GROUP IV

ENGLISH 9 Scientific Writing Dr. ISIDRO M. BIOL Jr.

Leader: Christy Pasok Members: Joyvelyn C. Palomo Redford Perez

INSTRUCTION vs. DIRECTION

Instructions

What is this? A step by step guide explaining how to make or do something. Instructions can be spoken or written.

Other purposes

Instruction Writing

 Instructions explain how to do or make something for example recipes, science experiments, how to make a puppet. Instructions are written in the present tense.

 You need to use simple, clear sentences. It is written in time order. You could use bullet points or numbers to organize each step of the instructions.

 You can use time connectives to make your instructions clear (firstly, secondly, thirdly, then, next, after that, finally). You need to use the imperative verb to tell the person what to do (cut, stick, pour, hold, mix, carry, fix, glue, fold).

 Before you write the instructions, you can tell the reader what they will need, for example the ingredients.

Example of instructions writing

Instructions to make a cup of tea. What you will need: Tea bags Water Cup Kettle Sugar Milk Spoon

What you need to do:

1. First, fill the kettle with cold water and switch it on. 2. Next, put the tea bag in the cup. 3. Then, wait for the kettle to boil. 4. Collect milk from the fridge.

5. Fill the cup with boiling water but leave enough room for some milk. 6. After that, stir the teabag and remove with a spoon. 7. Pour in milk and add required amount of sugar. 8. Finally, stir and drink slowly.

DIRECTION
Directions are in the form of guidelines. You get directions from a person when you are trying to get to a place B from place A.

1. The act or function of directing. 2. Management, supervision, or guidance of an action or operation. 3. The art or action of musical or theatrical directing.

4. Music A word or phrase in a score indicating how a passage is to be played or sung. 5. An instruction or series of instructions for doing or finding something. Often used in the plural. 6. An authoritative indication; an order or command.

 7.a. The distance-independent relationship between two points in space that specifies the angular position of either with respect to the other; the relationship by which the alignment or orientation of any position with respect to any other position is established.

 8. The statement in degrees of the angle measured between due north and a given line or course on a compass. 9. A course or area of development; a tendency toward a particular end or goal: charting

a new direction for the company

Directions Test
The following exercise tests your ability to understand and carry out directions. Read all directions completely before writing anything down. At the end of this exercise you will give yourself a score on how well you did.

 1. Write your first name in the upper left corner of this page. 2. Write your last name in the upper right corner of this page.

 3. If your last name begins with a letter from A to M, circle your first name. 4. If your last name begins with a letter from N to Z, circle your last name. 5. Write today's date somewhere in the left column of this page.

 6. Write your birthdate somewhere in the right column of this page. 7. If your birthdate is in a month from January to June, draw a SINGLE line under your birthdate. 8. If your birthdate is in a month from July to December, draw a DOUBLE line under your birthdate.

 9. Add the DAY of your birthday to the DAY of today's date and put the number under the title of this exercise. 10. Write the word "score" in capital letters in the lower right corner of this page. 11. Draw a box around it.

12. If your first name is in the upper left corner of this paper, give yourself 100 points. 13. If your first name is in the upper right corner of this page, give yourself -100 points. 14. Add the number under the title of this exercise to your score.

 15. If there is any writing on the page before you have gotten here for the first time give yourself a ZERO! Then go back and read the directions at the top of the page telling you to read ALL directions completely before writing anything down...

Reading and Understanding Written Directions

Directions give us important information!

Here are some steps for following written directions: First, carefully read the entire set of directions so you know what you have to do.

 Second, think about what you have to do.

Third, follow directions in the order they are written.

 Fourth, don't skip any steps in the directions.

Fifth, if there's something you don't understand, ask for help!

Let's follow a set of simple directions together. Get a scrap piece of paper and a pencil, then do the following: 1st Draw a square. 2nd Put a circle inside the square. 3rd Dot the circle.

So therefore: instruction [in-struhk-shuhn] noun1.the act or practice of instructing or teaching; education. 2.knowledge or information impa rted. 3.an item of such knowledge or i

3.an item of such knowledge or information. 4.Usually, instructions. orders or directions: The instructions are on the back of the box. 5.the act of furnishing with authoritative directions.

Instructions come from a superior to a subordinate or from an authority (like the factory that made an unassembled product).

While Direction is solicited and

offered as advice from a stranger or from anyone --including-- a specific kind of superior, the director (of a play, musical, opera, or motion picture). So the directions from a director are instructions, but other directions may be something else, such as solicited advice.

Instruction is telling someone what to do and Direction is telling someone where to go

Directions vs. Instructions I just want to clear something up for all those who tell their friends to "follow the directions" when learning how to do something new such as follow a recipe, build something, create a project, and so forth.

In that case, the correct phrase is: "Follow the instructions." When you follow directions, you're trying to get somewhere - by foot, by car, by bus, by plane, by boat, etc. and you are asking to be directed from point A to point B.

 Instructions teach you how to DO something - they instruct. Directions explain how to GET somewhere - they direct. (It also helps to think of the term "direct traffic.")
I don't want to be told anything. I don't need instructions on how to live my life. I do sometimes need direction!