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Subject: ELA (English Language Arts), ESL/ELL (English Language Learning)
Lesson Length: 30 - 40 min
Topic: Sequencing Time and Events
Grade Level: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Objective: Narration
Language Objective:
Use sequence words when speaking and writing to show the order of events.
Brief Description: Students will use correct sequence words to describe the order of events in a story when speaking and writing.
Know Before You Start: Students should have knowledge of basic transitional phrases for sequencing events.
Hook:
- Ask students to write about what they did that morning before school.
- Have students share their narratives aloud. Discuss the sequential order of events and transition or signal words they used.
- Ask, when do writers put events in sequential order? How does ordering events help readers?
Activity: Students will create a comic explaining their morning routine utilizing transitional words as they write.
Closure: Have students share their comic with a partner or whole group.
Differentiation:
- Allow students to work in pairs
- Provide sentence stems for students to use in their writing
- Provide the opportunity to role play the comics
Resources:
- Use this activity as a reinforcement for following routines and procedures at the beginning of the year or a refresher later in the school year.
- Example comic to print or display: Comic
