Oral Language


A Comparing procedures Examine both of these procedures. Which is better? Why? What does one have that the other does not?


Procedure A How to Blow a Bubble


First, chew the gum. Next, bring it around your tongue. Now, blow the bubble with air. Keep going until it pops.


Procedure B How to Blow a Bubble


Get two pieces of bubble gum. Remove the gum from the wrapper. Put the gum in your mouth. Chew the gum. In your mouth, position the gum at the tip of your tongue, but keep it behind your teeth. Push forwards with your tongue so that the gum wraps around it. With the gum firmly wrapped around your tongue, firmly push your gum through your lips so that the tip of your tongue is sticking out. Blow air in between your tongue and the gum. Don’t blow too hard or the bubble will pop too soon. Watch your bubble grow!


Writing Genre – Procedural Writing


When writing a procedure, we use action verbs such as put, twist, pour, assemble, hold, take, to make the procedure more interesting. We also use adverbs. Look back at the speech bubble in the comprehension text.


A In your copy, review, edit and rewrite your procedure about how to play Snakes and Ladders to include action verbs and adverbs.


Check your work using the procedure self-assessment checklist.


B Drama: How to … Act out a procedure about an everyday action. Try one of the following: ƒ how to wash your hair


ƒ how to make porridge ƒ how to play hurling


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ƒ how to brush your teeth ƒ how to get to school


ƒ how to do the grocery shop


Unit 6 | Procedure 2


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