Procedural Writing

Last week we began to write instructions about something we know how to make well.  This week we are writing recipes.

How to make a Paper Snowflake

Paper plate

Scissors

Paper

1.  Draw carefully around the paper plate onto the paper.

2. Cut out the circle shape you have made. 

3.  Fold the circle shape in half .

4.  Fold it into quarters, so it looks like this triangle.

5.  Cut out small shapes along each edge. 

6.  Unfold your paper when you think you have finished.

Success Criteria Procedural Writing

·        Write a goal/title  e.g. How to Make Toast

·        List all the materials, ingredients, tools and equipment

·        Write the steps with doing words (verbs) at the beginning e.g. Add, Put, Turn,  Pour, Wait

·        Number each step

·        Put the steps in the order they happen

·        Include all the steps needed

·        Use topic words ( eg jam, toast, toaster, butter)

·        Add a picture to help the readers understand  better

·        Try hard words in the margin

·        Make sure all capitals & full stops are confirmed

·      Check my work (proof-read)

How to Make Popcorn

Ingredients/Equipment:

Salt

Butter

Icing Sugar

Popcorn kernels

Pan

Popcorn maker

Method:

1.  Pour the kernels into the popcorn maker.

2.  Heat the popcorn maker.
3.  Wait until the popcorn has finished popping.
4.  Pour it into a bowl.

5.  Let it cool.

6.  Choose out of butter, salt and icing sugar.
7.  Eat it.
Neve (Year 3)

How to Make Popcorn

Ingredients/Equipment:
Popcorn maker
Bowl

Popcorn kernels
Optional - icing sugar, salt or  butter

Method:
1.  Put the kernels in the popcorn maker.
2.  Turn the popcorn maker on.
3.  Wait until you hear no more popping.
4.  Put the popcorn in a bowl.
5.  Add sugar or, butter and salt (optional).
6.  Eat the popcorn.

Caitlin (Year 4)

Making Popcorn

We made popcorn on Friday because we are going to writing instructions on Monday for making popcorn in a popcorn maker.  Here is the sucess criteria we came up with on Friday after looking at some models of procedural writing.

Success Criteria Procedural Writing - Making Popcorn

Write a goal/title e.g. How to Make Popcorn
List all the materials, ingredients, tools and equipment
Write the steps with doing words (verbs) at the beginning e.g. Add, Put, Turn, Pour, Wait
Number each step
Put the steps in the order they happen
Include all the steps needed
Use topic words (Popcorn words)
Add a picture to help the readers understand better
Try hard words in the margin
Make sure all capitals & full stops are confirmed
Check my work (proof-read)

How Popcorn Pops

The kernels are a seed and when you heat it up, the inside turns into steam. The steam pushes on the inside of the shell. The shell explodes and turns into popcorn that you can eat(diagram included in published work).

Roman (Year 3)

How Popcorn Kernels Turn Into Popcorn

There is a tiny bit of water in the kernel that heats up and steams and tries to boil, but the hull traps it in there. When the pressure gets too great, the kernel turns inside out and turns into popcorn. (diagram included in published copy) Jamie (Year 3)

How Does Popcorn Pop?

This is how popcorn pops. When the heat goes on the seed it makes steam in the seed and it gets really hot, like a classroom full of children! Then it explodes and turns inside outbecause it is too much for it. It turns into a fluffy piece of yummy popcorn. (diagram included in published copy) Harry (Year 4)

Popcorn

The inside of the popcorn seed boils until it is very hot, then the water turns into steam. The steam really wants to get out of the popcorn seed. It pushes and pushes and pushes until it explodes and it turns inside out. Then it is fluffy creamy-white popcorn. They are very different shapes and sizes - some are bumpy, some look like bumble bees and some look like ballerinas. ( diagram was included on her published copy) Georgie ( Year 4)