@thesis{thesis, author={Habibah Muslihatul and PERMANA AJI MAHENDRA PUJI and WICAKSONO AGUNG}, title ={THE USE CLUSTERING TECHNIQUE FOR TEACHING WRITING TO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL}, year={2020}, url={http://repository.unpkediri.ac.id/1157/}, abstract={Writing is a form of communication to express the thinking or feeling through writing students able to deliver idea, and suggestion. Writing is a productive skill, which is the most difficult because there are a lot of aspects that should be mastered. The fact is many students still have difficulties developing ideas, weakness in grammar and vocabulary. Referring to those the problems, teaching techniques needed in teaching and learning activity more interesting and easier to express idea. Unsuitable teaching techniques can influence student?s interest in writing. One of the ways to help students able to develop ideas is by using clustering technique. The aims of this study are to discuss the use clustering technique in teaching writing. Clustering technique is very effective to be used in teaching writing. This technique allows the students to generate their idea easily, group them correctly, and develop them into an organized paragraph. It helps students develop their idea before they writing. Besides, they also feel motivated in writing. This article covers teaching writing, recount text, clustering technique and media for teaching.} }