Writing is one of the language skills which is important in our life. Through writing, we can inform others, carry out transactions, persuade, infuriate, and tell what we feel. However, we know that writing or learning to write especially in a second language is not simply a matter of “writing things down”. It is one of the four basic skills that are very complex and difficult to learn. it is considered so important to find the right way and strategy to be used in the process of learning English, especially how to develop students writing skills. One of the things that must be done to solve the problems above is to choose the appropriate and modern activities to solve the problems above. One of the effective methods used is storyboard telling The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of using Storybooard Telling activities in developing students writing skills in descriptive text. This research used quasi-experimental design with three treatment meetings held, 2 x 40 minutes for each class. This design used pre-test and post-test to determine students’ writing skill before treatment and after treatment. The strategy of control group used discussion. The population of this research is students of seventh class at MTsN 5 Kediri. The sample is students of VII/C and VII/D at MTsN 5 Kediri consisting of 44 students for each class and the instrument is test. The data were analysed by ANCOVA using SPSS 23.0 program. From the result of assumption by ANCOVA, there was indication that (1) the distribution of the data is normal; (2) the variance between experimental and control group is homogeneous; (3) there is no interaction between pre-test and post-test group; and (4) the relationship between pre-test and post-test is linear. The end of assumption of ANCOVA showed that significant value is 0.000 smaller than 0.05 (0.000< 0.05) it means that there is enough evidence to reject the null hypothesis (H0) and accept the alternative hypothesis (Ha). From the result of research, there has been different mean between students from experimental group who were taught using Storyboard telling activities and also students from control group who were taught using Discussion Activities as a teaching strategy. Based on the explanation, it can be concluded that Storyboard Telling Activities is effective in teaching writing for the sevents grade students at MTsN 5 Kediri.

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