Rosantika Namal Pengarang John Bhae Dosen Pembimbing 1 Nofriani R. Manafe Dosen Pembimbing 2 Elisna Huan Ketua Penguji

Thegeneralobjectiveof thisresearchistodescribeandanalyzethestepsin implementing scaffolding technique in reading comprehension and the students reading comprehension implemented through the scaffolding technique in small group students at Roslin Orphanage in the academic year 2024/2025. This research is classroom action research. The research subjects were 10 seventh grade students. The researcher used two methods, namely quantitative (student ability in reading comprehension) and qualitative data (data on the implementationofreadingcomprehensionsessionsthroughscaffoldingtechnique and the teachers difficulties in implementing reading comprehension sessions through scaffolding technique). The results show that: (1) Scaffolding teaching techniques can improve students reading comprehension in descriptive and narrativetexts,namely:(a)findinggeneralthemesb)findingspecificinformation contained in the text, 3) being able to know the appropriate pronouns in the text (d) students being able to understand the meaning of words in the text. Scaffoldingteachingtechniquescanimproveclassroomsituations,intermsof(a) increasing student participation; (b) creating a more interesting teaching atmosphere(c)increasingstudentsattentiontothelesson;(d)increasingtheclass of cooperation. From the results of this study, it can be concluded that this technique of scaffolding teaching is effectively used to improve students reading comprehension. Keyword:Descriptivetext,ReadingComprehension,Scaffoldingtechnique