Outdoor Learning Model in Improving the Quality of Poetry Writing

Writing poetry is something that is not easy for elementary school students to do. The factor that greatly influences the success of learning to write poetry is motivation. This study aimed to describe the outdoor learning model in fostering motivation to write poetry in elementary school students. The fact that there are still many teachers who do not understand how to grow the motivation to write poetry to students is very important. The results of this study indicated that the application of the outdoor learning model could foster motivation to write poetry which has an impact on the increasing quality of poetry writing in elementary school students. Outdoor learning invites students to interact directly with learning objects so that the learning process becomes clearer, real, and enjoyable. Writing motivation can grow in a free and pleasant study room. This study used a qualitative descriptive research method. The subjects of this study were 28 students in grade 4 of elementary school. This study used observation, interviews, and documentation to collect data, and interactive analysis methods to analyze data. An interactive analysis method was used to analyze data.