By Karen Phillips
In your Reader’s Notebook write:
Date Topic
11/27 Sequencing Information
Chronologically
Page
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L.O. Students will be able to use
graphic organizers to sequence
information chronologically.
Skills We Will Practice
Sequencing
chronologically
Using graphic organizers
Using Sequencing vocabulary: timeorder transitions and signal words
Finding and using details in a text
Sequencing is
the ordering of
information.
Kinds of Sequencing
When
you read you have to
identify how the author has
organized the information in a
story.
The writer may use a sequence
that is spatial, chronological,
emphatic, or logical.
Transition and
Signal Words
As you read,
• identify words that are
transitions and signals that
help you understand if the
author
• has ordered the information
spatially, chronologically,
emphatically, or logically.
Time Order Signal Words
Write down the time order signal
words and phrases that are on
the next two pages:
Some Time-Order
Transitions/Signal Words
First, Second
Then
Third
Subsequently
Simultaneously
Sooner Prior
Before After
Beforehand
Next
meanwhile
Earlier
previously
Lastly Later
Finally Afterwards
Time Order Transitions
in the morning, that evening
after that, last week,
later that day
two weeks later, last month
Be a Sequence
Detective
See if you can spot the
signal words in the
following story and
identify the chronology.
In your Reading Notebook,
create a graphic organizer:
Events in story order
Signal words
Underline time-order signal words:
Last Tuesday morning I met my
new friend Amy. Later that day, class
851 was in a relay race. I told Amy
she was a good runner. The following
week, we were in another race, and
class 851 won!
As you read, underline the
signal words and write
notes to yourself.
Last Tuesday morning I met my new
friend Amy. Later that day, class 851
was in a relay race. I told Amy she
was a good runner. The following
week, we were in another race, and
class 851 won!
Check graphic organizer:
Events in story
Signal words
met Amy
Last Tuesday morning
class was in relay
race
Later that day
class 851 won race
Following week
Sequencing a Story
Each of you has three images and a sheet
labeled 1, 2, 3.
Sequence the images on the 1-2-3- sheet in
chronological order:
Using a Graphic Organizer
Create a graphic organizer for the story:
Event
Transition/Signal Word
Write in the events, and use signal words or
phrases that indicate time order.
Give the characters names and using signal words,
share your story with a classmate. Does your
classmate agree with your sequencing?
Reflection
Why would an author tell a
story out of its proper
chronological sequence?
Could an author combine
different types of sequencing
in the same story?
Author’s Sequence vs Story’s
Chronology
Authors often tell a story out of the
story’s actual chronological sequence
for dramatic effect. For example, the
author might begin with a startling
current event and then go back in the
past to relate the event’s history.
As you read this kind of story,
underline dates, make notes for yourself,
and create a graphic organizer.
Timeline of Tupac’s Death
Author’s Sequence
of Events
Signal words
and Dates
Actual Chronology
Date
Event
1.
2.
1.
2.
3.
3.
4.
4.
5.
5.
6.
Drive-By Assault in Las Vegas Ends
Tupac Shakur's Short, Violent Life
Saturday, September 14, 1996
Today, Tupac Shakur, 25, the
controversial but wildly popular "gangsta"
rapper, died in a Las Vegas hospital of
gunshot wounds he suffered in a drive-by
shooting last weekend.
Underline dates and make notes to
keep track of the time order
Work in Groups
Digital
Analog
Sundials
Atomic
Andy
Ahmed
Garey
Dashanae
Edwin
Dexter
Sandra
Jorge
Leanne
Amy
Michael
Erick
Sahriar
Nancy
Bibi
Christina
Watches
Water Clocks
Vincent
Rolando
Fatima S
Emely
Tatiana
Ivan
Robert
Fatima H
Underline dates and make notes to
keep track of the time order
"Five shots and they couldn't kill me," he boasted
two years ago in one song after recovering from a
shooting during a robbery.
Then last year, in a song called "If I Die 2Nite," he
wondered whether "heaven got a ghetto for thug
n
" and added with flip fatalism: "Don't shed a
tear for me, n
. I ain't happy here.”
In your notebook, answer these questions:
What year was the robbery shooting?
What year did he write “If I Die 2Nite”?
/
/
Underline dates and make notes:
Since last Saturday, Shakur had been in critical
condition after a man in a white Cadillac pulled up
beside his BMW, opened fire, and hit Tupac 4 times.
The rapper was driving with friends to a nightclub
after watching the world heavyweight title fight
between Mike Tyson and Bruce Seldon.
Doctors at University Medical Center in Las Vegas
had operated on Shakur's chest and removed his
right lung, but hospital officials said he died at 7:03
p.m. EST of respiratory and heart failure.
“last Saturday” is what date?
/
Author’s
Sequence/Event
Tupac died
Filled in Organizer:
Signal words
and Dates
Actual Chronology
Date
Event
9/14/1996-Today
1994
Tupac shot in
drive-by
Robber shooting
Last weekend
9/7 or 9/8
Robbery Shooting 2 yrs-1994
1995 Wrote Song- If I Die
If I Die 2Nite
Last year-1995
In critical
condition
Driving w/friends
Rt lung removed
9/7/96
Last Saturday
Since last
Saturday
Since last weekend
Operation-critical condition
9/14/96 Tupac died
7:03 p.m.
Died
Died 7:03 p.m.
9/7/96 Tupac shot
Summary of Time-Order
Sequencing
Stories have a chronological sequence,
but authors often tell the story out of sequence.
As you read, notice, underline, and write notes
in the margins. Underline signal words:
dates, times, words, and phrases such as:
before, later, meanwhile, previously, the
following year
To help yourself, create a graphic
organizer, such as a chart or time line.
Skills We Practiced
Sequencing
chronologically
Using graphic organizers
Using Sequencing vocabulary: timeorder transitions and signal words
Finding and using details in a text