Procedrual Texts

Student Guide

Assignment Summary
For this assignment, you will create a procedural document relevant to your interests, such as cooking,
playing a sport, or working on a hobby, and then model the procedure to a group of peers. You will
provide a purpose for your procedural text, create a list of resources, show the steps in the process, offer
helpful formatting, and possibly include an optional diagram. In addition to the procedural text, you will
document any questions you ask yourself about the process, with the goal of clarifying meaning for
readers in your text.

Background Information
Procedural texts provide the reasons to do a task and directions on how to complete it. Often, they
contain text features to help readers follow instructions correctly. These include organizational features,
such as headings, numbering, and bulleting. Other features, such as styles, fonts, and bolding, can
provide emphasis. Diagrams, illustrations, or charts can support written instructions. Procedural texts may
also contain technical terms that may be unfamiliar.

Writers can use the following strategy to write an effective procedural text.
 State the purpose of the procedure.
 List any materials and tools needed.
 Present the steps in the process in a logical, step-by-step sequence.
 Use reader-friendly formatting, such as headings, and numbered or bulleted lists.
 Write short, clear sentences.
 Provide a diagram or illustration if it will make the written procedure more clear.

Asking pertinent questions about a procedural text can allow readers to clarify the meaning of the text,
and help writers anticipate the needs and obstacles of readers.

Materials
 Access to online research on a  Writing utensils and paper notebook if
procedure relevant to your interests desired

Assignment Instructions
For this project, you are expected to:
1. Submit your completed procedural text and optional diagram. Include the questions you asked
yourself during the writing process with the goal of clarifying meaning for readers.
2. Model your procedure to a group of peers.
Step 1: Prepare for the project.
a) Read through the guide before you begin so you know the expectations for this project.
b) If there is anything that is not clear to you, be sure to ask your teacher.
c) Think about a procedure that interests you. Some possibilities are recipes, model building, a
scientific task, a method in sports, how to repair something, or how to use something such as
an appliance, tool, or technology.

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Step 2: Choose online sources to research the procedure you have chosen.
a) Choose a topic for your procedure, and online sources for your research.
b) List your sources in the text box provided. You should use more than one source.
c) Follow the steps from the lesson for writing an effective procedural text to write your own text on a
topic of your choice, using information from your research. Add an optional diagram if desired.
d) Be sure to state the purpose of the procedure, list any materials and tools needed, present the
steps in the process in a logical, step-by-step sequence, and use reader-friendly formatting.
e) Write five pertinent questions that you asked with the goal of clarifying meaning for readers as
you created the text in the chart provided at the end of this document.
Step 3: Evaluate your project using this checklist.
If you can check each box below, you are ready to submit your project.

 Did you use and list sources to research your procedure?

 Did you state the purpose of the procedure?
 Did you include a list of materials and tools needed?
 Did you present the steps in the process in a logical, step-by-step sequence?
 Did you use reader-friendly formatting?
 Did you write five pertinent questions that you asked with the goal of clarifying meaning for
readers?
Step 4: Revise and submit your project.
a) If you were unable to check off all of the requirements on the checklist, go back and make
sure that your project is complete. Save your project before submitting it.
b) Turn in your completed procedural text and optional diagram, with questions you asked with
the goal of clarifying meaning for readers to your teacher. Be sure that your name is on it!
c) Talk to you teacher about presenting your procedure to your peers.
d) Congratulations! You have completed your project.

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Procedural Text
Write a procedural text on a topic of your choice. Be sure to state the purpose of the procedure, list any
materials and tools needed, present the steps in the process in a logical, step-by-step sequence, and use
reader-friendly formatting. You may include a diagram if desired. List 2 or more sources for your text in
the text box provided.

Sources:

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Asking Pertinent Questions

In the chart below, write five pertinent questions that you asked with the goal of clarifying meaning for
readers as you created the text.

Area for Question

Clarification
Example:
Materials How many of each item do I need?

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