WRITING: PROCEDURE TEXT for 7th Grades of Junior High School

Skill focuses    : Writing (Procedure text)

Opening          :

Hi everyone...., how are you today? I hope you in great spirit, because we will have fun activity today. Are you ready? Let's start it.

Okay, please take a look at some pictures below.

  

Can you mention what picture are they?

Great, you are right. There are picture of a cup of tea, cake, fried rice, and fried noodle.

Can you tell me how to make one of that food above?

Wow, look like some of you can make it.

Okay, today we will learn about procedure text. Any one of you know about this text? Okay, to remain you about procedure text, first, let's talk about generic structure and language features.

Generic structure and language features

Goal                     : give an instruction how to make something through some steps.

Language features :

• Using temporal conjunctionTime: after, before, when, just as, while, as long as, since, until, every time
  Sequential: firstly (secondly, thirdly, etc.), finally, then, when, next, here, now, lastly, meanwhile.
• Using action verbE.g.: cook, put, mix, cut, pour, etc.
• Using present tense

Generic structure  :
Goal                 : showing the purpose
Material            : telling the needed materials
Steps                : describing the steps to achieve the purpose

To make you more understand about procedure text, let's look at the example.

Example of text

Goal	Tomato Soup
Material	Ingredients: 4 large tomatoes 1 small onion 8 cups water Small clove garlic Spices ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon pepper ¼ teaspoon butter
Steps	How to make it: Fry tomatoes, onion, and garlic in a pan with butter for five minutes. Add water, spices, salt, and pepper. Heat until the water boils. Turn down the heat and cover the lid. Cook for one hour.

Do you understand students?
o check your understanding, please do some exercise below.

A.    Pre-Reading
       What are you doing when the sun shines?

       Doesn’t it fun if we can have a picnic?

B.    Vocabulary Focus
      This is some vocabularies that will we use in this section.
Elaborate   : complicated; detailed
Limp          : soft and weak
Deter         : to make something less likely to happen
Hamper      : a large basket (made of thin pieces of wood) with a lid to carrying foods
Cutlery       : knives, forks, and spoons

C.    Text

Here is another text. Read the text intensively and please write the structure of procedure text.

Life’s a Picnic

When the sun shines there is no better time to be outside having a picnic. Planning is the key to an enjoyable day:

• Simple food survives a journey better than anything elaborate. Pick dishes that will stand up to hot weather and can be pre-prepared.
• For salad, use crisp ingredients such as carrots or zucchinis rather than soft lettuces that can go limp.
• Don’t take fizzy drinks unless there’s time for them to settle after the journey. Put wine or beer in coolboxes – or if you’re going near a river, chill securely in the water.
• Pack the food, using a coolbox, shopping bag or cardboard box, in the right order – first course at the top, dessert at the bottom. Store everything in the car boot as it’s the coolest place in the car.
• A traditional hamper is useful for holding plates and cutlery. And don’t forget a bag for collecting the rubbish afterwards.
• Select a shady spot with level ground. And enjoy!

D. Quiz

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Multiple-choice test

True/False

Matching words

E. Video

Please watch video below. Write a procedure text based on the video.

Closing:

Okay student, that's all for today. For your home fun, please write your own procedure text. Please send it through my E-mail. My email address is Rega.Giyang@gmail.com, don't forget to write down your name.