Technical Texts

What is Technical Text? A genre of writing that is used to clearly communicate a certain piece of information for a particular purpose in such a way that it can be understood.

Examples of Technical Text

Instructions Making a Paper Snowflake 1.Take a piece of square paper and fold it in half so that you have a big triangle 2.Now fold that triangle in half to make a smaller triangle. 3.Now hold your triangle with the longest side at the top 4.Next, fold the right-hand corner over towards the middle until it is directly above the bottom point of the triangle and press the edges down firmly. 5.Now fold the left hand corner towards the middle until it crosses over the right-hand point. Press the edges down firmly. 6.Now, cut of the two points that are sticking up, in a straight line underneath them. 7.You should be left with a triangle. The tallest point will be the center of your snowflake. Now you get to cut out your pattern. 8.When your pattern is cut out, unfold the paper and display your beautiful snowflake.

Directions From Hays Public Library to Wal-Mart 1.Go northeast on Main St. toward west 13 th St Turn right onto east 13 th St. 3.Turn Left onto US-183 N / Vine St. 4.End at Wal-Mart

Reports Police Report On April 23, 2094, Mr. John Doe arrived at his residence at 1234 Deer Lane, Anywhere, California The time was 9:35 p.m. Mr. Doe found the front door of his home wide open. He could see that someone had hit the door with something very heavy as part of it was split and the lock was lying on the floor. Mr. Wilson went to his next door neighbors house and called the police. The police arrived at about 10:15 p.m. and contacted Mr. Wilson on the sidewalk in front of his home. The house was searched for a suspect, but none was found. The entire house had been searched by the suspect, and the suspect had thrown clothes and drawers on the floor. The rear door was wide open. Mr. Wilson told the police that he had locked that door as well. Mr. Wilson stated that when he left for work at 7:00 a.m. all was secure.

Recipe Pumpkin Pie INGREDIENTS: 2 large eggs 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves ounce can pumpkin (NOT canned pumpkin pie mix) ounce can evaporated milk PREPARATION: Beat eggs slightly; beat in remaining ingredients. Pour into an unbaked, 9 inch pie shell. Bake in preheated oven at 425 degrees for 15 minutes. Reduce heat to 350 degrees and bake for about 45 minutes more or until knife inserted in the middle comes out clean. (If the crust starts turning too dark, cover the edge of the pie with foil strips.)

The History of Chocolate Chip Cookies

The chocolate chip cookie was accidentally developed by Ruth Graves Wakefield. Ruth was the owner of the Toll House Inn in Massachusetts in Ruth was making chocolate cookies but ran out of regular baker’s chocolate and substituted broken pieces of semi-sweet chocolate assuming it would melt and mix into the batter. However, it did not, and the cookie with chips of chocolate was born. Ruth sold the recipe to Nestle in exchange for a lifetime supply of chocolate chips. Now every bag of Nestle chocolate chips in North America has Ruth Wakefield’s original recipe printed on the back. Did you know that today, half of the cookies baked in American homes are chocolate-chip, with an estimated seven billion consumed annually.

Clicker Questions 1.T/F - Technical text is a genre of writing? 2.T/F - You do not want the person who is reading the technical text to understand it? 3.T/F - A recipe is an example of technical text? 4.T/F - Chocolate Chip Cookies were developed on purpose? 5.T/F - George Washington invented Chocolate Chip Cookies?