The Mystery Bag
When writing a narrative, it's crucial to maintain the sequence of events clear. Using
temporal and sequence words like first, then, next, after that, finally, etc... makes it
easier for readers to follow a story.
You’re riding a bike to school. Suddenly something JH[JOLZ your
attention. There PZ a brown bag sitting in the middle of the road that
PZ moving and wiggling mysteriously. Write a short story about what
you might find inside that bag or what happened when
you opened the bag, etc...
Use time and sequential words from the word bank to show
the sequence of the events in your story.
Word Bank
next
finally
after that
in the beginning
second
lastly
later
before
then
now
soon
first
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