Developing Top worksheet As Students’ Descriptive Reading Worksheet At SMP NEGERI 21 MEDAN

This study aims to develop Top worksheet as students‘descriptive reading
worksheet at SMP Negeri 21 Medan. Data consisted of an analysis of students'
needs, interests, and challenges in using Top worksheet as descriptive reading
worksheet, sourced from 20 ninth-grade students at SMP Negeri 21 Medan.
Techniques for collecting data included distributing questionnaires, conducting
interviews, and documentation. Instruments used were interview sheets, printed
documents, and questionnaires. This study involved six key stages of Borg and Gall
method, which included: gathering data and information, analyzing the data,
designing the product, expert validation, revising and finalizing the product. The
result of gathering and analyzing data showed that students had low interest in
descriptive reading text due to monotonous and unvaried worksheets. This data
identified student’s necessity (85%), lacks (55%) and wants (65%) for an
interactive worksheet, engaging worksheet to improve reading understanding. The
material designing and revising stage resulted in the Top worksheet Web, which
consists of interactive descriptive reading practices, utilizing Canva-based
visualization and educational games, including a glossary and word search. The
expert validation involved a lecturer and a teacher, was 87.2%, and 98.4%,
achieving an "Excellent" category. Based on the high validation scores from the
experts, it can be concluded that the final product, the Top worksheet Web, is a
highly appropriate and fulfill all of the criteria that can ready to be use as students'
descriptive reading worksheet tailored to the specific needs of students at SMP
Negeri 21 Medan.