This research was conducted at the tenth grade students of SMAN 1 Plosoklaten in the academic year 2013-2014. The purpose of this research was to know how the scaffolding strategy can improve students ability in writing descriptive text. Based on the writers experience while she took student teaching (PPL) in SMAN 1 Plosoklaten, she found students problem in writing skill especially in writing descriptive paragraph. When the writer gave exercises to students to make descriptive paragraph, they were still confused about how to make it. The result was that all of the students got scores under 75, under the Minimum Mastery Criterion (Kriteria Ketuntasan Minimum-KKM). To solve the problems, the researcher applied scaffolding strategy in teaching writing. The research design used in this study is Classroom Action Research (CAR). This action research was conducted in cycle. The research procedure was preliminary study, which was followed by cycle comprising a numbers of steps. Those are planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. There are three meeting in cycle. In collecting data, the researcher used questionnaire, interview, observation checklists, field notes, and writing test.

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