• Introductory sentences
• Concluding sentences
• Sequence of events or details
• Transitional words

AHSGE Standard V - The student will use appropriate organizational skills for writing and revising.

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
 

Sequencing Chart Printable sequencing chart

Glencoe/McGraw-Hill Jack and the Beanstalk  Interactive Sequencing Chart

Suggestions for English Language Learners:                   

ESL Ideas      (B=Beginning, I=Intermediate, T=Transitional)
(B) For non-speaking ESL students, see Language Guide for an on-line picture dictionary with pronunciations for English practice.  See Logos Translator Site or Universal Dictionary for translation resources.
(B) Using a list provided by the teacher, students highlight transitional words in a newspaper article or other writing. 
(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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