Text Structure: Description or Sequence?

Is this passage an example of Description or Sequence?

• Description

• Sequence

• Sequence and Description

• Neither Sequence nor Description

Is this passage an example of Description or Sequence?

• Sequence

• Description

• Both Sequence and Description

• Neither Sequence nor Description

Is this passage an example of Description or Sequence?

• Neither Sequence nor Description

• Sequence

• Description

• Both Sequence and Description

Is this passage an example of Sequence or Description?

• Description

• Both Sequence and Description

• Neither Sequence nor Description

• Sequence

Which are signal words for DESCRIPTION?

• If... then...

• after, next, then

• for example...

• a problem is...

Signal words for SEQUENCE are...

• for instance...

• ...as same as...

• first, next, following

• as a result...

What is a synonym for SEQUENCE?

• Problem and solution

• Cause and effect

• Compare and contrast

• Chronological

For each pie, take a tin plate half the size of an ordinary dinner plate. Butter it and cover the bottom with a puff pastry, as you do for pies. Lay on it five or six select oysters, or enough to cover the bottom. Butter them and season with a little salt and plenty of pepper. Spread over this an egg batter, and cover with a crust of the pastry, making small openings in it with a fork. Bake in a hot oven fifteen to twenty minutes, or until the top is nicely browned.

What do you do first with the tin pie plate?

• Put the puff pastry on the bottom

• Lay on it five or six select oysters

• Butter it

• Cover with a crust of the pastry

After her retirement from banking, Ms. Wong decided to write books. What did Ms. Wong do BEFORE she wrote mystery books?

• She wrote children's books.

• She traveled.

• She worked in banking.

• She did not work.

Adam was training for the track meet for his middle school. He was to run in three races alone and in one relay. He practiced each day. The first thing he did was to stretch his muscles and make sure his muscles were ready to run. He stretched for ten minutes each morning. Then, he would run up and down the stadium steps three times before heading to the track. After running up the stadium steps, Adam would do twenty laps around the track. Finally, he would run all the way home and eat a large breakfast before showering.

What event happened first?

• Adam ran up and down the stadium steps three times.

• He took a shower.

• Adam stretched his muscles for ten minutes.

• He ate a large breakfast.

• Adam did twenty laps around the track.