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  • The objective of this study were to develop Kamishibai media in writing descriptive text for the tenth grade students at SMA YPI Amir Hamzah Medan. The subjects of this research were the tenth grade English teacher, and one class of the tenth grade students in SMA YPI Amir Hamzah Medan. This study was conducted by using educational Research and Development (R & D) method. The data were collected through observation, interview, and questionnaire. Based on the need analysis from questionnaire and interview, it was known that the students needed a learning media that can make their teaching-learning process easier for them to understand about the descriptive text and also make the students’ experience in learning the descriptive text become interactive, especially in the process of writing. As result, the researcher developed Kamishibai for teaching writing of descriptive text for the tenth grade students at SMA YPI Amir Hamzah Medan. The score of validation from the validators was 91,4% and it was categorized as relevant. It means that the media are valid and appropriate to use as learning media of writing descriptive text for the tenth grade students at SMA YPI Amir Hamzah Medan.