IMPROVING STUDENTS’ WRITING SKILL USING ROLL A DICE GAME AT SDN 2 TONATAN PONOROGO

Abstract

The article is aimed at knowing whether Roll a Dice game can improve students’ writing skill at the fourth grade of SDN 2 Tonatan in academic year 2015/2016. The study used classroom action research as the design. This study was conducted in two cycles and each cycle consisted of two meetings. The subject of the study were the grade IV at SDN 2 Tonatan Ponorogo, who consisted of 32 students. This study was done from March until April 2016. To collect the data, the researcher used observation, questionnaire, documentation, and test. Then, the researcher used triangulation technique to analyze the data. The result of the study showed that there was improvement in the criteria of passing grade. The data showed that 79.2% of students were more active in paying attention and 80% of the student gave good response in writing activity through Roll a Dice game in cycle 1. Furthermore, the result of the test in cycle 2 showed that 90.6% of the student reached minimum mastery criteria.