Abstract

Indonesian society is a pluralistic society, so it needs understanding of multicultural values ​​in every interaction through education. Cultural diversity must be understood and accepted as a uniqueness that is able to bring Indonesian society in the heterogeneous life of society. Schools play a key role in how an educational institution is able to transmit multicultural values. This study raises the problem (1) the application of multicultural context in the study of writing poetry in high school; and (2) student learning outcomes on the application of multicultural contexts on learning to write poetry in high school. This research design using qualitative descriptive approach through step 1:  Preliminary observation, step 2: developing learning tools, compiling materials, and evaluation guides, step 3: applying the multicultural context to the learning of writing poetry to the class which is the activity enforcement in a classroom learning, 4) step 4: Formative evaluation and description of research results. The application of multicultural context in learning to write poetry is done through preliminary activities, core, follow-up, and reflection. Student attitudes after applied multicultural contexts begin to enthusiastically pay attention to teachers and mostly seem to seriously engage in discussion activities with group members. The skills of writing poetry on the aspect of the accuracy of word selection or diction, topics, and the message, have met the good category. In the skill students are able to choose the right word or diction, determine the theme, and understand the cultural differences that exist around them to be positively responded. Students are also quite able to understand the mandate implied in the poem to apply to everyday life.