Analyzing a Procedural Text: How to Find Out Anything Answers

Read the table of contents and sample page from a procedural text.

What text features are included in this text? Check all that apply.

Error

Which are common elements found in procedural texts? Check all that apply.list of necessary materialsa place for comments a section of definitions a page of success stories a series of steps

Read the table of contents.The Traveler’s Guide to JapanTable of Contents1. Japan’s History: Then and Now…………..32. Itineraries for Must-See Cities…………..273. Getting Around…………………………...464. Basic Greetings………………………….635. Traveling on a Budget……………………89

Look at the informational text.

Read the procedural text.

Read the excerpt from "How to Think Like a Researcher," a chapter from How to Find Out Anything.Whether you’re nosing around your local town library to find a biography of your favorite writer or downloading giant data sets from a U.S. government agency or from a university in a remote country, the principles of research are the same. By mastering the research process and undertaking it in the spirit of adventure and discovery, you’ll soon realize that it is indeed possible to find out anything.

After a procedure has been completed, what questions can be asked to help evaluate the results? Check all that apply.When should this procedure be performed again?Were the steps completed in order?What could be done differently in the future?Was the expected outcome reached?Who else has completed this procedure?

Look at the procedural text.