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Explanation text is a text that can train critical reading skills, especially for junior high school students. It contains compound sentences that summarize information from several sentences into one sentence. Writing compound sentences that are not quite right will also affect the meaning or meaning that will be conveyed in the explanation text. The purpose of this study was to determine the quality of compound sentences in the explanation text which will later be used as teaching materials for junior high school students. The quality of good compound sentences will later affect students' critical reading skills. The methodology used is a qualitative approach where data collection is carried out first. This technique is carried out using the Listen and Note technique. The Listen technique is done by reading and observing the explanation text on the brainacademy website. The note technique is carried out after reading the entire text recording the existing compound sentences and then re-identifying the results that have been obtained. After analyzing the explanation text, compound sentences of equal value and compound sentences of levels were found in the explanation text. The difference between the two sentences can be seen in the sentence structure and the use of conjunctions. The quality of compound sentences is also analyzed in terms of clarity of meaning, use of appropriate conjunctions, and level of complexity. The results of this study are expected to be a reference for teaching materials and provide insight into the influence of compound sentences that affect the quality of students' critical reading.

Writing skills according to experts in learning Indonesian are placed at the highest level of learning in the language acquisition process. One form of text that is important to learn in schools for writing skills is explanatory text. Explanatory text is a text that explains the process of a natural, social or cultural phenomenon logically and systematically. . Writing is one of the language skills that must be mastered by students. . However, in reality, there are still many students who have difficulty in understanding and writing explanatory texts. This study aims to analyze students' understanding of explanatory texts and students' abilities in writing explanatory texts in learning Indonesian in grade VI of elementary school. the number of samples in this study was 5 grade VI students. In this study, the researcher used a qualitative descriptive method. the results of this study indicate that students' understanding of writing explanatory texts is still low.    

This study aims to (1) analyze the skills of class VIII students of GKPS 3 Pematangsiantar Private Middle School in compiling explanatory texts before the implementation of the RAFT strategy. (2) Analyze the skills of class VIII students of GKPS 3 Pematangsiantar Private Middle School in compiling explanatory texts after the implementation of the strategy. (3) Analyze the impact of the RAFT learning strategy on the skills of compiling explanatory texts of class VIII students of GKPS 3 Pematangsiantar Private Middle School. The population in this study were class VIII students of GKPS 3 Pematangsiantar Private Middle School, namely class I with 26 students and class II with 27 students. The method used in this study was a two-group posttest design. Analysis assumption tests, normality tests and hypothesis tests were used in data analysis. The results of the study in the control class reached an average of 69.5 and were included in the "sufficient" category. The results of the study obtained with the RAFT strategy were 86.03 and were included in the "very good" category. Through the hypothesis test, namely tituing>ttable, namely 7.109>1.67528, it can be concluded that there is a significant influence of the use of the RAFT strategy on the ability to write explanatory texts of Class VIII students of SMP Swasta GKPS 3 Pematangsiantar.

The main objectives of this study were to determine whether students of grade VIII of SMPS Muhammadiyah 1 Medan could write explanatory texts using the Inquiry model, to find out whether they could write explanatory texts using the Teams Games Tournament model, and to find out how the Teams Games Tournament model affected the ability of grade VIII students in writing explanatory texts. A total of 64 students were selected from a population of 351 grade VIII students and divided into two groups: the experimental group (32 participants) and the control group (32 participants). General statements, sequences of events, conclusions, causal and chronological conjunctions, technical terminology, and nouns were some of the instruments used. After the quantitative test of the two experimental groups, data analysis techniques such as hypothesis testing, normality testing, and analysis requirements testing were applied. The calculated t value > t table (3.42423 > 2.04227), which shows that grade VIII students at SMPS Muhammadiyah 1 Medan significantly increased their capacity in writing explanatory texts during the 2023/2024 academic year, indicating that the Teams Games Tournament Model has a significant impact on the ability to write explanatory texts.

