LEARNING TO WRITE EXPLANATION TEXT USING THE PICTURE TO PICTURE METHOD FOR STUDENTS OF MTs NURUL HIKMAH, BEKASI CITY

Learning to write for some students is still difficult. Writing requires practice and mastery of skills such as vocabulary. Appropriate and effective methods also determine the success of learning to write. One method that emphasizes collaborative learning is the picture to picture cooperative method. This study used the Kemmis and Mc Taggart class action methods with action, observation and reflection processes. The students who participated in this research were 37 grade 9 students of Mts Nurul Hikmah Bekasi City. Research using 2 cycles. In the first and second cycles the researcher provided explanatory writing material using the picture to picture method. The theme of the pictures given are pictures with natural phenomena. There is an increase of 3 points between cycles 1 and 2. Learning to write using the picture to picture method can improve the results of students' ability to write explanatory texts. Teachers are expected to be able to complete this method with the help of several other media, such as augmented reality applications, power points and several other media, so that there are variations in teaching in the classroom.bstract provides an overview of the research carried out, written in full and clear.