The purpose of this research is to explain the effectiveness of using DART Method to teach reading comprehension in narrative text at the tenth grade of MAN 2 Semarang in academic year 2018/2019. The background of the study is the students of Tenth grade of MAN 2 Semarang have the problem to understand their English learning especially in reading. They still lack of vocabulary. Their comprehension can be recognized through their way of reading. The research method was an experimental research, which conducted in two classes; the experimental class and control class as sample. The experimental class was taught by using DART Method, while the control class was taught without DART Method. The researcher gave try-out test to try-out class. The test had been tried out to find out the validity, reliability, difficulty level, and discriminating power before it was used to gather the data. The formula that was used to analyze the data was t-test. After collecting the data, it was found that the pre-test average score in experimental class was 43.67 and control class was 46.5. Meanwhile, the post-test average score of in experimental class was 72 and control class was 63.67. It was obtained that ttest was 4.168 and the ttable was 2.001 for alpha (α) 5%. The ttest was higher than ttable (4.168>2.001) It means that Ha was accepted and Ho was rejected. Since ttest score was higher than ttable, DART Method as teaching strategy was effective in teaching reading narrative text at MAN 2 Semarang in the academic year of 2018/2019. Based on the result, the researcher suggests that DART Method may be used as alternative strategy in teaching reading especially in teaching reading text type, in order that the students can comprehend text more easily and more interested in reading activity.