Abstract name : dessy windasari student no. : 0806102050040 study program : english education title : using jigsaw in teaching writing descriptive text for junior high school students this method of this study is library research. the objective of this study is to show how jigsaw helps students in generating their ideas in writing descriptive text based on the analysis of some theories and research finding related the application of jigsaw in teaching writing skill. based on the references and other research result, it is found that jigsaw technique can be used to help students generate their ideas in their writing because it focuses on using steps of jigsaw, namely; grouping, sharing, and writing. it can solve the writing problem by running all of the steps of jigsaw which can build strong relationship between students and teacher, and students with their teammates. this technique also helps students to generate their ideas in writing descriptive text and they can