Improving Short Story Writing Skills Using Pop Up Media in Grade IV Students of State Elementary School

Abstract

This study aims to improve the learning process and short story writing skills using pop-up media for fourth-grade students of SD Negeri 1 Bungi, Baubau City. This type of research is classroom action research with a collaborative form. The design in this study uses the Kemmis and Mc Taggart model which consists of planning, implementation, observation, and reflection stages. The subjects of this study were 20 fourth-grade students of SD Negeri 1 Bungi, Baubau City. The object of this study was short story writing skills. Data collection methods in this study used test, observation, and documentation methods. Data analysis techniques used were quantitative and qualitative techniques, namely by finding the average value of students' short stories. The results of the study showed that pop-up media can improve short story writing skills for fourth-grade students of SD Negeri 1 Bungi, Baubau City. The process of improving learning to write short stories using pop-up media is: 1) students learn the material of short story elements, 2) students learn linguistic material, 3) students learn how to compose a short story framework based on pop-up media, and 4) students write short stories using pop-up media. The increase in short story writing skills in cycle I was 19.7 from a pre-cycle average of 59.9 to 79.6. Meanwhile, the increase in short story writing skills in cycle II was 25.85 from a pre-cycle average of 59.9 to 85.75.