Sequence Writing

How does sequencing help us with our writing?

• Makes us use better words

• Helps to organize our thoughts and parts of the story

• Tells me what time it is

Choose the option that shows correctly the sequence words in recipes.

• Last, First, Then, Next, Finally

• First, Next, Then, Last, Finally

• Next, First, Then, Finally, Last

the alarm wakes me up. Then, I take a shower. After that, I eat my breakfast and go to school.

• Finally

• Then

• Next

• First

Can we use sequence words when we are describing the steps to do something?

• Yes

• No

What words cannot be used as sequence words?

• First, then, next, last, finally

• First, second, third, fourth, fifth

• One, two, three, four, five

First you mix all the ingredients, ________________ put the pie in the oven to bake, last you take the pie out of the oven and eat it.

• two

• finally

• next

• then

Which of the following is written in sequence?

• I shower, then get up, brush my teeth, and get

  dressed.

• I get up, shower, brush my teeth, and get dressed.

• I brush my teeth, get dressed, shower, and then get

  up.

You're writing the story of someone's life, but you

don't put the events in sequence. What might happen?

• Your readers would never learn the names of the

  people your subject knew

• Your readers would not know when events happened

  to your subject

• Your readers would never learn where your subject

  was born

• Your readers would not know the major events of your

  subject's life

What is the last step to writing in sequence?

• Put the correct sequence of events into paragraph

  form

• Put the steps in order

• Come up with transition words to place between each

  step

• Come up with transition words to place between each

  step

What is sequence writing?

• A) Writing events in the order they happened

• B) Writing events in random order

• C) Writing events in reverse order

• D) Writing events without any order