Enhancing Grade Six Learners’ Descriptive Paragraph Writing Skills Using Padlet: Exploring its Effectiveness in Interpreting Visual Media

The K-12 Basic Education Curriculum in the Philippines places a significant emphasis on developing writing skills, particularly in Key Stage 2. This focus aims to equip Grade Six learners with the ability to express themselves effectively across various formats, including descriptive paragraphs. Despite these efforts, recent assessments, specifically the First Quarter Regional Unified Quarterly Assessment (RUQA) for Grade Six at a large public elementary school situated in Ozamiz City (SY 2024-2025), have revealed a notable gap in learners' ability to interpret visual media and translate these interpretations into written text. This action research examines the effectiveness of a Padlet-integrated intervention in enhancing the descriptive writing skills of Grade Six learners, particularly in interpreting visual media. Pre-intervention assessments revealed a significant gap, with all participants classified under the "Did Not Meet the Expectation" category, underscoring difficulties in translating visual stimuli into coherent written descriptions. The study aimed to assess the impact of Padlet-based activities on learners' ability to develop descriptive writing skills, with a focus on their engagement and capacity to interpret visual media. A single-group pre-test and post-test design was utilized. Learners engaged in Padlet-driven activities, including structured descriptive writing tasks. Their performance was measured before and after the intervention, with quantitative analysis conducted through a paired-samples t-test. Post-test results demonstrated considerable improvement, with the majority of participants achieving a "Satisfactory" rating. The overall writing performance showed significant growth, confirming the effectiveness of the intervention in enhancing learners' descriptive writing skills. Padlet played a pivotal role in developing students' writing abilities while simultaneously increasing engagement. Its adaptability across diverse learners highlights its value as an inclusive instructional tool for fostering literacy skills. The study advocates for the integration of Padlet and similar digital platforms into writing instruction to support multimodal learning approaches. To ensure long-term effectiveness, sustained teacher training and curriculum alignment are recommended, as this reinforces the use of technology-enhanced strategies for literacy development. Index Terms:Â descriptive, writing, Padlet