TEACHING WRITING BY USING RIPPLE WRITING STRATEGY ON STUDENTS’

WRITING ACHIEVEMENT. (AT THE ELEVENT GRADE OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL)

By

HARI RANDIVALY*)

*)Syayid Sandi Sukandi, S.S M.A Staf Pengajar Program Studi Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris STKIP
PGRI Sumatera Barat

ABSTRAK

Hari Randivaly. (10040332), Pengajaran Menulis Dengan Menggunakan Ripple Terhadap

Pencapaian Menulis Siswa. Makalah. Program Sarjana STKIP PGRI Sumatera Barat.
Menulis adalah satu dari empat keahlian dasar yang harus dikuasai oleh siswa oleh sekolah
menengah atas. Dalam hal ini menulis bukan hanya untuk berbagi cerita atau informasi, menulis juga
diperuntukan untuk menjalin komunikasi jarak jauh yang cukup bermanfaat. Melihat situasi ini setiap
guru bahasa Inggris hendaknya sadar bahwa menulis bukan hanya untuk menyusun kalimat menjadi
paragraf kemudian paragraph menjadi sebuah teks utuh, tapi juga tentang penyampaian pesan dari
penulis kepada si pembaca. Oleh sebab itu, perlu digunakan strategi yang jitu untuk menguasai dua
hal tersebut. Pada makalah ini, penulis ingin mengemukakan sebuah strategi yang dapat dijadikan
sebagai salah satu strategi yang bermanfaat bagi pengajaran dan pembelajaran menulis. Strategi
tersebut adalah Ripple Writing Strategy.
Ripple Writing Strategi adalah sebuah strategi yang dapat digunakan untuk membantu siswa
menjalani proses penulisan itu sendiri yaitu generating ideas based on the topic, working and sharing
ingroup discission, searching interest sources, encourage with others, editing, publishing. Dalam
strategi ini siswa akan di tuntut untuk bekerja sama dalam membangun sebuah teks dengan di dukung
oleh sumber-sumber yang ada. Jadi, strategi ini di terapkan melalui kerja berpasangan atau kelompok.
Kemudian teks yang di ajarkan hortatory exposition. Melalui strategi ini di harapkan siswa akan
terlatih untuk bekerjasama dan memahami apa itu menulis yang sebenarnya untuk menghasilkan
tulisan yang baik.

