KEMAMPUAN MENULIS RANGKUMAN TEKS LAPORAN HASIL OBSERVASI SISWA KELAS VII SMP NEGERI 49 KONAWE SELATAN

: The purpose of this study was to determine the ability to write text summary reports on the observation results of seventh grade students of SMP Negeri 49 Konawe Selatan. The method used in this research is quantitative descriptive method. This type of research belongs to field research. The sampling technique used a total sampling of 68 students consisting of three classes. The instrument used in this study was a student test essay writing a text summary of the observation report. To determine the category of ability to write text summary reports on the results of observations refers to the individual and classical learning completeness standards used in SMP Negeri 49 Konawe Selatan. Based on the results of the study showed that of the 68 students who were the samples of this study, 56 students or 82.35% were able to write a text summary of the observation report and 12 students or 17.64% were unable to write a text summary of the observation report. Classically it is said to be unable because students who achieve individual ability ≥70% only reach 80.88% do not reach the 85% classical completeness criteria. Judging from every aspect of the assessment of writing a summary of the observation report text, namely the ability to write general statements obtained a percentage of 64.70% (unable), the ability to write section descriptions obtained a percentage of 52.94% (unable), the ability to write a description of the benefits obtained a percentage 27.94% (unable), repetitive figure writing got a percentage of 89.70% (capable), the ability to write pronouns got a percentage of 55.88% (unable), the ability to write conjunctions got a percentage of 100% (able ), and the ability to write copula words obtained a percentage of 88.23% (capable).Keywords: ability; writing; summary; observation report text