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Grade 8, Reading Std #: 1.22 Determine sequence 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. AHSGE Standard I - The student will demonstrate literal understanding of passages taken from a textual, functional, and recreational reading material.

Lesson Plans: The Process of Sequencing A picture card game Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Alabama Lesson Plans User-friendly "Search" feature PDF document Sequencing Partner activity May I Take Your Order, Please? Sequencing activity that students narrow down the story's key events and then create a sequencing quiz to go with the story Follow the Legislative Process of How a Bill Becomes a Law on the State Level Sequencing activity using a lesson plan geared toward GED students

Resources: Language Experience Approach Charts for incorporating experiences with written word Sequencing Map Printable sequencing map Sequencing Chart Printable sequencing chart 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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