Writing is a difficult skill for the students at SMPN 26 Makassar. It could be seen from the result of a diagnostic test which showed the ability of the second year students of SMPN 26 Makassar in writing paragraphs was still poor. The students were unable to express their ideas well in making descriptive texts. The research used Classroom Action Research that consisted of planning, action, observation, and reflection. It conducted in two cycles in which each cycle comprised four meetings. The subjects of this research were 28 students of the second year students of SMPN 26 Makassar.The findings indicated that the students’ ability to write descriptive text in cycle 1 has not reached the score target because the mean score of the students was 66.52 that classified as “fairly good” whereas, In cycle 2 the students’ mean score was 75.26. It indicated that the score target has been reached and classified as “Good”. Therefore, the researcher suggested the English teacher apply Four Square Writing Method as one of the alternative ways of teaching writing subject in the classroom especially in teaching the descriptive text.

Tujuan dari penelitian ini yaitu untuk menginternalisasikan konsep matematika materi geometri pada pola bangunan Masjid Al-Falah Jember dalam pembelajaran matematika. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif dengan pendekatan etnografi. Data penelitian dikumpulkan menggunakan metode wawancara, observasi, dan dokumentasi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pada bangunan Masjid Jami’ Al-Falah Jember terdapat beberapa konsep matematika serta materi geometri di dalamnya. Konsep matematika yang ada pada Masjid Jami’ Al-Falah Jember yaitu setengah lingkaran, persegi, trapesium, lingkaran, belah ketupat, persegi panjang, dan juga segitiga. Materi geometri diantaranya adalah sifat transformasi geometri dilatasi dan refleksi. Konsep matematika yang terdapat pada Masjid Jami’ Al-Falah Jember dapat digunakan serta dimanfaatkan pendidik untuk memperkenalkan konsep matematika kepada siswa khususnya materi geometri tujuannya adalah supaya siswa lebih mudah memahami materi geometri melalui budaya lokal.

This research aimed to improve students’ reading comprehension by using the strategy of title, examine, look, look and setting. This research used Classroom Action Research (CAR) by implementing two cycles (cycle 1 and 2). This research tried to find out the students’ achievement in literal comprehension through TELLS Strategy and the students’ achievement in interpretive comprehension through TELLS Strategy. Then the researcher found the results based on the goals of the research, those were the students’ improvement in literal reading comprehension was 67.75% from 51.31%, as well as the students’ improvement in interpretative reading comprehension 67.10% from 51.31%. It was reached by the implementation of TELLS Strategy in the classroom.Keywords: Reading, TELLS Strategy, CAR, Literal, Interpretative.

The research was aimed to find out the kinds of errors in the use of punctuation in narrative text at second grade of SMA Negeri 1 Makassar. The research focused on five punctuation, they are full stop, comma, question mark, exclamation point, and quotation mark. The method of this research was descriptive quantitative. The subjects of this research took 36 students from 4 classes, it used random sampling technique. The researcher used narrative text as instrument. From the result, there are some kinds of errors students made, they are Misordering, omission, and addition of punctuation. Omission of full stop was dominant error made by students that is 19.22%. In writing, punctuation is very important because it can make reader understand the meaning of writing.

Tujuan penelitian tindakan kelas secara keseluruhan adalah untuk membantu siswa X TPL 3 SMKN 2 Pangkep Semester Ganjil 2022-2023 mengembangkan kemampuan berbicara untuk topik “Berbicara Tentang Diri Sendiri”. Secara khusus, tujuannya adalah untuk: (1) menjelaskan proses pembelajaran dan (2) mengetahui hasil belajar siswa yang menggunakan model pembelajaran kooperatif talking stick pada siswa X TPL 3 SMKN 2 Pangkep. Proses penelitian dibagi menjadi dua siklus yang masing-masing siklus meliputi tahapan perencanaan, pelaksanaan, observasi, dan refleksi. Siklus 1 dan Siklus 2 masing-masing memiliki dua kali pertemuan. Data aktivitas siswa dikumpulkan menggunakan lembar kegiatan siswa, data pengelolaan pembelajaran instruktur dikumpulkan menggunakan lembar pengelolaan pembelajaran, dan hasil belajar siswa dikumpulkan menggunakan ujian pembelajaran. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian: (1) Aktivitas siswa pada kelas X TPL 3 tahun pelajaran 2022/2023, membicarakan materi diri pada penelitian tindakan siklus 1 dan siklus 2 termasuk dalam kategori BAIK.