<![CDATA[AbstractThis research was about improving students’ descriptive text writing by using picture word inductive model (PWIM). The student problems were that they find it difficult to develop ideas for their writing and had difficulties to find appropriate words to convey their ideas. They were weak at vocabulary, especially using an adjective to describe something and in using verbs in the present tense. The method of this research was a classroom action research on 42 students of class VIII C of State Junior High School 12 Pontianak in the academic year of 2016/2017. PWIM has helped students to generate and organize ideas in identifying and labeling the picture. By looking at the pictures, students gained motivation and inspiration about what word the students wrote for make paragraph of descriptive text. In the first cycle, some students were difficult to write the descriptive text, besides they did not know how to develop their ideas. In the second cycle, the students understood the kinds of text and developing the ideas. In here the teacher used guided questions to help the students to get more ideas. It was found out that using picture word inductive model (PWIM), the students’ descriptive text writing improved.Key Words: Picture Word Inductive Model (PWIM), writing, descriptive text, classroom action  research]]>
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