Sequential Order

When I woke up the day of the trip, I was so excited! I knew the day was going to be excellent. "I can't wait to get to school," I thought. (That was the first and only time I was ever going to think or say that.) When the bell rang to go to our first period class, I got so excited! My teacher talked to us about the trip and how we should act. Then we went downstairs to get on to the buses. Finally, we were on our way!

• Sequential Order

• NOT Sequential Order

Clara Buarton was born in Oxford, Massachusetts. She taught school and worked at the United States Patent Office. When the Civil War broke out, Clara worked as a nurse. She brought supplies to soldiers and worked on the battlefield. In fact, she was called the “Angel of the Battlefield.” In 1869, Clara went to Europe. There she worked with the International Red Cross. Clara returned to the U.S in 1873. In 1881, she set up the American National Red Cross. Clara Baurton helped many people in her lifetime.

• Sequential Order

• NOT Sequential Order

This baseball legend was from Georgia. He was born in The Narrows on December 18, 1886. While Ty was growing up, his family lived in Royston. As a teenager, he played baseball for the Royston Rompers. After that, he played for the semi-pro team Royston Reds. When he was 18 years old, he left home to play professional baseball for the Detroit Tigers. Fans nicknamed him “The Georgia Peach.”

• Sequential Order

• NOT Sequential Order

What type of text structure explains the order of events? 

• Problem and Solution

• Sequential

• Compare and Contrast

• Cause and Effect

Read the following paragraph. Which text structure is used?
Have you ever made macaroni and cheese? It’s simple! First, boil some water and make some macaroni. Then, make your cheese sauce. After the cheese sauce is ready, mix it with the macaroni. Bake the entire thing in the oven. Finally, it’s time to eat!

• sequential order

• compare and contrast

• description

• problem and solution

What is the organizational text structure Sequential Order?

• Why something happened and the result of it happening.

• describes the order or tells the steps to follow to do something or make something

• time order in which events occur

• key concept and information that supports the concept

Clue words: first, next, after, before, later

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Problem and Solution

• Sequential

True or False: Sequential order, or process writing, is when information in a passage is organized by the order in which it occurs.

• True

• False

"First, I packed my lunch for school. Then, I got on the bus to leave." 

• Problem and Solution

• Sequential

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

What is another word for "sequential?" 

• Order

• Chronological

• Timeline

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