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Instructive texts

 

An instructive text is a text that instructs or tells you how

to do something. For example:

  • A recipe instructs you how to cook something.
  • A leaflet that comes with a piece of furniture tells you how to put it together or take care of it.
  • Instructive texts sometimes: Use verbs, placed at the beginning of the sentence, that tell you to do something; the language is direct and unnecessary words are left out. Use 'must' and 'must not'.
  • Use diagrams or pictures to help understanding.
  • Use numbered or bulleted points.

Examples of instructive texts:

  1. Put all ingredients into bowl together. Whisk until fully mixed.
  2. Go to the end of the road and turn left past the pub on the corner. Keep walking until you come to a park and then turn right into Hawker Street.

Useful resources

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sentence openers.pdf
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writing frames.pdf
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using right connectives.pdf
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writing templates.pdf
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amazing adjectives.pdf
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Cook.pdf
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Some examples

Suggested activities

Easy: Can you do it?

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giving_oral_instructions.pdf
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Avarage: Reading and labelling instruction text.

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reading_and_labelling_instruction_text.p
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Challenging: Instruction text puzzle.

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instruction_text_puzzle.pdf
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