Sequencing By Karen Phillips

In your Reader’s Notebook write: Date Topic Page 11/27 Sequencing Information Chronologically ? 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: time-order transitions and signal words Finding and using details in a text

the ordering of information. 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 Third Then Before Beforehand After meanwhile Subsequently Simultaneously Next Earlier previously Sooner Prior Lastly Finally Later Afterwards

Time Order Transitions in the morning, that evening after that, last week, later that day two weeks later, last month Time Order Transitions

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: 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? Event Transition/Signal Word

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. 3. 4. 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? /

Filled in Organizer: Author’s Sequence/Event Signal words and Dates Actual Chronology Date Event Tupac died 9/14/1996-Today Robber shooting Tupac shot in drive-by Last weekend 9/7 or 9/8 Wrote Song- If I Die Robbery Shooting 2 yrs-1994 9/7/96 Tupac shot If I Die 2Nite Last year-1995 Since last weekend Operation-critical condition In critical condition Driving w/friends Rt lung removed 9/7/96 Last Saturday Since last Saturday 9/14/96 Tupac died 7:03 p.m. Died Died 7:03 p.m.

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: time-order transitions and signal words Finding and using details in a text