HOW TO PLANT BEAN SEEDS

What you need :

1. Pot

2. Soil

3. Water

4. Bean seeds

5. Labels or paddle pop sticks

6. Waterproof

 
What you do :

1. Fill the pot with soil

2. Level the soil off neatly with your hand

3. Make three holes with your finger in the middle of the soil

4. Place one bean seed in each hole

5. Cover the bean seeds with soil

6. Water the plant

7. Put your name, date and "Green Bean" with the waterproof pen.

8. Now you can grow bean seeds.

THE SOCIAL FUNCTION

A procedure text tells how to use something or make something can be done. [ The text above is about how to make something can be done ].

STRUCTURE OF THE TEXT

A. Aim/ Goal

This part tells what will be made or done.

How to Make Plant Bean Seeds

B. Materials/ Ingredients [ optional ]

This part gives a list of what is needed 

1. Pot

2. Soil

3. Water

4. Bean seeds

5. Labels or paddle pop sticks

6. Waterproof

C. Steps

Explain what has to be done chronologically 

1. Fill the pot with soil

2. Level the soil off neatly with your hand

3. Make three holes with your finger in the middle of the soil

4. Place one bean seed in each hole

5. Cover the bean seeds with soil

6. Water the plant

7. Put your name, date and "Green Bean" with the waterproof pen.

8. Now you can grow bean seeds.

LANGUAGE FEATURES

A. Short and clear instructions are necessary in a procedure 

Fill the pot with ...

Level the soil off ...

Make three holes ...

Place one bean seed ...

Cover the bean seeds ...

Water the plant

Put your name ...

B. Simple Present Tense and Imperatives/ Action Verbs

Fill, Level, Make, Place, Cover, Water, Put.

C. Temporal Sequence [ first, second, then, next, finally ]

The text above uses number as temporal sequence : 1, 2, 3, 4, ... 8