This study aims to analyze errors in the use of Enhanced Spelling (EYD) in writing explanatory texts by grade 6 elementary school (SD) students. Explanatory text is an important type of text in learning Indonesian, but students often make mistakes in using EYD when writing this text. This research uses descriptive qualitative methods with content analysis and interview techniques. Data were obtained from explanatory texts written by 6th grade elementary school students and the results of interviews with the principal, homeroom teacher, and 15 students. The research results show that students still make many mistakes in using EYD, especially in the use of capital letters, punctuation and writing words. This error is caused by students' lack of understanding about EYD, lack of practice in writing explanatory texts, lack of teacher attention to EYD teaching, and lack of support from the home environment. This research recommends that teachers pay more attention to EYD teaching, provide regular explanatory text writing practice to students, increase collaboration with parents, and create a learning environment that is conducive to the development of students' writing skills.

Learning is an activity that results in a change from those who do not know to know, from those who are unable to become capable. While learning refers to two concepts, namely learning and teaching. When the learning process takes place there will definitely be students who are not interested in the learning material delivered by the teacher. To overcome this, teachers must make innovations and updates in learning so that students can get motivation to learn and a pleasant learning atmosphere so that it is easier to accept material. Technology in the world of education is a learning system that supports learning so that learning becomes fun and achieves the desired results. Many learning platforms on the internet can be accessed for free, one of which is Quizziz. Quizizz is a platform for creating an interactive quiz game that can be used in class or outside the classroom in the form of homework. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative with class VIII B students at SMPN 2 Semarang as the subject. Data collection techniques used are observation and documentation. The data analysis technique that the researcher used included three stages, namely data reduction, data presentation, and concluding data. The results that the researchers got from the application of Quizziz as an explanatory text assessment tool for class VIII B students at SMPN 2 Semarang. interactive quiz media on explanatory text material at SMPN 2 Semarang shows that the use of the Quizziz application is beneficial for teachers and students even though there are still drawbacks.    

Fifth grade elementary school teachers are able to determine their students' reading literacy abilities. The aim of the research is to narrate the fifth grade reading literacy skills from the perspective of the fifth grade elementary school teacher. The research method used is descriptive qualitative research. The data collection technique used was interviews. The data analysis technique applied is descriptive qualitative data analysis to discuss research results and determine conclusions. There were 26 fifth grade students who were the subjects of the research. The research results showed that fifth grade students had good reading literacy skills in understanding various fiction and non-fiction texts, although there were three students with special needs who were still having difficulties. There are 26 out of 26 students who regularly borrow and read various books in the library every Friday. Morning literacy and literacy activities every Friday after gymnastics make students' literacy skills better. There were also 23 out of 26 students who were able to understand the content of reading fairy tales, short stories, explanatory texts, math story problems and thematic lesson material. This research can be applied for consideration by teachers in improving the reading literacy skills of fifth grade students.

Fifth grade elementary school teachers are able to determine their students' reading literacy abilities. The aim of the research is to narrate the fifth grade reading literacy skills from the perspective of the fifth grade elementary school teacher. The research method used is descriptive qualitative research. The data collection technique used was interviews. The data analysis technique applied is descriptive qualitative data analysis to discuss research results and determine conclusions. There were 26 fifth grade students who were the subjects of the research. The research results showed that fifth grade students had good reading literacy skills in understanding various fiction and non-fiction texts, although there were three students with special needs who were still having difficulties. There are 26 out of 26 students who regularly borrow and read various books in the library every Friday. Morning literacy and literacy activities every Friday after gymnastics make students' literacy skills better. There were also 23 out of 26 students who were able to understand the content of reading fairy tales, short stories, explanatory texts, math story problems and thematic lesson material. This research can be applied for consideration by teachers in improving the reading literacy skills of fifth grade students.

This research aims to, (1) determine the process of developing teaching materials explanatory text assisted by the Canva application, (2) describes the shape development of explanatory text teaching materials assisted by the Canva application, (3) measuring the feasibility of developing assisted explanatory text teaching materials Canva application for class VIII students. This research uses samples as many as 30 students in class VIII-3 at SMP Al-Washliyah 30 Sukoharjo Medan with the research and development (R&D) method developed by Sugiyono 2017 with stages of potential and problems, data collection, design product, product validation, product revision, and product testing. Instruments that used inthis research is the Likert scale on the material validation questionnaire, media, teacher assessment, and student responses. The research results show that Explanatory text teaching materials assisted by the Canva application for class VIII SMP students including the "very good" criteria which can be seen from the validation of the material to obtain a score 94.25% in the "very good" category, media validation received a score of 95% with the "very good" category, and the teacher's assessment of the subject area received a score 97.5% in the "very good" category. Therefore it can be concluded that Explanatory text teaching materials assisted by the Canva application are suitable for use in the learning process.

