Abstract:
The purpose of this research was to improve students’ writing skill by
using Pie (Point, Illustration, Explanation) Strategy in narrative text for eight
grade Students’ of SMPN 8 Makassar in the Academic year 2022/2023.
The research used the pre-experiment with pre-test and post-test
research.The total population of the research was the eight grade Students of
which consist of 36 Students. Than, the data had been collecting by using writing
test which was applied in pre-test and post-test. The process of the research was
applied four times. The research was conducted by giving treatment and
succeeded in improving Students’ writing skill in several aspect, namely content,
organization, vocabulary, grammar, and mechanic.The treatment was carried out
using PIE Strategy in narrative text. After conducting the research then the data
were analyzed using test analysis on SPSS 16.
The result of the average writing skill score on pre-test and post- test was
47.61. After the reserarcher gave treatment using Pie Strategy, it turned out that
the score of student writing skill in narrative text in the post-test increased to
79.03 . Therefore, the researcher concludes that writing skill in narrative text
using PIE strategy can improve the writing narrative text ability of class VIII.9
Students’ at SMPN 8 Makassa
