Lesson Summary: Students will understand and identify the sequence of events in a story. Students will pay attention to the sequence of events in the selection. They will practice arranging events in correct sequence using the Activity Worksheet. Students will then write events of a story on index cards, the teacher will post them, and students will arrange them in proper order. Advanced learners will write stories in mixed-up order then swap with a partner who will rearrange them correctly. Struggling learners will look at favorite stories and consider what might happen if events happened in a different order.
Lesson Objectives:
The students will know that…
· that events in a story happen in a certain sequence.
The students will be able to…
· identify the correct sequence of events in a story.
Learning Styles Targeted:
Visual / Auditory / Kinesthetic/Tactile
Pre-Assessment:
1) Post a short mixed-up story on the board. For example: When we left the movie, the sun was out. My mom took me to the movies. It rained over vacation, and I was sad. We got to go to the park and play!
2) Ask students to identify what is wrong with the story. The correct order should be: It rained over vacation, and I was sad. My mom took me to the movies. When we left the movie, the sun was out. We got to go to the park and play!
3) Explain that the events of a story have to happen in a certain sequence, or order.
Whole-Class Instruction
Materials Needed: “Class Trip to Japan”*, Activity Worksheet*, index cards, pencils or pens
Procedure:
Presentation:
1) Distribute “Class Trip to Japan”* to the class.
2) Ask students to pay attention to the sequence of events as they read the story.
Guided Practice:
3) Read “Class Trip to Japan” aloud.
4) Ask students to identify the sequence of events in the story.
Independent Practice:
5) Using the worksheet*, have students put the events in a story in the correct sequence.
Closing Activity:
6) Write events from a story recently read in class on index cards.
7) Post the cards in mixed-up order on the board.
8) Have students identify the correct sequence of events and place the cards in order to tell the story correctly.
Advanced Learner
Materials Needed: paper and pencils or pens
Procedure:
1) Ask students to work with a partner.
2) Have one student write a mixed-up story and the other student put the events in the correct sequence.
Struggling Learner
Materials Needed: selected stories
Procedure:
1) Ask students to choose a favorite story.
2) Have students share their story with the class and explain what might happen if the events in the story happened in a different sequence.
*see supplemental resources
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