Someone who cannot attend conventional education due to various causative factors, such as having to work (time constraints), geographical conditions (geographical constraints), long distances (distance constraints), physical conditions that are not possible (physical constraints), the capacity of conventional schools that are not possible (limited available seats), phobia of school, dropping out of school, or because they are educated through family education at home (home schoolers)  it is possible to be able to keep learning, namely through e-Learning. E-learning or distance learning is expected to improve the quality of learning. This study used an experimental method by providing treatment. The class was divided into two groups, namely the experimental class with the e-learning model and the control class with conventional learning methods. In this study, researchers used a quantitative approach method. The result of this study is to find out the difference between learning with e-learning models with conventional learning.

The purpose of this study was to describe the effectiveness of sentences in explanatory texts for class XI students of SMA Negeri 5 Sijunjung in terms of structural clarity, logical meaning, frugality of words, standardization of words, and spelling accuracy. This type of research is qualitative with descriptive method. The data in this study were sentences in the explanatory text of class XI students of SMA Negeri 5 Sijunjung, with a data source of 26 explanatory texts written by students of class XI SMA Negeri 5 Sijunjung. The data collection technique in this study is fishing technique. The results showed that of the 250 sentences used, only 79 sentences could be categorized as effective, while 171 sentences could not be categorized as effective. First, there are 271 ineffectiveness in terms of structural clarity. Second, the ineffectiveness in terms of logical meaning, there are 80 sentences. Third, the ineffectiveness of sentences in terms of word-saving, namely as many as 141 sentences. Fourth, the ineffectiveness of sentences in terms of word standardity, namely as many as 96 sentences. Fifth, sentence ineffectiveness in terms of spelling accuracy was found in 152 sentences.

The background of this research is that the activities of Class VIII students of SMPN 31 Semarang in the learning process are not enthusiastic, students only focus on using books as learning aids. Therefore, in the learning process we need a media-based learning aid that can attract students' attention in order to improve student performance and understanding. It is important to apply TikTok-based learning application innovations to involve students in learning so that the material being taught is easy to understand.    Based on this background, the problem arises How to Use the Tiktok Application as a Learning Media in Writing Explanatory Text Writing Skills for Class VIII Students of SMPN 31 Semarang Academic Year 2022/2023? This study aims to identify the Utilization of the Tiktok Application as a Learning Media in Writing Explanatory Text Writing Skills for Class VIII Students of SMPN 31 Semarang Academic Year 2022/2023. This type of research is mixed method . Data collection was carried out by observation, interview, test and documentation methods.    The results of this study indicate that students in class VIII use the media using the social media application TikTok above, it can be seen that the average score of students in class VIII SMPN 31 Semarang in the 2022/2023 academic year when writing explanatory texts in general is at the moderate level (50- 74). The average score of the students on the explanatory text writing test performance was 66.71 at the sufficient level.

The purpose of this study was to determine the students ‘ writing ability in explanatory texts using the quantum learning method in fifth grade elementary school students. Sindangrasa Bogor City. This research will be carried out through 2 cycles. Each cycle consists of planning, implementation, observation and reflection. This technique uses data collection and observation through demontrations, and texts. The result of the first cycle is getting an average score of 37,60 or 60 % . Then the second cycle greatly improved by obtaining an average score of 48,90 or 85 % of the data in the first and second cycles showing an increase in student learning in writing explanatory texts. Student learning oucomes in the first cycle was 65,42  while the learning outcomes from the second cycle were 82,86 . So all student meet the increase and meet the KKM value. Student data obtained from cyclesI and II show an increase with the avarage score of student activity which is quite significant.