The objectives of this study are: (1) analyzing the teaching and learning documents whether they are developed based on 2013 curriculum or not; (2) analyzing  the teaching and learning process whether they are developed based on the theory of scientific approach or not; (3) describing the difficulties encountered by the teacher during the implementation of 2013 curriculum in writing class; (4) describing the strategies identified by English teachers to overcome the problems during the implementation of 2013 Curriculum in writing class; and (5) describing the students’ writing achievement particularly in recount text.
The method used in this research was case study which was conducted to eighth grade students at SMP Negeri 3 Colomadu from April to June 2015. The research data were collected by using the techniques of observation, interview, and collecting document analysis, in the form of lesson plan, syllabus, book, exam sheet, students’ score, and teachers’ questionnaire result,and so on.
The results of this study are: (1) teaching and learning documents including lesson plan, materials, and students’ assessments are developed based on 2013 Curriculum and syllabus is composed by syllabus set by government; (2) teaching  and  learning  process  of  writing  are  developed  based  on  theory  of scientific approach, but not all steps are done in the lesson; (3) the difficulties found are: creating teaching and learning documents especially in creating lesson plan; difficulting in implementing scientific approach, especially in questioning and communicating step; implementing a truly pure students’ centered learning; using the WERB book  because it does not supply enough  material;  teaching writing; and difficulty in students’ assessment format; (4) strategies identified by English teachers to overcome the problems are:coordinating with other school teachers  related  to  difficulties  in  creating  teaching  and  learning  documents; finding information related to implementation of 2013 Curriculum in internet or other media; requiring workshop and training related to implementation of 2013
Curriculum; and creating module in the form of handout as the suplementary book;and (5) students’ achievement on writing shows that 95.08% of 61 students have scores which are above the passing grade determined by the school, which is
76. From the findings of the research above, it can be concluded that teachers composed the teaching and learning documents and the teaching and learning process are developed based on theory of scientific approach. But, there are still many difficulties in implementation of 2013 Curriculum and it needs strategies to overcome it.