Sequence

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Sequence

• Reading Street
• Unit 1 Week 3
• Created by Kristi Waltke

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Lets Review
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• Good readers summarize. As they read, they pause
  to sum up the important ideas or events.
• This helps them remember the information.
• As you read a story, note the main events.
• After you read, ask yourself what the main events
  were and in what order they occurred.

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Authors Purpose

• The authors purpose is the reason or reasons the
  author has for writing.
• An author may write to persuade, to inform, to
  entertain, or to express ideas and feelings.

An author may have more than one purpose within
a story. You will often be asked question about
why an author includes what he or she does in a
story.
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Sequence

•  Sequence means the order in which    things
  happen.
• Dates, times, and clue words such as first, then,
  next, and last can help you understand the order
  of events.
• Sometimes two or more events happen at    the
  same time. Words such as meanwhile and during can
  show this.

First Event
Second Event
Third Event
Fourth Event
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• Here is a sequence question you had on your test
  a few weeks ago. Notice the word before. Before
  is a clue word for a sequence question.
• What happened before Opal found Winn-Dixie?
• She took her dog to the library.
• Miss Franny told her a bear story.
• She moved to Naomi, Florida.
• She made a new friend.

If you think about the order of the story,
you realize that Opal moved to Naomi before she
found Winn-Dixie and before the other events from
the story took place.
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This question was a little tough because it
wasnt written down exactly in the story. You
had to think about what happened at the same time
Amanda walked in.

• Here is a sequence question you had on your test
  a few weeks ago. Notice the clue phrase at the
  same time.
• What happened at the same time Amanda walked
  into the library?
• Winn-Dixie barked at Amanda.
• Amanda thought she saw a bear.
• Miss Franny and Opal became friends.
• Miss Franny began telling a story.

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• Put the events from
• Lewis and Clark and Me in order.
• Meriwether Lewis was looking for a dog to go
  with him on his expedition.
• One of the indians called Seamen Bear-dog.
• Seamen brought the squirrels back to Lewis.

first
last
next
first
next
last
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• Put the events from
• Grandfathers Journey in order.
• Grandfather explored North America by train
  and riverboat.
• Grandfather journeyed on a steamship.
• Grandfather left his home in Japan.

last
next
first
first
next
last
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• Did Grandfather buy European clothes before or
  after he got on the steamship? How do you know?
• Before After

He wore his clothes on the ship.
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Remember that sequence is the order in which
events happen.