Writing Performance of the Eleventh Grade Sinor High School Students

Abstract

This study aims to measure the writing ability of eleventh-grade students at SMA Negeri 1 Parigi. A descriptive qualitative research design was used. The research subjects consisted of 10 eleventh-grade students at SMA Negeri 1 Parigi. Data were analyzed from students' writing worksheets. The researcher analyzed and described the students' descriptive texts based on content and organization aspects. The study results showed that the majority of students' writing (60%) was at the good level, 20% at the very good level, and the rest at the poor level. These findings indicate that students are able to write descriptive texts well in terms of content and organization. Based on these results, it is recommended that teachers maintain the writing teaching strategies that have been implemented.