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This research was conducted based on problems in English language learning, especially descriptive text writing skills at MTsS Boarding School Darussalam Aur Duri Sumani. Students experience limited vocabulary, so it is difficult to determine an idea when making descriptive text. In addition, there is a lack of student interest and motivation due to the teaching method that still uses paper and books, where the images displayed are difficult for students to recognize. Therefore, this research aims to determine whether there is a significant difference in students' writing ability between groups taught using and without using animated films at MTsS Boarding School Darussalam Aur Duri Sumani. In this research, researcher used a pseudo-experimental research design. The population of this study were VIII grade students. The researcher used total sampling techniques with a total population of 38 students. The experimental class is class VIII A, and the control class is class VIII B. This research used tests to collect data and analyze research data using SPSS 22; researcher used independent sample t-tests and paired sample t-tests, which showed the sig value. The value is 0.000 0.05. This means that (Ha) is accepted; this result is also indicated by the average value of the experimental class post-test (84.17), which is higher than the average value of the control class post-test (44.71). It can be concluded that animated short films significantly have a positive effect on the writing skills of grade VIII students at MTsS Boarding School Darussalam.