KEMAMPUAN MENULIS IKLAN PENAWARAN SISWA KELAS VIII SMP NEGERI 1 LAWA

: This study aims to describe the ability to write a bid ad for eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Lawa. This type of research is classroom research because researchers are directly involved in SMP Neger 1 Lawa espencially in class VIII as a place to obtain research data. The method used in this study is a quantitative descriptive method that presents data found in the field relating to the ability to write a bid advertisement for eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Lawa, which is then described using numbers with statistical principles. The population in this study were all eighth grade students of SMP Negeri 1 Lawa in the 2019/2020 school year. The population is divided into five classes, so the sample collection in this study was 105 from a total population of 144 students. The instrument used in this study was a test of writing ability. The results showed that individually there were 58 (55,23%) students included in the category of able and 47 (44,76%) studests were categorized as unable because they had not yet reached the 85% completeness criteria. Keywords: ability; writing; advertising offer