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Grade 10, Reading Std # I-2: Determine sequences of events Identify sequential order in one or more passages NOTE: Sequential order may include dates; first, next, last; before and after; and order of events

Lesson Plans: Picking Up the Pieces and Putting them Back Together--Writing Breaking News Students examine the construction of a news story and reassemble a story from cut-up pieces by predicting what facts and details must appear in what order Spotting Details Students observe changing objects, record details and sequence of events, and compare results with a videotaped record Blooming Up—Teaching the Art of Questioning Students write and answer several questions about core literature

Resources: Logging Up Reading Mileage! Personal reading ideas with many supporting achievement outcomes and assessments Englishcompanion.com Handy printable guides (at bottom of site page) Paragraphs Description with examples on parts of a paragraph, how to write a paragraph, and types of paragraph Suggestions for English Language Learners: ESL Ideas (B=Beginning, I=Intermediate, T=Transitional) (B) Using a list provided by the teacher, students highlight transitional words in a newspaper article or other writing. (I, T) Students identify orally or in writing the beginning, middle, and end of a story they have read or written. (I, T) Students use pictures to create a story sequence of events. Students can draw the pictures or the teacher can cut out pictures and have the students place the pictures in order. (I, T) Students list the steps in a procedure or science demonstration. Transitional students can also make sentences or paragraphs about the procedure or demonstration. (I, T) Students locate comic strips (preferably from the Sunday paper) and cut them into separate frames. Students exchange groups of comic strip frames and place them in the correct sequential order. Students then read the newly sequenced comic strip to the class to check for correct order.
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