Procedure Text: Tell me how you do that!

Language Skill    : Reading

Title                  : Procedure Text: Tell me how you do that!

Level                 : Junior High School, Grade VII

Objective            : By the end of the lesson:
Students are able to understand the structural comprehension of procedure text.
Students are able to comprehend the content, the sequence and the message of the procedure text.

PRE-READING ACTIVITY

Dear my lovely students, how are you today?

Are you ready for the lesson?

Well, I believe that all of you have ever operated electronic devices. Am I right? Yes? What kinds of electronic devices that you have ever operated? Computer? Television? Mobile phone? Okay, that's good. Then, have you ever cook a meal or made a toy? Yes? That's great.

Well, actually, in operating electronic devices, cooking a meal, or making a toy, you follow some steps or instructions.

Well, today, we are going to learn about a text type that is related to that. The type of the text is called Procedure Text.              

Procedure text is basically a text which tells its reader how to do something or how to make something.

In our daily life, we can easily find examples of procedure text on food wrappers, recipe books, or manual books of electronic devices.

food wrapper

recipe book

manual book of an electronic device

 







Have you ever seen a television program about cooking show like Farah Quinn’s “Ala Chef”? 
Actually that program has the same objective with this kind of text.

Well students, what is your favorite food anyway?

Do you know the name of this food?

Yeah, it is nasi goreng, in English we called it fried rice.

That’s my favorite food. How about you? Do you like it?

Do you know how to make it?
Well, let's see the video below. 
Spicy Steve and his friend will show us about how to make Indonesian Fried Rice.
Well, hopefully you enjoy it. Happy watching guys!

Do you enjoy the video students?
That video is one of the example of procedure text.

Well students, let's go to the next activity.

READING ACTIVITY

A.      PROCEDURE TEXT: GENERIC STRUCTURE AND LANGUAGE FEATURES 

Okay student, let’s learn more about procedure text! 

Read and learn the generic structure and language features of procedure text. 

Here is a brief explanation about procedure text. 

 PROCEDURE TEXT

Procedure text is a text which tells us how something is accomplished through a sequence of actions or steps.

Generic Structure And Language Features

The generic structure:

•  Goal (often indicated in the main heading)

• Materials (listed in order of use)

• Steps (steps oriented towards achieving the goal)

Language feature:

• Focus on generalize human agents (you, the player, the water, the glass, etc)

• Use mainly of temporal conjunction (or numbering to indicate sequence)

Such as:

•   Next, then, after that, etc

•   First, second, third, etc

• Use mainly of material processes groups (put, stir, click, throw, etc)

• Use of simple present tense, often imperative.

           •   Simple present tense: 

                Positive:

S (I, we, they, you) + V1

S (he, she, it) + V1 s/es

                Negative:

S + DO / DOES + NOT + V1

                Interrogative:

DO / DOES + S + V1?

          •   Imperative Sentence: 
              A type of sentence that gives advice or instructions or that expresses a request or command.

Well, those only a brief explanation about Simple Present Tense. If you want to know more and try another exercises, you can easily go to this website.

Now, read the following passage carefully.

“How to Make Fried Rice”

Kitchen Utensils:

          * Wok

* Spatula

* Mortar (Indonesian: ulekan / cobek) or blender

* Knife

* Plate

* Cutting board 

Ingredients:

* Rice

* Vegetable oil / Margarine

* Eggs

* Chili peppers

* Shallots

* Garlic

* Dried shrimp or shrimp paste (Indonesian: terasi )

* Salt

* Sweet soy sauce

* Crackers

* Fresh cucumber and tomato

* Pickles 

 

Steps:

1.   Grind or blend the spices (shallots, garlics, and chili peppers) together with dried shrimps and salt. Do it over and over until the ingredients turn into paste.

