Improving Students’ Narrative Text Writing By
Using Clustering Technique” ( A Classroom Action Research At The
Tenth Grade of SMA Negeri 1 Noyan In The Academic Year of
2015/2016).This research was conducted in order to find out how clustering technique can
improve students’ writing narrative text to the tenth grade students’ of SMAN 1 Noyan in
the academic year of 2015/2016.
This research was done by using Classroom Action Research method to solved the
problems by the students faced. This research was conducted at the tenth grade students’ of
SMAN 1 Noyan, Sanggau Regency. And here the researcher had chosen x class as the
research subject that consist of 30 students’.This research used observation and
measurement as the technique of collecting data. The data of this research were used
qualitative and quantitative data. The qualitative data were taken from observation checklist
and field note, while quantitative data taken from writing test.
To analyzed the data, the researcher used qualitative analysis, the researcher analyzed
by describing the data obtained from observation checklist and field note, while in
quantitative analysis, the researcher analyzed the data from the result test of the students'
which calculated by the mean score in each cycle.
The result of this research showen that the implementation of Clustering Technique
improved students in writing narrative text, it was proven by the data from observation
checklist and field note, it proven that the technique was interest the students pay attention
to learn writing especially writing narrative text, it could make the students’ be more active.
It was also proved by the students writing result in in mean score was proved. In first cycle,
the students mean score was categorized is poor to average, and then in second cycle, the
students mean score was categorized into average to good.