Key Ideas and Details



3.1 Key Ideas and Details
Lesson D

Read Procedural Text

Procedural text describes a process. It might explain how to do something, how something works, or what causes an event to occur, for example.

When writing procedural texts, authors usually:

    • present the information in a logical series of steps,
    • provide clear details that are easy to follow,
    • use precise language, such as time-order or spatial-order words, and
    • use text features, such as heads or numbered lists, to help readers easily identify steps and find information.

Click the Model button to see an example of how to read a social studies procedural text.