2. Turn the stove on, put the wok on it.

3. Wait until the wok absorb enough heat, put the vegetable oil/margarine in.

4. When the oil temperature is hot enough, put the spice paste in. Let the aroma comes out.

5. Crack the egg into the wok, and scramble it together with the spice paste.

6. Put the rice in, and stir well.

7. Add some sweet soy sauce, according to your taste. Stir well once again.

8. Taste it to see whether it already has the right taste or not. Add some extra salt or sweet soy sauce if needed, and stir it.

 9.  Stir it thoroughly until approximately seven to ten minutes, to ensure all the seasonings give the perfect taste to the rice.

10. Turn off the stove.

11.  Put the rice on your plate. Serve it with crackers, slices of cucumber, and pickles. Your tasty Indonesian fried rice is ready to rock your palate!

Here are some words used in the above. You have to be able to pronounce the words correctly. Okay? Here is the words, its pronunciation, and its meaning.

Grind	/grʌɪnd/	Menggiling
Blend	/blɛnd/	Mencampur
Put	/pʊt/	Meletakkan
Turn on	/təːn ɒn/	Menyalakan
Turn off	/ təːn ɒf/	Mematikan
Crack	/krak/	Meretakkan
Add	/ad/	Menambahkan
Stir	/stəː/	Mengaduk
Taste	/teɪst/	Merasakan
Serve	/səːv/	Menyajikan

B. ANALYZING THE PASSAGES

Generic Structure Analysis

·         Goal (often indicated in the main heading): “How to Make Fried Rice” 

·         Materials (listed in order of use):

Kitchen Utensils:

* Wok
* Spatula
* Mortar (Indonesian: ulekan / cobek) or blender
* Knife
* Plate
* Cutting board

Ingredients:

* Rice
* Vegetable oil / Margarine
* Eggs
* Chili peppers
* Shallots
* etc.

·         Steps (steps oriented towards achieving the goal):

1.       Grind or blend the spices (shallots, garlics, and chili peppers) together with dried shrimps and salt. Do it over and over until the ingredients turn into paste.

2.        Turn the stove on, put the wok on it.

3.        Wait until the wok absorb enough heat, put the vegetable oil / margarine in.

4.       Etc.

Language Feature Analysis

·         Focus on generalize human agents: the spices, the stove, the vegetable oil, the rice, your plate, etc. 

·         Use mainly of temporal conjunction (or numbering to indicate sequence): 1 (first), 2 (second), 3 (third) 

·         Use mainly of material processes groups: put, stir, taste, wait, etc.

 ·         Use of simple present tense, often imperative: grind or blend the spices, turn the stove on, put the margarine in, etc,

C. COMPREHENSION EXERCISE RELATED TO THE PASSAGE

Do the following exercise.

How to Make Fried Rice » Make A Quiz

Great! you have done with your comprehension exercise.
Can you answer those questions students? Easy, right?



D. GRAMMAR EXERCISE RELATED TO THE PASSAGE


Now we’re going to do another exercise. Pay attention to the direction. 

Direction: In procedure text, we use simple present tense in imperative sentence, right? Now, I want you to make another imperative sentence using the following word:

Grind
Blend
Put
Turn on
Turn off
Crack
Add
Stir
Taste            
Serve

Example: Add some water, Stir it slowly.



E. VOCABULARY EXERCISE RELATED TO THE PASSAGE

Another questions for you students, here it is.

What are the name of these kitchen utensils? » Quizzes

 Good Job students! Hopefully you got a good score on those types of question.



POST-READING ACTIVITY 

Well, we have discussed about the procedure text, its definition, generic structures, and grammatical features. I hope it will be useful for you. Now this is the time for you to create your own writing product. 

Exercise:
Browse YouTube with your browser, and fine a video clip from a cooking show or any other tutorial video. Watch it thoroughly, and make a procedure text based on that video. After you finish, read your own text to your friends in front of the class. Have fun!

Well students, you have known what procedure text is, you have watch an example of procedure text in a form of video, you have learned The Simple Past Tense, you have done all the exercises. So I think, all of you have mastered this lesson! Good Job!
For you who still get a bad score on doing the exercise, don't give up, keep trying, okay?

Thanks for your participation students. Good bye!