Abstract
This research has a research title that is about the Improvement of the Ability to Write Poetry through Project Based Learning Model for Class VIII Students of SMP Negeri 18 OKU. This study aims to describe the learning model in the Indonesian language field of study, especially in improving the ability to write poetry. The research subjects used were 24 grade VIII A students consisting of 9 male students and 15 female students. The background of this research was taken because the students' ability to write poetry was still very low as seen from the scores obtained by students. The method in this research is to use the class action method which is carried out in two cycles, each cycle is carried out two meetings. The data collection techniques used are tests, observations, and documentation. The data analysis technique used is descriptive statistics. The results obtained in the width of the teacher's work observation cycle I show that in cycle I the PBL method is still not fully implemented by the teacher so that the average percentage obtained in teacher activity is 44%, where the value is still below the target required by the teacher or researchers so that the most important learning process in writing poetry can get even better results. As for the results of student observation scores, the scores achieved were also considered to be quite insufficient, of the 24 students only 14 were students whose observation scores were still at a low level and 10 more people had reached the good category. With the percentage of student observation success that reached 54.1%. The value of writing student poetry in cycle I with the highest score had reached 82 and the lowest was 48. Of the 24 students, only 10 students scored the KKM score set by the school, namely 65, while 14 others still needed be improved again. The percentage of research success at the end of the first cycle is still quite low, namely 41.6%. In the second cycle, the results of teacher work observations have increased by 72%. As for the end of this second cycle, there were 23 students who were in the good category, while 1 person was in the poor category. The result of the value obtained is with an average of 89.8 and the percentage of success obtained is 95.8% of the total number of students. As for the students' writing skills, the scores obtained by all 24 students had met the KKM, namely 65. Where the highest score reached 88 and the lowest was 64. Meanwhile, the average score obtained was 77.25 and the percentage of success was 96%.