PENINGKATAN KEMAMPUAN MENULIS SISWA KELAS IV MELALUI MODEL SNOWBALL THROWING DI SD NEGERI 6 PADANG SIBUSUK KECAMATAN KUPITAN KABUPATEN SIJUNJUNG

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This research is motivated by the fact that the low Improving Student Writing Ability Elementary School Fourth Grade 6 Padang Sibusuk District of Kupitan Sijunjung. In the Indonesian language learning, especially in the teaching of writing, often used method is difficult to understand the lectures so that students learning, and the learning process of teachers rarely use teaching methods, so that many students who chide. So that students' writing skills in writing a story rendah. Teori used is a model according Istarani Snowball Throwing (2012), while the write using the theory that dikemukkan by Suparno et al (2008). This research is a classroom action research conducted in this study was conducted in two cycles, each cycle consisting of 2 meetings (including one session for a retrial). The subject of this study is the fourth grade students of SD Negeri 6 Padang Sibusuk District of Kupitan Sijunjung. Totaling 22 people. Research instrument used in this study is the observation sheet activities of teachers, and student worksheet in students' writing ability. This study aims to determine the planning, implementation, observation and student learning outcomes in teaching and learning in the fourth grade Elementary School 6 Padang Sibusuk District of Kupitan Sijunjung. The hypothesis of this study is to increase students' writing skills in learning Indonesian by using the model of "Snowball Throwing". Based on the results of research carried out showed that the results of the analysis of teacher activity observation sheet in the first cycle is 70%, on the second cycle increased to 82.5%. Student worksheet in the writing ability of students obtained an average percentage in the first cycle was 74.60%, while in the second cycle the average percentage obtained 76.55%. From the results obtained it can be concluded that the model Throwing Snowball can improve students' writing ability in learning Indonesian.

Keywords: students' writing skills, models Throwing Snowball.