Analysis of Students' Narrative Writers' Ability in Phase C Elementary School

Abstract

Writing is a very complex activity. One type of text that requires creative thinking skills in
writing is narrative text. In line with the objectives of the current Merdeka Curriculum, which is to realize
holistic and contextual learning where its application for students is to be able to strive to always think
creatively. The purpose of this study was to analyze the ability to write narrative essays of grade V
students. This study used qualitative descriptive with research subjects, namely 27 grade V students.
The data collection techniques used in this study were observation, interviews and documentation. The
results of the study showed that grade V students had diverse abilities as seen from the values obtained
and the mastery of different assessment aspect criteria. The highest aspect is in the background aspect
while the lowest is in the spelling aspect. The factors that make students difficult are lack of motivation
and good understanding. The solution implemented to overcome the difficulty of writing narrative essays
is to provide motivation through instilling a culture of literacy from an early age and using innovative
teaching materials to improve students' narrative writing skills.