2.3. Theoretical Framework
In order to limit the study in such a way it will be focused and easy to search the data, I concern on four main terms, they are:
1 Descriptive Text In this study I focus on writing activity. I apply writing the descriptive text of the
teaching material. The seventh grade students of SMP have got to make a descriptive text effectively. It becomes the focus of this research to help the
students improve their writing skill especially in writing descriptive texts. 2 Writing
In this study writing is an activity in teaching and learning process in which the students are able to express their ideas, thought, opinions and feeling and organize
them based on the theme given by the teacher. I also give some clues for the students to help them in composing their writing.
3 Attribute Charts I will always give the activities using this strategy, so whole stages of the writing
process will always be featured with the data in the Attribute Charts. The use of Attribute Charts will include from the initial step, writing a single word to explore
the ideas, the middle step: writing a sentence in order to organize the ideas, and also the final step writing the students‟ short paragraph.
4 Action Research In this study, I will use an action research. There were six meetings with this
research. The first meeting was used for conducting pre-test, four meetings left were used to conduct the treatments, and the sixth meeting was used to conduct a
post-test.
Figure 2.2.Research design planning
Drawing conclusions and
making suggestions Analysis of the data
Results and Interpretation
1. Planning 2. Acting
3. Observing 4. Reflecting
Cycle 1: 2 meetings
Cycle 2: 2 meetings
Preliminary Interview and Observation
Conducting research
Pre-test
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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
In achieving the objectives of this study, I used the following methodologies which are divided into five sections: 1 research design, 2 subject of the
research 3 role of the researcher, 4 instruments of the study, and 5 method of analyzing data
3.1. Research Design