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Bonza beef burgers
This recipe makes about ten hamburgers.
Ingredients
500g low fat minced beef
200g grated carrot
200g peeled and grated potato
1 egg
1 cup breadcrumbs
2 tablespoons tomato sauce
2 tablespoons soy sauce (low salt)
3 tablespoons finely chopped fresh parsley
Method
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Combine all ingredients. Mix with hands.
Shape into equal sized balls and flatten down to make patties.
Put the patties onto a lightly greased pan.
Cook on moderate heat for about 6 mintues.
Carefully turn the patties over and cook for a further 4-5 minutes.
Remove from the pan and drain on absorbent paper.
Divide a bread roll and place a patty in between the halves.
Add shredded lettuce, slices of tomato, beetroot, capsicum, or anything you fancy.
Add tomato sauce or tomato chutney.
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Teaching notes for
Bonza Beef Burgers
Text form:
Medium:
Field:
Tenor:
Mode:
OTHER
Recipe
Recipe book
How to make a beef burger
Expert to general audience
Written
RESOURCES
Dictionaries, encyclopaedias and recipe books.
Materials for drafting and publishing writing.
INTRODUCING
THE UNIT
Provide students with access to a range of
recipe books.These might be brought from
home and displayed in the classroom. Discuss
with the students the function of a recipe, the
type of information it contains and its format.
LET’S
TALK ABOUT IT!
The students should discover that procedural
texts are factual, often incorporate lists, often
have procedures numbered to reinforce the
sequential steps, and that the steps usually begin
with a verb, e.g. mix, carefully turn, etc. Point
out that the texts are written with high
modality. Partners or groups could report their
findings to the whole class.The features of the
text type could then be recorded on a class
chart and displayed for future reference. Other
types of procedural texts include appliance
manuals, games rules, science experiments,
directions or any set of instructions.
REVOLTING RECIPES
Encourage students to have fun with their
recipes. It may be necessary to recall the key
language features and structure of the text type.
Focus again on the modality (high) and tenor
(expert to general audience) of the texts.
ATTEMPT
A MORE COMPLEX
PROCEDURE!
At this stage students should be writing more
complex procedures that involve some research
and the completion of a number of stages. Ideas
should be more advanced and involve the
inclusion of a choice of steps according to
circumstances.The focus on high, medium and
low modality will clarify meaning. Encourage
students to add reasons, results, conditions and
precautions or possible problems to their
procedures.
ADD
A VISUAL TEXT
Encourage students to develop visual texts that
will add to the meaning of the written text.
This may clarify technical language or explain
each step diagrammatically. Remind students of
the numerous visual texts that can be integrated
into procedures and discuss the formatting of
each, e.g. maps, flow diagrams, cross-sections,
glossaries, graphs, scale and analytic diagrams.
FOLLOW-UP/EXTENSION
• Have a Burger Day.The students could
follow the recipe, discuss the features that
make the procedure easy or difficult to
follow, and finally suggest any changes that
might make the text even clearer. Students
could then adapt the recipe and create their
own burger sensations.
• Create class recipe books.
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Bonza Beef Burgers
Let’s talk about it!
Talk with a partner about the recipe. What do you notice about the way it is
written?
Is it different to stories and other types of writing? With your partner, find three
differences. (Hint: look at things such as the way the sentences are written, how the
recipe is organised on the page, the type of words at the start of each sentence.)
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A recipe is a procedure text. What do you think a procedure text is? Talk about it with
your partner. Write your ideas on the lines.
Look up the word procedure in the dictionary.
Write the dictionary meaning here.
Can you think of any other procedure texts besides recipes?
List your ideas. Compare your ideas with your partner’s.
NA 4.1 NSW 3.1 Communicates and interacts confidently for a range of purposes and a variety of audiences to express well developed, well organised ideas dealing
with more challenging topics.
NA 4.3 NSW 3.4 Controls and evaluates structures and features of spoken language. Interprets meaning and develops and presents ideas and information in familiar
surroundings.
NA 4.4 NSW 3.2 Interacts in different sized groups using effective communication skills and strategies and listening attentively.
NA 4.10 NSW 3.13 Evaluates writing in terms of effectiveness of presentation of subject matter and adjusts to focus on context, purpose and audience.
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Revolting recipes
Now it’s your turn! Write your own repulsive, repugnant, repellent recipe! You
could try one of these ideas, or any other idea of your own.
• Super Repulsive Sludge Burger
• Hand Sandwich
The only rule is, your recipe must be
written as a procedure text. It must
include a list of ingredients and steps
to follow to cook your creation.
You don’t have to cook it, though!
Draft, conference and edit your recipe
then publish it in the space below.
NA 4.9 NSW 3.9 Writes well structured literary and factual texts using challenging topics, ideas and issues for a variety of purposes and audiences.
NA 4.10 NSW 3.13 Evaluates writing in terms of effectiveness of presentation of subject matter and adjusts to focus on context, purpose and audience.
NA 4.12a NSW 3.10 Uses a range of strategies to plan, edit and proofread own writing.
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Attempt a more complex procedure!
Choose a goal and audience. Remember to follow the correct structure and
sequence your steps, but add alternate steps at times so that the reader decides
which steps to follow. You may want to add background information, use different
levels of modality to make arguments stronger or weaker, and focus on the beginning
of clauses to draw the reader’s attention. In addition reasons for actions, results of
actions, possible problems or enjoyable aspects should be added to the text. Draft on
scrap paper and publish the final version below.
NA 4.8b Working with peers is able to find information and resources for specific purposes.
NA 4.9 NSW 3.9 Writes well structured literary and factual texts using challenging topics, ideas and issues for a variety of purposes and audiences.
NA 4.10 NSW 3.13 Evaluates writing in terms of effectiveness of presentation of subject matter and adjusts to focus on context, purpose and audience.
NA 4.12a NSW 3.10 Uses a range of strategies to plan, edit and proofread own writing.
NA 4.12b NSW 3.11 Uses a range of strategies to spell unfamiliar words.
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Add a visual text
Create visual texts to accompany the written procedure, e.g. scale diagrams,
flow diagrams showing the method or steps, a pie graph showing quantities or
picture glossaries showing labelled equipment, cross-sections showing structure and
material needed for the process.
NA 4.7 NSW 3.8 Identifies the structures of different texts and with assistance discusses the grammatical structures and features that shape readers’ and listeners’
understanding of texts.
NA 4.10 NSW 3.13 Evaluates writing in terms of effectiveness of presentation of subject matter and adjusts to focus on context, purpose and audience.
NA 4.11 NSW 3.14 Discusses and evaluates how texts have been constructed to achieve their purpose and shape readers’ and viewers’ understandings using
grammatical features and structures.
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