PROCEDURE Text (genre)

PROCEDURE


Procedures help us do a task or make something. They can be a set of instructions or directions eg step by step method to germinate seeds. The text below is an example of a procedure. The labels show the structure
and language features of procedure text. Procedures begin by outlining an aim or goal. Sometimes there is a list of the materials and equipment needed. The steps are then listed in order.

example Teks Prosedur

 

 How to Plan a Flower

1)    How to Plant a Flower. (Ini adalah Aim/Goal)

Materials and Tools: A pail, a flower pot, a water dipper or water hose and a pair of gloves, soil and manure.

Steps:
-    Take a pail of soil from the backyard. Mix the soil and the manure.

-      Put the mixture in the flower pot. - Plant tha flower in the flower pot.

-      Take some water using the water dipper. Sprinkle the plant

-      Put a little soil around the plant

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2)    LOOP-THE-LOOP PAPER PLANE .

Materials needed:

• A sheet of heavy paper

• A pencil

• Sharp scissors

• A paper clip

• Crayons Method:

Here’s a paper airplane that will fly in circles.

1. First fold the paper in half the long way.
2. Then draw an airplane with wings and tail on it.
3. Next draw a line about an inch away from the fold on each side the full length of paper.
4. Then cut out the airplane, but do not cut on the fold.
5. After that spread out the airplane and colour it. You can draw airplane markings near each wing tip.
6. Next refold your airplane. Now fold each wing down along the time drawn on it.
7. Then add a paper clip to the nose. You can change the way your airplane flies by changing the wing shape and putting more than one paper clip on the nose.

note:
Teks Procedure Generic Structure: Aim/Goal - Materials – Steps
  Tenses used in procedure: Simple Present in Imperative.