INTRODUCTION especially in the classroom. Meanwhile,

Writing is a complex skill which
is need by the writer’s thoughts and
opinion, the skill also require other
elements in writing, such as grammar,
spelling, and punctuation. Related to
grammar and vocabulary that are
important elements in writing which it
arrange the word and the pattern to make
good sentences. Moreover, spelling and
punctuation must consider to write a good
written from that is appropriate with
context.
Thus, writing is a combination of
process and product. The process in
writing itself focuses on the students’
activities in teaching learning process,
the product of writing explain about the
students to make a text which in can be
comprehension and interesting for the
reader in order to make the readers
interesting.
In fact, based on the writer’s
observation at SMAN 1 Batang Kapas
pesisir selatan, the writer identified
students’ problem related to English
writing. the main problem happened in this
case that the students can not create their
ideas into written text, and also the
students did not understand how to write
well and what should they write, because
many students feel difficult to create their
ideas in to a good text, and than the
students got low score and cannot achieve
the target of writing achievement.
Therefore a teacher should choose a good
strategy to help students in writing.
If the teacher uses appropriate
strategy, it can make the students’
Review Of Related Literature
There are some defenition of writing
According to Brown (2001:336) “writing
is a thinking process. In this case, in
writing activity, students can express their
ideas, opinion, through the process of
prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing”.
It is supported by Ontario (2005:13) who
points out that writing is powerful
instrument for students to use, to express
thoughts, feelings, and judgments about
what they have read, seen, or experienced.
Teaching Writing
In teaching English especially
writing skill, the teacher has to understand
what is teaching writing itself. Considering
all component that involve in delivering
the material in teaching writing, many
strategies can be done by the writing
teacher. Manka (2000:13) defines that
teaching writing means introducing many
different types of text in the language
class. There are many kinds of text that
should be taught to the foreign language
learners. Teaching writing cannot be
separated by them. The students are
Hortatory Exposition Text
Hortatory exposition text is a text
that gives ideas to the readers about
phenomenon. Paradiyono (2009:126)
explain that hortatory exsposition is text
that gives information which is
ideas/opinion about phenomenon and have
paper based analysis phenomenon. It
means that hortatory exposition is a text
that explain about opinion/idea based
phenomenon. The generic structures of
hortatory exsposition text are: thesis is a
controversial statement that is made after
research phenomenon (social, cultural and
political). Then, argument are an opinion
that is made based analysis and strong
reason, and recomendation is strong
expression and true thesis.
understand and comprehend in writing.
Moreover, it can improve the students’
writing, because the students will be not
bored to write, because they are to choose
of some topic that they like to write.
Refering to the explanation above,
it can be concluded that writing is a
process constructing the idea in the written
form through some chronological process,
they are generating ideas, organizing the
material, drafting, revising and publishing
the work. It needs a critical thinking in
order to express appropriate idea in a piece
of writing form. Writing is also a process
in which requires the writer to make the
writing understandable for the readers.
required to be able to comprehend and also
to develop their ides in written form.
Refering to explanation above,
teaching writing is not only used to teach
the students how to develop idea but also
to evaluate students. The teacher should
aware that writing is not a product but a
significant process. It is caused by the
importance of writing process which help
the students to make their writing to be
organized. That is while teaching writing
the teacher should pay attention to the
development of students writing.
Furthermore, hortatory exposition
text that is a text have a contents
information, opinion that persuades the
readers to accept the writer’s point of
view. Djuharie (2009:161) states that
hortatory exposition is a text that gives
opinion to influence and persuade the
readers get pro-conta behavior toward
something should do or should not. It
means that hortatory exposition is a text
that explain statement to gives affect to
the readers. In addition, it also persuades
the readers to can do well, and relates with
negative and positive behavior for the
readers. The generic structures of hortatory
exposition text are: thesis is an opinion
about issues phenomenon that will be
discussed by the teacher to the students in
the class. Then, argument are
suggestion/reason to make the strong
reason with their argument, and
Ripple Writing Strategy
Ripple writing strategy is strategy
which can make the students to create their
idea become paragraph, According to
Aragoni (2009:1) explains that Ripple
Writing Strategy is a strategy that the
students can use to identify material for
body paragraph development. High-
interest readings from a variety of genres
have been chosen to engage students in
critical thinking. Each chapter is organized
around a single topict and contains two or
three readings. Journal question, pre-
reading activities, and comperehension and
vocabulary activities accompany each
reading.
Furthermore, Ripple Writing Strategy
can help the students in written text, it
supported by Sawyer (2011:2) explains
that ripple writing strategy is a strategy
Procedure Of Ripple Writing Strategy
To apply this strategy in the class for
the students, teachers must know how to
use this strategy well. This statement is
supported by Aragoni (2009:1) proposes
that there are some procedures that do in
ripple writing strategy, thay are: first,
