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Reading Standard 1.e - Level 8
Sequence events and procedures.
Standard in Kid Friendly Language
Place the events that occur in a story, play, narrative poem, or nonfiction piece (such as a scientific procedure) into correct order (sequence).
Standard Unwrapped
KNOW
Recognize chronological or time order as the preferred sequence in organizing details in literature.
Understand the author's pattern of organizing a piece of writing.
Know that the events in a fictional piece of writing follow a plot diagram sequence.
Know that nonfiction writing follows the organizational pattern for the mode (style of writing); for instance, a lab report, a graph, captions, news articles, and others.
ABLE TO DO
Identify or name the organizational pattern used in a piece of writing.
Use chronological order to correctly sequence (list) the main events for a plot diagram in a story, play, and narrative poem.
In chronological order, summarize by written or oral narration, the events or process steps included in a piece of writing.
Given a scrambled list of various events or steps from a piece of fiction or nonfiction, the student is able to organize and reconstruct the steps in correct order based upon the reading.
Instructional Strategies
Use a "three-minute review" by pausing several times during a reading (or after a short one) to sequence what has been read.
Use a "think-pair-share" activity periodically by having students turn to each other and sequence the steps or events, read orally or silently in a longer work such as a novel.
Use an organizer such as an outline or a detail grid to record data from a nonfiction piece, or a plot diagram to list events sequentially during reading.
Develop a summarization log for a set of chapters in a novel, or for the scenes or acts in a play. Students should then verify the information by having a peer read the log.
Maintain double column notes to organize the events from a reading in sequential order, keeping main events on the left column and minor events on the right.
Use color, images, or icons to represent various elements consistently used in a sequence, such as the introduction, main events or steps, and conclusion.
Assessment Strategies
Given a graphic organizer for a specific reading (including a plot diagram), completely and accurately sequence the events read in written form.
Write or orally record the steps in a process such as a lab report, article, or an essay.
Write a concise but precise chronological summary of a story or an article.
Analyze and correctly reorganize scrambled details from a story, article, or other piece of writing.
Resources
Projects and Activities
Students will create a plot diagram poster of main events from a novel.
Sequence events from readings using various styles and models of graphic organizers.
Students will maintain a summary journal for readings in a unit or a novel, to be shared and verified with the teacher or a class peer.
Students will clip five to ten-paragraph articles from newspapers or old magazines and separate whole paragraphs by cutting them apart. Put in an envelope with the headline taped to the front of the envelope. Trade envelopes with another student and reconstruct the story in proper sequence.
