Procedure Text

Procedure text is a piece of text that give us instructions for doing something.

Procedure text  is a text that is designed to describe how something is achieved through a sequence of actions or steps.”

Characteristic of procedure text

• Simple Present Tense dengan rumus (S+V1)

• imperative sentence (perintah)

• action verbs, contoh: make, take, boil, cook, etc.

• temporary conjunctions, e.g: First, then, next, after that, last, finally.

• conjunctions (kata penghubung), e.g: then, while, etc.

• adverbs (kata keterangan), e.g: for five minutes, 2 hours, etc.

• adverbs (kata keterangan), e.g: the first, the second, the third, the last, etc.

Purpose of Procedure Text

“The social purpose of procedure text is to show how something is done through sequence of steps which enable the reader to achieve the goal.”

“The purpose of procedure text is to tell the reader how to do or make something through a sequence of actions or steps.”

Types of Procedure Text

• How to use operate something, e.g: how to computer, how to record video, etc.

• How to do something, e.g: how to make a noodle, how to dance, how to play basketball.

• how to be, e.g: how to be succeed, how to live happily, how to be a good person.

Generic Stucture of Procedure Text

• Goal : memberikan informasi tentang maksud dan tujuan prosedur dan memprediksi suatu kesimpulan.

• Materials : berisi daftar materi atau bahan-bahan yang dibutuhkan untuk melakukan suatu prosedur atau langkah-langkah.

• Steps : daftar urutan instruksi/aktivitas untuk mencapai tujuan dalam urutan langkah yang benar.

• Result : Hasil dari serangkaian langkah-langkah yang telah dilakukan.

Example of Procedure Text

How to Make Ice Cream

Materials:

2 cups milk or cream

2 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon Vanilla extract

Several cups of Ice

1 cup salt

You need these supplies to make ice cream

Tub or large coffee can to hold salt and ice

Glass bowl or small coffee can

Electric mixer or whisk

Ice cream scoop

Storage container for freezer

Steps:

First, setting up the cooling apparatus. Stir ice and salt in the larger container.

Then, combine the ingredients. Mix together the milk, sugar, and vanilla in the glass bowl. Then, set this bowl in the tub filled with ice and rock salt, making sure that the salt water does not spill into the bowl.

Next, mix the ice cream. Mix the ingredients in the small container vigorously. The salty ice mixture will cool the mixture down until it turns into ice cream. It should take about 10 to 15 minutes to stir the ice cream using either method. Stir until it is free from ice crystals and is the right consistency.

Last, storage and serving. ice cream is ready.