Workshop+2+Sequence+of+Events

Workshop 1 Sequence of Events


 * When you think about the order of events in text it will help you remember and understand what you have read.
 * Authors use sequence of events to organize their ideas in the text structure.
 * Learning to identify signal words will help you identify that there is a sequence of events and prepare you to look for the next event.
 * Signal words also help you to identify the next important event in the story.

__Terms:__ Events-important things that happen in a text

Sequence- the order in which events happen

__Sentence Starters:__
 * The first event was __.__
 * After that__,___.
 * Next,___.__
 * Finally__,__ _.

Signal Words and Phrases:


 * first ||  || last ||   || prior ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">second ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">since ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">yesterday ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">third ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">o'clock ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">last year ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">then ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">next ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">today ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">before ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">now ||   || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">in the future ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">after ||  || <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 140%;">finally ||   ||   ||