@thesis{thesis, author={Hanifah Hanifah and KURNIA NELVIA and Satria Benni}, title ={MODIFYING DRTA (DIRECTED READING THINKING ACTIVITY) STRATEGY TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION OF NARRATIVE TEXT AT SMA NEGERI 1 BINTAN TIMUR}, year={2022}, url={http://repositori.umrah.ac.id/3791/}, abstract={The objective of this research was to boost students' reading comprehension of narrative text by modifying DRTA (Directed Reading Thinking Activity) strategy at X MIPA 3 students of SMA Negeri 1 Bintan Timur. . The subjects of this research were X MIPA 3 students which made up 36 students. Classroom action research was research design used in this research. This study held at two cycles with four meetings (three meeting for implementation and one meeting for test) in each cycle. The research instruments applied to gather the data were observation checklist and reading comprehension test. The result showed that students' percentage whose got score ? 75 in cycle 1 and cycle 2 were higher than preliminary study. There were 63,88% students in cycle 1 and 88,88% students in cycle 2. It showed that the students' percentage whoso got score ? 75 improved and meet the criterion of success was 70%. The observation checklist's results also showed that modifying DRTA (Directed Reading Thinking Activity) strategy was successful in improving students' classroom participation. The students' participation had been reached 83% in cycle 2. From the result, it saw ? 40% students participated in the teaching and learning activities when the strategy was implemented. It could be conclude that the modifying DRTA (Directed Reading Thinking Activity) strategy could enhance students' reading comprehension and students' participation at X MIPA 3 students of SMA Negeri 1 Bintan Timur.} }