© 2021 - Indonesian Journal of Primary Education – Vol .5, No.1 (2021 ) 70-81 http://ejournal.upi.edu/index.php/IJPE/index Vol. 5, No. 1 (2021) 70-81 ISSN: 2597-4866 Indonesian Journal of Primary Education Digital Flipbook-Based Teaching Material for Writing Poetry in Elementary School Fauzi Gusman 1 , Seni Apriliya 2 , Ahmad Mulyadiprana+ Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia Tasikmalaya Campus 1,2,3 *Corresponding Author: fauzgusman65@gmail.com Received 24 June 2021; Revised 26 June 2021; Accepted 29 June 2021 Published 30 June 2021 Abstract This study was conducted to solve the problem of children's difficulties in writing poetry in fourth grade by using digital teaching materials to write poetry in a form of flipbook. The purpose of this research is to design a flipbook- based digital teaching material product to facilitate learning to write poetry in elementary schools, especially in Grade IV. The method used was Educational Design Research (EDR) starting from analyzing needs according to problem identification and exploring what was found in elementary schools, design and construction of developed tools, to evaluation and reflection of developed tools. The results of developing digital teaching materials for writing poetry were contents that can be taught to fourth grade elementary school students including: (1) The concept of poetry, (2) Basic poetry, (3) Elements of poetry, (4) Looking for ideas, (5) Pouring ideas in the form of poetry that is supported by multimedia provided by flipbook so that the digital teaching material for writing poetry based on flipbook developed by researchers are suitable to use. Thus, digital teaching material for writing poetry in the form of a flipbook can meet the needs of learning to write poetry in elementary schools because there are multimedia such as animation, images, videos, and audio so that learning can be supported and more interesting by utilizing the sophistication of existing technology. The position of this digital teaching material is as an additional reference in learning literature in elementary schools. Keywords: Digital Teaching Materials; Flipbooks; Writing poetry. Abstrak Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk memecahkan masalah mengenai kesulitan anak dalam menulis puisi di kelas IV dengan menggunakan bahan ajar digital menulis puisi berbasis flipbook. Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk mendesain produk bahan ajar digital berbasis flipbook untuk memfasilitasi pembelajaran menulis puisi di sekolah dasar khususnya di Kelas IV. Metode yang digunakan adalah Educational Design Research (EDR) dimulai dari menganalisis kebutuhan sesuai identifikasi masalah dan mengeksplorasi apa yang ditemukan di sekolah dasar, desain dan konstruksi perangkat yang dikembangkan, sampai evaluasi dan refleksi perangkat yang dikembangkan. Hasil pengembangan bahan ajar digital menulis puisi diperoleh isi konten yang dapat diajarkan kepada siswa sekolah dasar kelas IV diantaranya: (1) Konsep puisi, (2) Dasar puisi, (3) Unsur-unsur puisi, (4) Mencari ide, (5) Menuangkan ide dalam bentuk karya puisi yang di dukung dengan multimedia yang disediakan oleh flipbook sehingga bahan ajar digital menulis puisi berbasis flipbook yang dikembangkan peneliti sudah layak untuk digunakan. Dengan begitu, bahan ajar digital menulis puisi berbasi flipbook bisa memenuhi kebutuhan pembelajaran menulis puisi di sekolah dasar karena terdapat multimedia seperti animasi, gambar, video, dan audio agar pembelajaran dapat terdukung dan lebih menarik dengan memanfaatkan kecanggihan teknologi yang ada. Posisi bahan ajar digital ini sebagai referensi tambahan dalam pembelajaran sastra di sekolah dasar. Kata Kunci: Bahan Ajar Digital; Flipbook; Menulis Puisi. INTRODUCTION Written language is an important thing for students to learn, written language is a means of communication which is of course used in conveying messages (ideas, ideas, opinions, information and knowledge) in writing and then conveyed to others. This written language becomes a language skill in addition to speaking skills (speaking skills), listening skills (listening skills), reading skills (reading skills), and writing skills (writing skills) according to Tarigan (in Sardila, V. 2015). The benefits of writing skills can develop positive attitudes such as self-expression, therefore the way to express thoughts and feelings is usually in the form of literary works, one of which is writing poetry. In line with (Lita, Writing poetry is in line with the objectives of the 2013 Curriculum where students are