreed that picture series made them able to organize the ideas of the story. The researcher also provided a statement about
finding the new vocabularies to be used in the story. There were 10 students 38.36 who agreed 13 students 50 who strongly agreed, and also 3 students
11.54 who stated that picture series could help them in finding new vocabularies to compose the story. Referring to the generic structure of narrative
text, there were 13 students 50 who agreed, 9 students 34.62 who strongly agreed, and 4 students 15.38 who disagreed that picture series could help them
in applying the appropriate generic structure of narrative to the story they made. The researcher also presented a statement related to the use of tense simple past
tense to compose the story. There were 9 students 34.62 who agreed, 11 students 42.31 who strongly agreed, and 6 students 23.08 who disagreed
that the use of picture series could help them in understanding the tense used for composing the story. Moreover, related to the new vocabularies found in the
103 story, the result was: 12 students 46.15 agreed, 11 students 42.31 strongly
agreed, and 3 students 11.54 disagreed that the use of picture series in the second cycle could help them in finding the new vocabularies. It was proved by
the statement of a student in the following interview report. Student 3: “Menurut saya, kemampuan saya dalam menulis
narrative text bertambah, Miss. Dari yang pertemuan satu dan dua, saya merasa lebih bisa menemukan ide, membuat kalimat
menggunakan vocab baru dan mengerti generic structure di pert
emuan yang ketiga.” In my opinion, my writing skills in composing a narrative text
make progress, Miss. I think that in the last meeting, I get better in finding ideas, making sentences using new vocabularies, and
understanding the generic structure rather than in the first and second meeting.
The achievement of this criterion was very high achievement. The results
improved, comparing to the criterion in the first cycle: high achievement. The picture series implemented in the second cycle could significantly improve their
writing skill in composing a narrative text. 3
Students‟ perception toward the learning process This was the last topic discussed in the questionnaire. There were 4
statements provided by the researcher. The statements were used to obtain the data of the students‟ perception toward what the researcher gave in the learning
activities and also their achievements in composing the narrative texts. Here are the criteria of total mean score in this topic:
4.00 – 7.00
very low 7.01
– 10.00 low
10.01 – 13.00
high
13.01 – 16.00
very high
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