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
After getting some treatments in cycle 2, the students did post test. The students had to write descriptive test about “My Favorite Artist”. The same instructions
about time and limitation of the sentences were given and the students tried to do their work. The post-test score is presented as follows:
10
90 Poor
Poor to Average Average to Good
Good to Excellent
Table 4.4 The Result of Post-test
Code Components
Total Score
Grammar Content Vocabulary Spelling
G-01 4
4 4
4 16
80 G-02
4 5
4 4
17 85
G-03 4
4 4
5 17
85 G-04
4 4
4 4
16 80
G-05 4
5 5
5 19
95 G-06
3 4
4 4
15 75
G-07 4
4 4
4 16
80 G-08
3 4
4 4
15 75
Code Components
Total Score
Grammar Content Vocabulary Spelling
G-09 4
4 4
5 17
85 G-10
3 4
4 4
15 75
G-11 4
4 4
4 16
80 G-12
4 4
5 4
17 85
G-13 4
5 4
3 16
80 G-14
4 4
4 4
16 80
G-15 4
4 4
4 16
80 G-16
4 4
5 4
17 85
G-17 4
4 4
3 15
75 G-18
3 4
4 3
14 70
G-19 4
4 4
4 16
80 G-20
4 4
4 4
16 80
G-21 3
4 4
4 15
75 G-22
3 4
4 4
15 75
G-23 4
4 4
4 16
80 G-24
4 4
4 3
15 70
G-25 4
4 4
4 16
80 G-26
4 4
5 4
17 85
G-27 4
4 4
3 15
75 G-28
4 4
4 4
16 80
G-29 4
4 4
4 16
80 G-30
4 5
5 5
19 95
G-31 4
4 4
4 16
80 Total
118 128
129 123
498 2485
Mean 3.81
4.13 4.16
3.97 16.06
80.16 The average score of post-test is 80.16. It increased than the test result of
the last cycle, with the margin of 11.77. It showed us the improvement of students‟ skill in writing descriptive text. The detail of the grade category and
frequency of students‟ pre-test could be seen in Appendix 20, page 133.Here is the grade distribution of the students.
Chart 4.3 The Precentage of the Grade Category of Students’ Post-test
According to the data, it could be concluded that there was improvement of students‟ writing skill. After giving treatments in some meetings, most of them
got the point of how to construct descriptive text correctly. Their skill in writing particularly in descriptive text improved.
T here was a significance improvement of the students‟ ability in writing
descriptive text. It could be seen the average of the students‟ score. During the
pretest until formative test there was an improvement it was about 8.07. Then, the score improvement during formative test to post test was 11.77. There was a
significance of the students‟ test. The strategy really helped the students to understand the material and helped the students in writing descriptive text. The
diagram of the mean score improvement in the pre test, formative test and post test could be seen as follow:
Chart 4.4 The Comparative Means Score in Each Test
74 26
Poor Poor to Average
Average to Good Good to Excellent
It showed that there was improvement in every test. The use of write-around helped in the improvement of the test. It could be concluded that the appropriate
strategy during the teaching material was very important to deliver the material about descriptive text. In the class VIII G of SMP N 39 Semarang, it was found
that write-around as the strategywas needed. The strategies could help the students in understanding the materials.
4.3 Analysis of the Observation Checklist
