Subject: ELA (English Language Arts), ESL/ELL (English Language Learning)
Lesson Length: 30 - 40 mins
Topic: Sequencing Time and Events
Grade Level: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Standards / Framework:
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:
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Ask students to write about what they did that morning before school.
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Have students share their narratives aloud. Discuss the sequential order of events and transition or signal words they used.
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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:
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Allow students to work in pairs.
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Provide sentence stems for students to use in their writing.
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Provide the opportunity to role play the comics.
Resources:
- Comic to print or display: Comic.
- 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.
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