Using Relay Writing Through WAG to Improve Short Story Writing Skills for Class IX at SMP Negeri 4 Wates

Abstract

This research aims to determine and describe the utilization of estafet writing through WhatsApp Groups (WAG) to improve writing skills of short story for students. This research was conducted based on the existence of problems in learning to write short story. The research subjects were students in SMPN 4 Wates. The implementation of this research was divided into two cycles. The research data was obtained through observation and documentation analysis of this data used descriptive qualitative. Second, the utilization of estafet writing through WAG are able to improve students’ writing skills of short story. It can be seen from the average value of skill in the cycle I of 65.31, and the average value of the cycle II of 80.63. Thus, there is an increase of the average value from the cycle I to the cycle II of 15.32. The skill value of cycle I is 82.5, and the average value of cycle II is 86.25, so that there are an increase in the average skill value from the cycle I to the cycle II, 3.75. Estafet writing method through WAG are able to improve the writing skills of short story texts for students.