Sunday 13 September 2015

What Makes A Great Set Of Instructions?

We have been investigating what makes a great set of instructions this week in the Realm of Rodda. We have been learning about the importance of verbs when reading and writing instructions, because they tell us what to do.
 

 
 
Above are two examples of Magic Potions. Can you find the verbs? What other verbs have you seen when reading instructions like a recipe?
 
For example: Stir, drain, pour and drizzle.
 

8 comments:

  1. How to turn a child into a frog:
    mix, put, say, turn, drink.
    Witches brew:
    put, boil, strain, serve.
    Other verbs I've seen:
    bake, leave, blow, add.
    J.T.

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  2. how to turn a child into a frog :
    .cup.turn
    .mix.put
    .wiz.say

    witches brew:
    .add.few.heat
    .cups.serve.put
    .teaspoon.strain
    other:
    .place .rise
    .cut.poor
    .peel.lay

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  3. How to turn a child into a frog:
    mix
    add
    stir
    pour
    squeeze
    bake
    place
    whisk
    blow
    drink.

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  4. Giraffes and Zebras10:25 am, September 18, 2015

    We love your amazing work about instructions. We have been doing some thinking about recipes, and noticed that some verbs we use are:
    stir, mix, add, sift, pour, drizzle, drink, put and bake.
    Thank you for teaching us about writing instructions.
    Year 1/2 Giraffes and Zebras.

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  5. how to turn a child into a frog:
    mix, whisk, put, boil, dip, fry, blend, shred, grate and grill

    Ella

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  6. How to turn a child into a frog:
    Put, mix, turn around
    Witches brew:
    Put, heat, serve.

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  7. In recipe books the cooking verbs that I have found are add, bake, blend, boil, broil, chop, cut, dip, fry, grate, grill, layer, melt, pinch, sprinkle, pour, Serve, peel, slice, whisk, roll, stir, poach, roast, simmer, sift, spread and taste.

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  8. stir, mix, sift, whip, whisk, grill, separate, chop, dice, slice and bake.

    giselle

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