This is the material for writing skill for students 11th grade of senior High School.

1. PROCEDURE
TEXT
BY : N U R A LV I F I R L I A N A

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

3. SOCIAL FUNCTION
• To describe how something is accomplished through a
sequence of actions or steps

4. GENERAL STRUCTURE
• Goal
• Materials (not required for all procedural texts.)
• Step 1 - n (i.e. Goal followed by a series of steps
oriented to achieve the goal).

5. LANGUGE FEATURES
• Focus on generalized human agents.
• Use of simple present tense, often imperative.
• Use mainly of temporal conjunctions (or numbering to
indicate sequence).
• Use mainly of material processes.

6. EXAMPLE
How to make egg and lemon soup
Materials :
• 3 pints chicken stock
• Juice of 2 lemons
• 3 oz rice
• Salt and pepper
• 4 eggs, well beaten

7. Steps :
• Put stock into a pan and heat until boiling.
• Add rice and cook on low heat for fifteen minutes.
• Mix together egg and lemon juice.
• Add three tablespoons of stock to the mixture and stir.
• Stir this mixture into the remaining stock in pan.
• Add a little of salt and pepper.
• Cook gently for three minutes.

8. TEST
• Think about something that you want to make then
pair with your friend and write the procedure text
about something that you want to make. After that,
you can share it in front of your friennds.