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The action research was
done based on their result of preliminary observations which indicated that
students felt (1) the difficulty to find ideas, (2) difficulty in determining
the themes that will be written on; (3) difficulty in expressing ideas; (4) confused
how to start and end a written, (5)
limited time to write a story and (6)
the need for the medium of learning in writting. This research employed a model of Kemmis and
Taggart with the steps of planning, execution, action, observation, reflection,
revision and evaluation, in each cycle. The mean score obtained by the students
is 62.2 before the action, and 85,9 in Cycle 1.
Keywords: medium culture, to Improve, Writting Ability