AN ANALYSIS OF SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS` ABILITY IN WRITING PROCEDURE TEXT

The purpose of this study was to determine the ability to write procedural texts for class VII students of SMP Negeri 20 OKU and to describe the difficulties in writing procedural texts for class VII students of SMP Negeri 20 OKU. The research method used in this study was descriptive quantitative with the study population, namely all class VII of SMP Negeri 20 OKU with the total 110 people that consists of 4 classes. In selecting the sample, simple random sampling technique was applied and essay tests was applied to gather the data. Data analysis technique used is descriptive statistical analysis technique. The test result showed that of the 26 students sampled, 11 (42,3%) students scored 80 and above in the very good category, 9 (34,6%) students scored 66-67 in the good category, students who scored 56-65 in the sufficient category were 3 (11,5%) students, students who scored 4655 in the less category were 1 (3,8%) students, and students who scored 45 and below in the fail category were 2 (7,6%) students. This has been proven by the acquisition of the highest score of 90,62, the lowest score of 43,75, with a total students score 190612 and an average score of 73,3. Based on these results, class VII students of SMP Negeri 20 OKU can be categorized as good or capable of writing procedure texts. While the mistakes of class VII students of SMP Negeri 20 OKU in writing procedure text, students often get difficulties in the writing rules section of procedure text which includes errors in the use of punctuation marks, writing words, and capital letters.