Increasing The Students’ Achievement In Reading Comprehension By Using Annotation Strategy At Eight Grade Of Smp Muhammadiyah 03medan At 2017/2018 Academic Years

Abstract

This study deals with increasing the students’ achievement in reading comprehension by using Annotation Strategy. This study was conducted by using classroom action research. The subject of the research was class VIII SMP Muhammadiyah 03 Medan. It was conducted in one class which consisting of four meeting. The instruments of research were test, observation, and interview. The result showed that the total score in pre-test was 1445 and the mean score was 38.02. In the first cycle the total students’ score was 2525 and the mean score was 66.44. And the second cycle, the total students’ score was 3145 and the mean score was 82.76. The improvement also can be seen from the percentage of students’ achievement in reading comprehension. In pre-test no one students got 70 points (0%). In first cycle, 21 students who got 70 points (55.26%). It means that there was an improvement in reading comprehension by applying annotation strategy was 55.26%. And in second cycle, there was 38 students who got points 70 points (100%). It means that, there was improvement from post test I to post test II was 44.74%. There was improvement of students’ behavior and participation in the class. It could be concluded that Annotation Strategy could improve students’ achievement in reading comprehension of narrative text.