NAME___________________________
DATE_________________
CHECKLIST: INSTRUCTIONS
Features of instructional text
Text
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Is the title included – does it tell you
what is to be achieved?
Does the text tell you what to do –
one step at a time?
Does it have labelled diagrams?
Is it written in simple, easy to
understand language?
Have imperative verbs been used eg.
Cut, press, mix etc.?
Is it written in the second person?
Is only necessary detail included?
Are numbers or time connectives
used eg. 1, 2, 3 or later, next?
Created by A. Gill (Mosborough School) and J. O’Neill (Whiteways School) June 2005
Sheffield Learning Network
NAME___________________________
DATE_________________
CHECKLIST: INSTRUCTIONS
Features of instructional text
Your writing
__________________
__________________
Is the title included – does it tell you
what is to be achieved?
Does the text tell you what to do –
one step at a time?
Does it have labelled diagrams?
Is it written in simple, easy to
understand language?
Have imperative verbs been used eg.
Cut, press, mix etc.?
Is it written in the second person?
Is only necessary detail included?
Are numbers or time connectives
used eg. 1, 2, 3 or later, next?
Created by A. Gill (Mosborough School) and J. O’Neill (Whiteways School) June 2005
Sheffield Learning Network