1. Procedural Text
Informational

2. The purpose of a procedure is to tell the reader how to do or make something.
What are things we might need to know HOW to do?
What are things we might need to know HOW to make?

3. The information is presented in a logical sequence of events, which is broken up into small sequenced steps.
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Event 1
Event 2
Event 3 #1 #2 #3 #4

4. Texts that instruct how to do “something”
recipes
rules for games
science experiments
road safety rules
Can you think of others?

5. Texts that instruct how to operate “something”
how to operate an appliance
how to operate a machine
how to operate the photocopier
how to operate the computer

6. Procedural Text usually has 4 components (parts):
Feature
The Purpose
States what is to be done
Goal or Aim
Materials needed to complete the task; they are listed in order of use
Materials
A series of steps
Method
Evaluation
How to test if you have been successful

7. Goal or aim
Materials
Method
Evaluation

8. Sometimes TEXT features are used!
BOLD PRINT
Index
amphibian……..2,3,5
frog………………..2,5,7
habitat…………...2,4,6
toad…………………1,4
BIG TEXT
small text
Italics
colored text
Maps
Pictures/Captions
Flowers like this daisy can be found throughout the United States.
Buses like this take children to and from school.