Procedural Texts

What is the social function of Procedural Text?

• To entertain the reader with interesting stories

• To inform the readers about newsworthy events

• To explain how something is accomplished

• To tell about something happened in in the past

The following are examples of procedure text, except ...

• News Item

• Tutorial

• Manual

• Experiment

The generic structure of procedural text is...

• aim/goal, materials/ingredients, manuals

• aim/goal, material/ingredients, methods

• title, aim/goal, set of steps

• title, materials/ingredients, instructions

Why should we give a title for our procedure text?

• To help the reader understand the tense used in the text.

• To help the reader in mastering the activity.

• To help the reader understand each step.

• To help the reader understand the goal of the text.

Which of these are example that explains particular series of activities?

• My Trip to New Zealand

• Why Cats are Cuter than Dogs

• How to Make Your Own Bio Pores

• How Rain Happens

The following sentences are used in writing procedural text, except...

• Next, chose a display name that showed up in your blog post signature.

• Whenever it's cool, it's ready to be served.

• To make orange juice, we need two or three oranges, ice cubes, milk, sugar, water.

• Feel free to write about whatever you want and add videos and some pictures, too.

The following are steps you have to do when you want to make a video on YouTube mobile, except ...

• Tap the "Upload" icon which is in the upper-right side of the screen. This action will take you to the upload page.

• If you already have a Google account, you can log in or sign up to create a new account.

• Open YouTube mobile by tapping the YouTube app icon, which resembles the YouTube logo in your mobile phone.

• Select your best video by tapping the video that you want to upload.

If you're short on wipes supplies, you can easily make your own.

Start with a roll of paper towels and cut it in half horizontally so that you’re left with two toilet paper-like rolls.

Then, mix 2 cups of water with 2 tablespoons of bleach. Place one paper towel roll flat into an airtight container and pour the solution over the top.

The container should be large enough to hold all the liquid while ensuring the paper towels are fully saturated.

Take out the cardboard center roll and pull out fresh paper towels from the middle.

Question: What is the best title for the text?

• How to Make Hand Sanitizer

• How to Make Disinfectant Spray

• How to Make Reusable Disinfecting Wipes

• How to Make Disposable Disinfecting Wipes

Before you start using bleach everywhere, it's important to know that bleach is caustic and can emit potentially lethal fumes. That's why it's important to dilute your bleach. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends using different amounts of bleach and water depending on what is being cleaned. Be sure to follow these steps exactly to make a safe and effective bleach solution that meets your needs.

1. Wear rubber gloves

2. Mix 1 cup of bleach with 5 gallons of water

3. Carefully pour the bleach into the container first, then add the water.

4. Increase the amounts of bleach & water proportionally to make a larger amount of solution.

5. Place the lid tightly on the container & gently shake it back and forth a few times to mix.

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Question: Which sentence that best fits to finish the text above?

• It's unnecessary to mix the bleach with water or other solutions.

• Feel free to add the amount of bleach to make the solution.

• You can mix the bleach solution with other solutions and chemical.

• Never add any ingredients to the bleach solution.