Most of the ninth grade students of SMPN 1 Sungai Betung was poor in their vocabulary mastering especially finding the meaning of words. They were also poor in their ability in mentioning the detail information (characteristic, setting and theme) from recount text. With this problems the teacher tried to use other tecnique and media of teaching to improve students ability. Therefore, the application of SQ4R methods and booklet was used to help them to know the meaning of words to understand detail information of the generic structure of text with easier. This research method is a classroom action research that was applied to the 25 students of class 9C SMPN 1 Sungai Betung. Data collection through written test such as multiple choice, stuffing and notes during the observation. The results of the study was that the students’ progress during teaching and learning activity in Cycle 1 and Cycle 2. In Cycle 1 mean score was 61.20, and in Cycle 2 the students’ improved significantly become 86.40.