Procedure Writing Words for Your Classroom

Teaching text-specific vocabulary goes hand in hand with the teaching of any new text type. To help you teach your students the subject-specific vocabulary related to procedural writing, the Teach Starter team has created this set of 30 procedure writing word cards. The cards contain vocabulary words related to:

• The structure and text features of procedural texts
• Types of procedural text examples
• The common grammatical features of procedural texts 

The words included in this set of procedure writing vocabulary cards are: procedure, title, goal, aim, outcome, materials, equipment, ingredients, list, method, steps, order, numbers, time connectives, headings, subheadings, diagrams, illustrations, recipes, rules, directions, experiments, manuals, instructions, present tense, commands, nouns, adverbs, topic words, action verbs.

This resource downloads as a full-colour PDF or editable Google Slides file. 

This resource will help you incorporate vocabulary related to writing procedure texts into your lessons. It will also assist your students in becoming more familiar with the key features of this style of informative writing.

Multiple Uses for These Procedure Writing Words

Looking for some ideas as to how you might incorporate this procedural writing word wall into your lessons? Here are some ideas from our experienced teacher team:

1. Word/Definition Match – Write the definition (or a simple description) of one of the words from the word wall onto the board. Have students find the word in the word wall that matches the definition. 
2. Word Wall Word Art – Assign each student a word from the word wall. Have students create a visual representation of the word they have been assigned. Display their drawings next to the associated word to reinforce the vocabulary. 
3. Word Sort – Before placing the cards on your classroom wall, have students sort the cards according to whether they are a structural feature of a procedural text, a grammatical feature of a procedural text or an example of a type of procedural text.

Download These Procedural Writing Vocabulary Cards

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A scaffolding sheet which can be used to write a procedure text.