Direct Writing Activity: A Strategy in Expanding Narrative Writing Skills for Elementary Schools

M Habibi,Rafhi Febryan Putera,Ari Suriani,Elfia Sukma,Taufina Taufina,Sukirno Sukirno

doi:10.13189/ujer.2020.081003

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https://doi.org/10.13189/ujer.2020.081003

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Narrative writing learning material in the fourth grade thematic books Curriculum 2013 in Indonesia does not have appropriate writing steps. This causes the learning process to write narrative texts is not carried out properly. Therefore a solution is proposed by developing narrative writing teaching materials based on direct writing activity strategy. This type of study is Research and Development using the ADDIE model. The research data consisted of validity data, practicality data, and effectivity data. The result showed that the validity score of teaching material was 3.79 by category highly valid. The learning process of narrative writing had a score of 3.63 by category very good. The student response score for teaching material was 3.81, while the teacher's response score was 3.78. The mean of the experimental class learning outcomes was 85.27, while the mean of the control class learning outcomes was only 72.64. The statistical test proved a significant difference in the teaching material for narrative writing developed. Based on these results, it can be concluded that the teaching material for narrative writing using direct writing activity is valid, practical, and effective to use.

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Writing competence is one of the Indonesian language competencies supported in elementary schools
This study is Research and Development adopting the ADDIE model to produce narrative writing teaching material based on direct writing activity strategies for the fourth grade elementary school students
These results indicated that the teacher felt the teaching material developed was easy to apply in learning and greatly helped the teacher in teaching narrative writing skills to elementary school students

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Writing competence is one of the Indonesian language competencies supported in elementary schools. In the hierarchy of speaking skills, writing skills are at the highest level [1], [2], which means that writing skills can be only mastered by students if they have had listening, speaking and reading skills. This expertise proves that writing skills are the most difficult skills to master compared to speaking skills [3]. The most common type of writing skills found in reading text in elementary schools is writing narrative text [2], [7], [8]. The hallmark of narrative texts is that they have a structured organizational structure including orientation, complications, and resolution [14]

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