The main objective of the research was to enhance students’ reading
comprehension of second grade students in VIII D SMP Muhammadiyah
Sumbang using Think Pair Share. The participants of this research were 38female
students of second grade in VIII D class at SMP Muhammadiyah Sumbang. This
action research was conducted in two cycles. Each cycle consisted of planning,
acting, observing, evaluating, and reflecting. In collecting data, the writer used
test, observation and questionnaire as the qualitative data. To support the
qualitative data, an interview to the students was conducted to know the students’
reading problems. The results of the research could be seen from the average
score in post test 1 was 71.84 and in Cycle 2 was 75.26; the students’ observation
in Cycle 1 showed 48.65 which belonging to criteria fair and Cycle 2 showed
72.88 belong to criteria good, and this research was successful because the
learning completeness reached 92.1, more than 85 as the learning completeness
target. Further, the questionnaire results showed that almost all of the students
(88.81%) felt enjoyed and enthusiastic in following the teaching and learning
process and more motivated to read and understand the content of the text because
of the implementation of Think Pair Share in class. Based on the results of the
research, it could be concluded that the use of Think Pair Share could improve
students’ reading comprehension.