Identify the Purpose, Key

Structural and Language

of Various Types
of Informational/Factual Text
(Sequence/Procedure)
 Informational/factual text inform, instructs or
persuade by producing facts and information. To
understand more the text that you have read,
you should understand the purpose, key
structure and its language. In this lesson you
will identify the key structure and language of a
written text.
Structure refers to how the information in a
written text is organized: sequence/procedure,
compare and contrast, cause and effect and
problem
Directions: Given below are titles of books or texts that have
different
purposes. Identify the purpose by writing: to persuade, to
entertain or to inform .
_______________ 1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
_______________ 2. Ema Enchantress and the Three Brats
_______________ 3. What Pet Should I Get?
_______________ 4. Hipon and Biya
_______________ 5. Hansel and Gretel
_______________ 6. History of The Philippines
_______________ 7. Life of Dr. Jose Rizal
_______________ 8. Daisy Eat your Peas
_______________ 9. Bullying
_______________ 10. The Little Mermaid
In your past lesson, you already learn that
Informational/factual text can be identify through
purpose. In this lesson you will learn to distinguish text
types that show time order. Text that show time order
organization is used in short stories, biographies,
autobiographies and historical writing and it is called
sequence/procedural text type.
Read an example of text on how to wash clothes below
and answer the questions that follow.
How to Wash Clothes Properly
Charity S. Palele
 Washing clothes is one of the household chores that can be
tricky if not taken with utmost care. Colored clothes can
sometimes cause stain to white ones.
First, you have to separate the white clothes from colored
ones. Black color clothes should be separated too. Second, look
for the inside pockets of clothes and for loose buttons. If there are
loose buttons sew it first. Third, try to wash the inside part of a
colored cloth to see if it fades. If so, wash it separately. Fourth,
fill the washing tub with water and put enough amount of
detergent. Spin it for a minute to mix the detergent with the
water. Next, soak the white ones in the tub and spin for 15
minutes. If there are stains and needed to be bleached, do it
separately in a basin. After the white ones, you can now wash
colored clothes and spin it for another 15 minutes. If you have
black colored clothes you can wash it separately. Lastly, wash the
 The paragraph above is an example of text that shows
time order organization or procedural. Procedural text type
is arranged in chronological order or according to
procedure or sequence. Authors and writers use the order
of events to inform reader about events or content of a
text chronologically. The events may be organized by time or date, by
arranging of events as a series of steps or by following a list-like
structure.
To show the order of events, writers used signal words like, first,
second, third, then, after, before, finally, following, later, next,
afterwards, lastly, in the meantime, once, soon after, secondly, to
begin with or today. These words and phrases are used to identify
specific time, date and steps to be used in writing a composition.
Guided Practice 1
Directions: Arrange the following events chronologically
according to
how they happened. Write the numbers 1-3
A. ___________ Last, you put a piece of ham in between the
slices of the bread.
___________ Then, you spread a mayonnaise on the slices of
bread.
___________ First, toast two slices of bread.

B. ___________ Rowena goes jogging every morning.

___________ She goes to work by bus.
___________ After jogging, she takes a bath and eats
C. ___________ Lastly, I rode bike to school.
___________ I woke up late.
___________ I hurriedly take a bath.

D. ___________ At 7:15 am we attended our flag ceremony.

___________ Then at 7:30 am we had our first class.
___________ Afterwards, at 9:30 am, we went to the
canteen to take our recess.

E. ___________ Heat oil to the pan.

___________ Third, crack the egg straight to the pan and
put some salt.
___________ Grab two pieces of egg.
B. Directions: Identify the signal words used in the paragraph
below. Write them on a separate sheet of paper.

Spaghetti: Kids’ Pasta Favorite

Charity S. Palele
 Spaghetti is totally a kid’s favorite. You
can order it in any fast food or you can
simply make it on your own. The first thing
you need to do is boil the pasta for 10
minutes. Then, drain it and set aside.
Secondly, heat oil in the pan, sauté onion,
garlic and ground beef. Afterwards, add
tomato sauce, salt and pepper to taste. Next,
add the cooked pasta and simmer until it is
done. Finally, put it on a plate and top it
Guided Practice 2
Here are the steps on how to give your dog a bath. Arrange them in
their proper order and use signal words to show the sequence/procedure
organization.
• Thoroughly rinse all shampoo from your dog’s coat, avoiding the
eyes and ears.
• Dry your dog with a towel or hair dryer.
• Get ready to bathe your dog by preparing shampoo, towel, bath
mat, brush and comb and apron.
• Brush your dog’s fur before bathing.
• Apply shampoo out of your dog’s coat avoiding the eyes and
inside of the ears.
• Get your dog wet from head to toe with warm water.
• Massage the shampoo into the fur for several minutes.
• Apply some conditioner to the dog’s fur, and rinse it completely.
• Let your dog shake himself out.
Directions: Write YES if the statement shows sequence or
procedure and write NO if not.
__________ 1. First, heat the oil in the pan. Second crack
the egg. Third pour the egg to the pan and add a pinch of
salt.
__________ 2. Baseball is different from Basketball.
__________ 3. Early that morning we went to the beach,
afterwards we had our dinner at one of their floating cottages.
__________ 4. Draw the outline on the cardboard, then cut the
outline and lastly, glue the pieces together to make your
miniature doll house.
__________ 5. Without electricity you would not have cellphone,
televisions, laptops, video games and many other things you use
__________ 6. Squid and octopus are both related
to mollucs and have blue blood.
__________ 7. He arrived at our house an hour
ago and left later that night.
__________ 8. I am eating breakfast now; I will
clean the kitchen next.
__________ 9. Lina wore a jacket before leaving
because it is cold outside.
__________10. They went to the zoo in the morning
and then went shopping in the afternoon.