SUMMARY
This study aimed to describe the ability to appreciate the effectiveness of the two stay two stray strategy in the learning of short stories appreciation of class X High School Students of Gunung Sari Makassar. The study was designed with artificial experiments. Sampling in this study used total sampling technique. The instruments used, namely observation and tests. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistical analysis techniques and inferential statistical t-test types are processed through the program SPSSX 19. The results demonstrate the ability of students to appreciate the stories with two types of cooperative learning strategies categorized stay two stray high and (2) two types of cooperative learning strategies stay two stray effectively applied in teaching appreciation of short stories