Procedural Writing (How-To Writing)

Procedural Writing (How-To Writing)

http://writingeverydayworks.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/how-to-or-procedure-ideas/

Examples of a Students’ Writing: 

How to make a cupcake:  http://timmonstimes.blogspot.com/2009/02/procedural-writing.html

Cinnamon Ornaments:  http://mallonmessages.blogspot.com/2008/12/cinnamon-ornaments-with-dash-of-how-to.html 

How to make Stone Soup:  http://hkidshighlights.blogspot.com/2008/10/stone-soup.html

Examples of how-to writing:  http://hkidshighlights.blogspot.com/2008/12/writing-through-week.html 

You Tube video link

How to Make Crayons  http://writingeverydayworks.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/how-to-make-crayons/

Books that Support How-To writing:

Lucy Calkins:  http://www.unitsofstudy.com/toc_lc_lp.asp

Tony Stead’s book, Is That A Fact?,  http://writingeverydayworks.wordpress.com/2009/02/27/tony-stead-how-to-resources/ 

AWESOME wikispaces about procedural writing:    http://firstgradecce.wikispaces.com/Writing+-+Functional                         

Theme 7: We Can Work It Out – How to Read a Recipe T226
Theme 10: We Can Work It Out – Instructions T92-T103
Theme 10: We Can Work It Out – Giving Directions T125

Figure out and list classroom procedures that could be written as How-To Writing:

-How to sit on the rug

-How to sharpen a pencil

-How to read a book quietly

-How to line up quietly

Choose one topic and write in a list:

How to sit on the rug

First, stand up.

Second, push in your chair

Third, walk to the rug

Fourth, find a spot next to your partner

Fifth, sit down criss cross applesause, point your nose and knees at the teacher