PLANNING LEARNING TO WRITE DESCRIPTIVE ESSAYS THROUGH THE APPLICATION OF THE SAVI APPROACH IN CLASS VIII STUDENTS OF PONDOK MADINAH ISLAMIC BOARDING SCHOOL IN MAKASSAR

lesson planning, description essay, SAVI approach

الملخص

The purpose of this article is to explain the planning of learning to write descriptive essays through applying the SAVI approach in class VIII students of SMP Pesantren Pondok Madinah Makassar. The method used in this article is Qualitative research method. Qualitative research methods explain the results of research in the form of sentences. In contrast, the type of research used in this article is descriptive research, namely, the author describes the phenomena that occur in the learning community group. The results showed that; Through the application of the SAVI approach can improve the ability to write student description essays. The SAVI approach which stands for Somatic, Auditory, Visual, and Intellectual can help students be more active in learning, encourage students to seek information on their own, and encourage students to learn in groups. In addition, this approach can also help students create written products and discover their knowledge and skills. In the context of the mentioned research, applying the SAVI approach resulted in increased student activity, group learning, and written products. The success of this study was measured by two criteria namely; the observation sheet of the application of the SAVI approach and the improvement of description essay writing skills.