Room 2 Waikanae School: October 2013

Procedural Writing

Our focus for writing this term is procedural writing. As an opener to our writing topic we made 'Classmade Lemonade', we then all wrote together a set of instructions on how to make the delicious drink. We had lots of fun making and sharing our recipe and drink.

We have learnt what the important aspects of procedural writing are, to be successful in writing a good set of instructions. We need to include the follow...

A clear title
A list of either equipment or ingredients
A sequence of steps to follow
To use bossy verbs e.g. squeeze, stir, pour
To set our instructions out so they are easy to follow e.g. miss lines, put numbers for each new step.

Check out our recipe and photos of the whole process!

Class made lemonade

Ingredients:

• Water (about 3 litres)

• 6 Lemons

• 1 ½ cups of Sugar

Equipment:

• Mixing bowl

• Measuring cup

• Wooden Spoon

• Sharp knife

• Cups (For tasting)

• Juicer

• Spoon

• Chopping Board

• Sieve

Method

1. Wash your hands

2. Carefully cut 3 big lemons in halves with a sharp knife.

3. Twist the lemons on the juicer to get all of the juice out, at the end give them a squeeze to get the last little bit of juice out. Then chuck them in the bin. (If your juicer is getting full pour the lemon juice into a small jug)

4. Pour the juice over a bowl and into the sieve to get rid of the pips and keep the lovely lemon juice!

5. Shake the pips from the sieve into the rubbish bin

6. Pour a cup of sugar into the bowl with the lemon juice

7. Stir the lemon and the sugar together until you can’t see the sugar and it has dissolved.

8. Add 2 ½ litres of water to the bowl and mix it well. (Taste test to check if it is sweet enough)

9. Put the bowl of freshly made juice into the fridge for 20 minutes to chill.

10. Take your chilled lemonade out of the fridge

11. Pour into a cup

12. Drink, relax and enjoy

Don’t forget to tidy up your dishes afterwards and to share your delicious lemonade!