Sequencing

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Sequencing
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Sequencing is
the ordering of information.
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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.

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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.

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Time Order Signal Words



Write down the time order signal words and
phrases that are on the next two pages
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Some Time-Order Transitions/Signal Words
First, Second Third Then Before Beforehand After meanwhile
Subsequently Simultaneously Subsequently Simultaneously Next Earlier previously
Sooner Prior Lastly Finally Later Afterwards
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Time Order Transitions
in the morning, that evening after that, last
week, later that day two weeks later, last month
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Be a Sequence Detective
See if you can spot the signal words in the
following story and identify the chronology.
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In your Reading Notebook, create a graphic
organizer
Events in story order Signal words


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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!

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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!

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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
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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



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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?

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Authors Sequence vs Storys Chronology

• Authors often tell a story out of the storys
  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 events history.
• As you read this kind of story, underline dates,
  make notes for yourself, and create a graphic
  organizer.

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Timeline of Tupacs Death
Authors Sequence of Events Signal words and Dates Actual Chronology Date Event
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.
6.
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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
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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? /
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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 703 p.m. EST of respiratory and heart
failure. last Saturday is what date?
/
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Filled in Organizer
Authors 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 703 p.m.
Died Died 703 p.m.
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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.