creating a working thesis statement from a
topic. Second, developing a sentence
outline from a thesis statement. Then,
assesing the potential sources of evidence
for paper development (Ripple Strategy).
Next, researching based on the thesis
statement keywords. After that, expanding
a writing skeleton into a full working
outline (comprehesive plan) and, editing
for single erorr and presenting with
support material.
Meanwhile, Ekroth (2011:3) explains
that way to create of Ripple Writing
Advantages Of Ripple Writing Strategy
In this case, there is a strategy can
be considered as strategy to teach writing
that is Ripple Writing Strategy. According
to Aragoni (2009:2) advantages of Ripple
Writing Strategy is to increase distant from
a pebble’s entry point of the writer and
recomendation is statement should not do
to persuade the readers.
that can helps with each aspect of
succesful media campaign (background
materials), from the developing strategic
massage to write to writing effective press
material to organizing newsworthy events.
In addition, Ripple Writing Strategy is a
strategy that students need source before
star to writing, according to NREPP
(2011:2) Ripple Writing Strategy is a
strategy that fits guidelines of many
publics and privates funding sources.
In summary, Ripple Writing
Strategy is a that the students can use a
source to identify material for develop
body of paragraph. Thus, Ripple Writing
Strategy also focuses on brainstorming to
examine their knowledge to put muscle on
the topic statements of the studens’ body
paragraph.
Strategy, there are some procedures: first,
generating ideas based on the topic.
Second, working and sharing in group
discussion. Then, searching interest
sources and materials. After that,
encourage with others, read aloud or tell
an inspiring, and publishing. It means that
procedure of Ripple Writing Stategy will
be star from the students choose the topic
before they express their arguents
intowritten. Moreover, they can discuss
with group that have been choosen by the
teacher and search interst source to support
their writing in order to be more valid
based on their argument that have been
wrote in written text with their group
discussion, and also will be published in
other media to can share with other people.
systematically examine information source
in ever-widening ring.
Then, Sawyer (2011:3) states that ripple
writing strategy can examine their
knowledge and thier ignorance to
determine what evidence work for an
essay, term paper, or speech they are
preparing and also provide mutual aid and
planing a paper and support essay.
Briefly, the advantages of Ripple
Writing Strategy is to get other
information source from other media to
make a introductory paragraph become a
good essay by supporting evidence
material and the time alloted. So that the
Teaching Writing By Using Ripple
Writing Strategy
1. Teacher show the picture to
brainstorm the students about
material that will be taught to
his students in the class.
2. Teacher asks the students to
give their argument based on
the picture.
3. Teacher write their argument in
white board to become a
paragraph that is about
hortatory exposition text.
4. Teacher introduce topic in the
class.
5. Teacher explain about hortatory
text, generic structures and
language features
6. Teacher divide students into
small group
7. Teacher asks the students to
write a paragraph about
hortatory exposition text.
8. Teacher asks the students to
choose one of topic that have
DISCUSSION
Before the teacher star to teach by using
ripple writing strategy, the teacher prepare
the material, lesson plan, time allocation
and media. In pre-teaching, the teacher can
do some steps, such as greet, check
CONCLUSION
Writing is a skill that needs special
attention by the English teacher. It is
caused by the requirements of writing
skill. Writing is not only a skill that asks
the writer or the students to arrange some
sentences into a good order paragraph but
also the skill of conveying the meaningful
message to the readers. The writer should
follow some important processess of
writing that can support the writing
students be able understand about writing
text, and then the students can to reach
target achievement.
So, in this chapter the writer raised
Ripple Writing Strategy, because the
writer that sure with this strategy can help
the students to turn up their idea until
becoming write a text well.
been prepared based an
evidence sources and material
to support their argument based
on topic that have been chosen.
9. Teacher give an evidence
sources and material to support
their arguments based in the
topic that have been chosen
before.
10. The students analyze the
potential sources of evidence
for thesis statement
development (Ripple Strategy).
11. The students create a working
thesis statement from a topic
that will be discussed.
12. The students star to make a
draft and share with group and
is also helped by the teacher.
13. The students write a hortatory
text in group discussion based
on the source that have been
given by the teacher.
attendance list and brainstorming to the
students. In whilst-teaching activity, the
teacher applies by using ripple writing
strategy. In post teaching activity, the
teacher concludes the material
product. It is caused by the importance of
writing in communication. That is why
English teacher should be aware about the
process of teaching and learning writing.
However, all requirements of writing
skill are far from what is hopped. It may be
caused by some related factors such as
teacher and students’ motivation. Actually,
the way of the teacher teaches can
motivate students in learning. The
teacher’s way can be approached through
the strategy being used in the classroom.
There is strategy that can help the teacher
and also the students in improving writing.
It is Ripple Writing Strategy.
Ripple writing strategy increase
students’ writing achievement in terms of
content, organization, language, and
vocabulary. However, for terms of
grammar and mechanics cannot be covered
by Ripple Writing Strategy because
students are too focus on searching the
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