Materials:

● Examples of a Procedural Text

● Have an example of a procedural text that is written like a paragraph instead of
numbered like it should be
● Think Sheet to go along with the paragraph example

Preparation:
● Have examples ready
● Have sequence words listed
● Put paragraph example on the SmartBoard
● Have Think Sheets printed

Intro:
● What does procedure mean?
● What do you think a procedural text might be?
○ Think-Pair-Share for procedural text

Procedure:
● Show examples of procedural texts and point out key features
○ A title that identifies the topic
○ An intro that tells what the text will explain and/or why the author chose that topic
○ Bulleted list of materials/supplies needed
■ Focus on it being bullet points
○ Directions numbered or in short paragraphs with sequence words
■ Focus on the steps being numbered. Why are they numbered instead of
bulleted? Why are the materials bulleted instead of numbered?
■ What are sequence words?
● Show examples
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First Next Then Last

After Before Now Finally

Second When While After that

○ Many sentences begin with command verbs

■ Why do you think that is?
○ Art or photos that show the steps of the process
■ Why would this be important or good to do?
● Show paragraph example
○ “Put the bread on a plate. Next, use the butter knife to spread peanut butter on
one slice and jelly on the other slice. Now it’s time for the second ingredient!
Open the cocoa mix packet and sprinkle a pinch of the mix on the peanut butter
 side. Finally, put the two slices together to make it a sandwich. Then enjoy your
meal!”
○ Have students answer these questions in Think-Pair-Shares on their Think
Sheets
■ What could the title of this procedural text be?
■ What could the intro say?
■ What materials would we need?
● Would we bullet them or number them?
■ How could we turn this into steps?
● Would we bullet them or number them?
■ What pictures could we put in this procedural text?

Closure:
● For the last few minutes of the lesson, have students brainstorm recipe ideas
● Explain that they are going to be creating a procedural text about a recipe they choose
and it will be put into a big class recipe book
○ They will be able to take their own copy of the book home

Name _______________________________ Date ___________

What could the title of this procedural text be?

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What could the intro say?

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What materials would we need?

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How could we turn this into steps?

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What pictures could we put in this procedural text?