Consciousness-raising phase: in this section, please read the text again, pay attention to red and green wrods and try to answer the questions.
How to Make Invisible Ink
Goal
To make invisible ink that your friend can read easily but that will be invisible to others.
Materials
One lemon
An o
ld-fashioned pen with steel nib, or a fountain pen
Paper
Reading light
What to do
1.
Before beginning,
carefully
cut
a ripe lemon
in two.
Squeeze
the juice of the lemon
into a juicer.
2.
Use a funnel
to
slowly
pour the liquid into a small container.
3.
Next
,
select an old-fashioned pen
with a steel nib, or a fountain pen.
4.
Dip the pen
into the liquid and
write
down your message
neatly
on a blank sheet of paper. Make sure you write
legibly
.
5.
Place it
nearby
on a desk or table to dry. When your writing dries, it should be invisible.
6.
Now
send
the message
to your friend.
Explain
that
for the message to become visible, it must be held
near
a reading light. It should be held near the light, but not too close. The heat from the light will make the lemon-juice writing visible.
In this text, what the red words have in common? Read the following statements and choose
TRUE
for those you think are right, choose
FALSE
for those you think are wrong.
a.
T/F
TRUE
FALSE
These red words describe the verbs in each sentence, for example, you can cut a lemon in many ways, like "carefully cut it", "gently cut it", "slowly cut it", etc.
b.
T/F
TRUE
FALSE
Some red words are formed of the adjective +ly, like "neatly" is "neat+ly".
c.
T/F
TRUE
FALSE
Some red words don't have the form of "adjective+ly", but they still describe the sentences or verbs in that sentences. For example, "next", "now" and "near", they show the sequence of the things to be done.
Actually, these red words are called
ADVERB
s! There are 3 kinds of adverbs in English.
The adverbs like "carefully", "slowly", "neatly", and "legibly" describe the way of doing things, so they are
??
HOW
WHEN
WHERE
adverbs.
Answer:
HOW
The adverbs like "next" and "now" describe the time of doing things, so they are
??
HOW
WHEN
WHERE
adverbs.
Answer:
WHEN
The adverbs like "near" describes the place for doing something, so they are
??
HOW
WHEN
WHERE
adverbs.
Answer:
WHERE
Do you know
why
people use so many adverbs in a procedural text?
Because
Now, please look at the phrases in green. Read the following statements; if it's right, put
TRUE
in front of the sentences, if not, put
FALSE
.
a.
T/F
TRUE
FALSE
The sentences with the green phrases all have person in it.
b.
T/F
TRUE
FALSE
The the verbs in these green phrases are in their basic form, like "do", instead of "does" or "doing".
c.
T/F
TRUE
FALSE
Compared with the sentence "you can open the window", the sentence "open the window" is more like a command.
Could you guess what these sentences with the green phrases are called?
a. Imperative sentence(For example, Close the door.)
b. Declarative sentencw(For example, The apple is red.)
c. Interrogative sentence(For example, Could you pass the juice?)
Do you know
why
people use imperative sentences in the procedural text?
Because
Back to these green phrases, the verbs within them are _______ verbs.
a. Model verbs (like "can", "could", "should")
b. Be verbs (like "am", "is", "are")
c. Action verbs (like "stand", "stop", "lift")
Why
do we need many action verbs in the procedural text?
Because
By now, you've known the grammartical features of the procedure writing. Read the following statements and check whether they are right. Put
TRUE
if it's right and
FALSE
if it's wrong.
a.
T/F
TRUE
FALSE
There are a lot of adjectives in the procedural text.
b.
T/F
TRUE
FALSE
The procedural text doesn't have action verbs.
c.
T/F
TRUE
FALSE
There are alot of sentences without person (we, you, they, etc.) in procedural text. These sentences are called "imperative sentences".