Developing Descriptive Writing Material Trough Text-Less Comic for Grade X of SMA GEMA BUWANA

The aim of this study was to develop descriptive writing material through text-less
comic for grade X of SMA GEMA BUWANA. The research was conducted by
using Research and Development (R & D) design through six stages; gathering
data and information, analyzing data, designing text-less comic, validating by the
experts, revising and final product. The subject of the study was grade ten of SMA
GEMA BUWANA. The data were gathered by administering interview to English
teacher and distributing questionnaire to 25 respondents to get the students’ needs.
The interview and questionnaire result prove that the students need text-less comic
in teaching writing which can stimulate students’ ability and develop thinking
process through looking for, guessing, and logically. Using text-less comic in
learning process also helps students to understand the material by themselves. The
product has been validated by an English lecturer and an English teacher with the
interval was 4.3. The product was categorized as “Very Good” descriptive writing
material through text-less comic. The final product of this study was a material of
developed descriptive writing material through text-less comic, it consisted one
part that has 3 kinds of descriptive cover the learning needs.