Course Activity Writing a Procedural Text
This Course Activity will help you meet these educational goals:
You will analyze the clarity of a procedural text and offer recommendations to improve it.
You will then write a procedural text that is organized accurately and formatted in a
reader-friendly manner. Introduction
A procedural text gives an explanation of how to do or make something. Recipes, game
rules, scientific experiments, and how-to books are organized by process. Read through
this writing resource, which includes tips and guidelines for writing a procedural text in
the context of Internet technology. Many of these tips and guidelines can be applied to
procedural texts of all varieties.
__________________________________________________________________________ Directions and Analysis
Task 1: Analyzing a Procedural Text
Consider this procedural text:
Before you inflate your car's tires with air, you will need to know the
recommended pressure for your tires. To find out this information, consult the
owner's manual for your car. Then connect a tire gauge on the valve stem of
each tire to check the air pressure. After you turn on the air pump, attach the
pump hose to the valve stem of each tire to allow air to flow inside. Depending on
the type of pump, you will more than likely need to squeeze a trigger on the hose
to release the air. Periodically check the pressure on each tire after filling with a
small amount of air to ensure that you aren't putting too much air in your tire.
Doing so could damage your tire. If there is too much air in a tire, squeeze the
button on the valve stem to release the excess air until your tires are inflated at
the correct pressure.
a. Briefly describe the subject of this procedural text. If someone follows this
procedure, what will he or she accomplish?
Type your response here: b. Making use of the tips and guidelines you explored earlier, describe at least five
ways that this procedural text could be improved. Consider changes in formatting
and organization as well as changes to the text itself.
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© 2015 EDMENTUM, INC. Type your response here: Task 2: Writing a Procedural Text
Think of a sport or a game that you like to play. Choose one task involved in this game,
and consider the steps that are needed to carry it out successfully. Make sure the task
you choose involves multiple steps and that a single procedure can be used to succeed.
(Note: It is OK if more than one procedure can produce success.)
In basketball, for example, you might choose the steps involved in shooting and making
a free throw. In football, you might choose the steps involved in preparing your
equipment for a game. Alternatively, you could choose completing a turn in a complex
board game or defeating an enemy in a video game.
a. Describe the task you have selected. When a person has successfully completed
this task, what is the result? What defines failure? If a person tries but fails to
complete the task, can his or her failure be traced to a single mistake or is chance a
factor?
Type your response here: b. Develop a procedural text that describes how to successfully carry out the task you
have selected. Remember to include formatting or images if appropriate. Also take
into account the tips and guidelines for writing a procedural text that you have
already investigated.
Type your response here: __________________________________________________________________________ Resources
Document any references you used for this project below. At minimum, include a title
and URL for any Internet resource:
_________________________________________________________________________ 2 Evaluation
Your teacher will use this rubric to evaluate the completeness of your work as well as
the clarity of thinking you exhibit.
Task 1: Analyzing a Procedural Text Distinguished
(4 points) Accurately describes the subject of the procedural text
Coherently explains the text’s purpose and the intended outcome of the procedure
Correctly identifies five or more ways the text could be improved
Fully utilizes several of the tips and guidelines referenced in the introduction Proficient
(3 points) Describes the subject of the procedural text
Explains the text’s purpose and the intended outcome of the procedure
Identifies five or more ways the text could be improved
Makes use of several of the tips and guidelines referenced in the introduction Developing
(2 points) Partially describes the subject of the procedural text
Incompletely explains the text’s purpose and the intended outcome of the procedure
Identifies three or four ways the text could be improved
Makes incomplete use of the tips and guidelines referenced in the introduction Beginning
(1 point) Criteria Does not adequately describe the subject of the procedural text
Incoherently discusses the text’s purpose
Identifies one or two ways the text could be improved
Fails to make use of the tips and guidelines referenced in the introduction 3 Task 2: Writing a Procedural Text Distinguished
(4 points) Selects a task and articulately describes its criteria for success and failure
Articulately explains the sources of failure, including luck
Writes a complete, accurate, and lucid procedural text for the chosen task
Successfully makes use of formatting or images to enhance the text’s clarity Proficient
(3 points) Selects a task and describes its criteria for success and failure
Explains the sources of failure, including luck
Writes a complete procedural text for the chosen task
Makes use of formatting or images to enhance the text’s clarity Developing
(2 points) Selects a task and partially describes its criteria for success and failure
Incompletely describes the sources of failure
Writes a procedural text for the chosen task
Makes inadequate or inappropriate use of formatting or images Beginning
(1 point) Criteria Selects a task but fails to describe its criteria for success and failure
Mentions failure but does not explain its sources
Writes an incomplete procedural text for the chosen task
Does not make use of formatting or images 4

 

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