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Instructions
• What are they?
What are they?
• A step by step guide
explaining how to make
or do something.
• Instructions can be
spoken or written.
Types of instructions
• Instructions are
used for many
things.
• How many
types of written
instructions can
you think of?
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Recipe books.
Computer games.
Craft books.
Gardening guides.
Science
experiments.
• Sport games.
• Safety rules
Now its your turn!
• Listen carefully to
the instruction
given by your
teacher.
• Can you follow all
the instructions
through listening
carefully?
How are they written?
• Start with a title
• Include a ‘What You
need’ box
• Numbered steps.
• Use time connectives
for sentence openers
• Don’t use you after
your sentence opener
• Use imperative (bossy)
verbs
• Make your imperative
(bossy) verb a wow
word
• Write a second
sentence in each
instruction that starts
with : When, Before, If
or While
• Use connectives
• Use diagrams
• Tell the reader what
the product should look
like/be like