WRITING A PROCEDURE TEXT
Hi guys! How are you? Hopefully you are all great!
By the way guys, have you ever think how was
something being made?
For example, do you know how your mom cooked a
plate of fried rice for your breakfast?
Or do you know how your favorite cake is made?
Well, if you curious with such of things, now it’s
the right time to find it out!
We will learn how to write a procedure text right
now.
What is Procedure Text?
Procedure text is a text that gives us instructions for
doing something. The purpose of a procedure text is to explain how something
can be done.
What are the generic structures of a procedure text?
The generic structures of a procedure text are:
·
An introductory statement that gives
the goal.
·
A list of materials that will be
needed for completing the procedure.
·
A sequence of steps in the order they
need to be done.
What are the language features of a procedure text?
The language features of a procedure text are:
·
The use of technical words.
For
example:
-
Boil, fry, blend (cooking)
-
Click, cut, copy (computer)
·
Sentences begin with verbs and are
stated as command.
For
example:
-
Pour
the milk into the glass.
-
Turn off
the stove.
·
The use of time words or numbers in the
order for doing the procedure.
For
example: First, second, next, then, etc.
·
The use of adverbs to tell how the
action should be done.
For
example:
-
Stir the dough slowly.
-
Carefully,
separate the yolk from the white.
Before we are going further, watch the
video below.
How was that? Actually it is easy to
make a glass of milkshake if we know the steps, isn't it?
Check this procedure in the written
form!
HOW TO MAKE MILKSHAKE
To make a glass of delicious milkshake you will need:
·
4 scopes of ice cream
·
Ice cream scoop
·
Blender
·
1-2 tablespoon flavored syrup
·
1/2 cup of milk
·
A large glass
·
Straw
Then, follow these simple steps:
·
Scoop your ice cream into the blender.
·
Pour the syrup and milk into the
blender.
·
Put the top of the blender and blend on
the medium speed until it smooth and creamy.
·
Pour the milkshake into a large glass.
·
Drop in the straw.
To check your understanding of the text,
let's have a small quiz
Great job! I believe all of you got a high score.
Now guys, I'll tell you something. To write a procedure
text, you may need some of these verbs to give instruction or command:
·
scoop
·
pour
·
blend
·
drop
·
add
·
peel
·
etc.
For example:
·
Scoop
the ice cream.
·
Pour
the water.
·
Blend
the materials.
·
etc.
Do this small exercise for your practice in writing instruction and command
See the picture and write the proper
instruction!
It
seems that you all have done the writing exercise well guys.
Now
let’s move on!
I
believe all of you familiar with omelette, right?
In
Indonesian, we call it telur goreng.
I
want you to imagine the steps that we should do to make an omelette.
How to Make a Plate of
Omelette
To
make a plate of omelette, you will need:
·
2
to 3 eggs
·
Dash
of milk
·
Butter/Cooking
Oil
·
Salt
·
a
bowl
·
a
fork
·
a
stove
·
a
frying pan
· a spatula
·
a
plate
Then,
you can follow these following steps:
Steps to make omelette
Well
done guys!
Now,
it’s the time for the real writing.
Guys,
please write one procedure text. You are
free to choose the topic of your text. You can choose your favorite food or
drink. Please send your work to my e-mail at: bitha.susanto@gmail.com
I
think that's all about writing a procedure text. I believe you can improve your
writing skill if you practice more.
Keeps
the fun learning guys!
8 comments:
1. Strengths
- the website is good. it is colorful, the instructions are also very clear to be understood.
- i like your attachment of exercise you make. it is useful for the students.
- you also attach a video of procedure text. it will help your students to understand the material.
2. Weaknesses.
- pay attention with the link of exercise you attach to your blog. both of the exercises are just the same.
- the exercises still hasn't been enough yet.
3. Suggestions.
- you may choose a more colorful template of your blog.
- you can add some more exercises to make the students comprehend the materials.
Thanks! i've already changed the second exercise
Strengths
1. attractive look of the website
2. interesting video and pictures
3. good material with clear explanation and instruction
4. good exercises for the students
Weaknesses:
1. the exercises are too few.
Suggestions :
1. maybe you can put an exercise like the second one but the students are making something from a series of pictures, so it is not just write a proper instruction.
Strengths:
- The material is clear, good, easy to understand
- The pictures and video are interesting
- The exercises are also good
Weaknesses:
- Lack of explanation
Suggestion:
- You may add more explanation, for example give more explanation what technical language is, the example, etc.
- Maybe you can also teach about vocabulary dealing with the material.
Thanks, I'll add more exercises:)
Strengths:
- The blog is nice,simple, easy to follow
- Appropiate and good quiz
Weaknesses:
- The material/expalnation is too short
Suggestion:
- You had better add more material, such as list of difficult words since your blog is focusing on writing.
The materials and the audio visuals/media of your website are attractive. There are some pictures and video to attract the students to learn more about writing.
However, it seems more attractive if you change your template of your website to become more colorful.
It will be better, if you can give some draft first before you ask students to write procedure text with any topic.
Strengths:
- your web blog is very interesting and it is colorful
- it is also very useful because you attach a video to give more explanation about the material,
Weakness and suggestion:
- please check your grammar ' to write a procedure text right know.'
- You'd better put the explanation of vocabularies in the opening of the lesson
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