1. A mini-lesson brought to you by Sheon
Procedural Text
A mini-lesson brought to you by
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2. The Purpose . . .
A procedure tells the reader how to do or make something.
The information is presented in a logical sequence of events, which is broken up into small sequenced steps.
The most common example of a procedural text is a recipe.

3. Types of Procedural Text
Texts that instruct how to do a particular activity:
Recipes
Rules for Games
Science Experiments
Road Safety Rules
How-to Instruction Manuals

4. Types of Procedural Text
Texts that instruct how to operate things:
How to operate an appliance
How to operate a machine
How to operate the photocopier
How to operate the computer

5. Features of a Procedure
A procedure usually has four components. Headings, subheadings, numbered steps, diagrams, photographs are often used to help clarify instructions.

6. Goals or Aim: States what is to be done

7. Two
Materials: Listed in order of use includes items needed to complete task

8. Method: A series of steps
Three
Method: A series of steps

9. Evaluation: How the success of the procedure can be tested
Four
Evaluation: How the success of the procedure can be tested

10. Language of the Text:
Is written in the simple present tense (do this, do that)
Focuses on generalized people rather than individuals (first you take, rather than first I take)
The reader is often referred to in a general way, i.e. pronouns (you or one)
Action verbs ( cut, fold, twist, hold, etc.)

11. Language of the Text:
Linking words to do with time (first, when, then) are used to connect the text
Detailed information on how (carefully, with the scissors); where (from the top); when (after it has set)
Detailed factual description (shape, size, colour, amount)