2.9 Procedure
Social purpose: To record the steps necessary for how to do something or to carry out a task
How to build a compost heap
| Text structure
Goal (heading) |
Language features | |
| Materials | Materials needed for bin
Cement blocks Chicken wire An old framed 3screen (eg from a window) for a lid for the bin Materials for compost Chopped up grass (from the lawn), leaves and stalks A mixed 3bag of manure Water |
1. Use of action verbs as commands.
2. Use of adverbials to express important additional information such as how and when the actions are to be carried out. 3. Use of particular nouns or pronouns to name people, places, animals and things. |
| Steps | Steps
41.1Stack the blocks 2into a square which is one metre tall and wide, placing the holes in the blocks on the outside for aeration. 2. Secure the 3blocks with the chicken wire. 3. 1Place a layer of the grass, leaves and stalks in the bin. 4. Cover with the manure. 5. 1Spray everything 2with water. 46. Cover the 3compost bin 2with the lid. 7. 2Every few days, keep turning over the pile, adding a little more water, as well as more chopped up garden 3material until the bin is filled. 8. 4Finally, 1wait for the 3worms to do their job! |
4. Use of numbers to show the order of the actions to be carried out. (Time connectives such as 'first', 'then', 'thirdly', 'next', 'finally' can also be used, in place of, or as well as, numbers) |