Scott Foresman Reading Street

SKILLS

STRATEGIES IN CONTEXT

Sequence
Story Structure

Test

Selection Test:
1–4, 9–12,
89–92; Benchmark
Test: Units 1, 5

Reteach/
Review

TE: 4.1 39b, 87b,
97, TR12, TR14;
4.5 531, 551, 581b, TR14
PB: 36, 206, 216

TE: 25, 27, 73, 77,
567, 571
PB: 3, 7, 8, 23, 27,
28, 223, 227, 228

Practice

TE: 4.1 18–19,
66–67; 4.5
560–561

Introduce/
Teach

Sequence

	Identify the sequence of events.
	Use sequence to determine story structure.

INTRODUCE

Talk about the sequence of events in some simple but familiar story, such as Cinderella. Ask students to identify what happens first, next, and last. (Cinderella's family is mean to her; a fairy godmother comes to help; she marries a prince.)

Have students read the information on
p. 560. Explain the following:

The order in which things happen can be very important in some stories and articles. If you don't understand the sequence, you may not understand the story.
Most stories are organized in chronological order. The text structure of some nonfiction, such as biographies, is also organized this way. Recognizing story or text structure will help you to follow the order of events as you read.

Use Skill Transparency 23 to teach sequence and story structure.

TEACH

STRATEGY Model using the structure of the article to predict what will happen next.

MODEL The first
paragraph tells what
Amelia and her navigator planned to do. Since biographies are written in sequence, I think the next paragraph will tell what they actually did, starting at the beginning.

SKILL Discuss the clue words.

MODEL The paragraph starts with the word Now. Later in the paragraph I see sentences that begin with the words First, Next, and Last. All of these words are clues to the order in which things happened.

PRACTICE AND ASSESS

SKILL Amelia and Fred took off from New Guinea at the same time that the U.S. Coast Guard cutter waited at Howland for them.

STRATEGY This article describes a mysterious event, so understanding the order in which things happened is important.

WRITE Have students complete

steps 1 and 2 of the Write activity. You might consider using this as a whole-class activity.

then… use
Practice Book
p. 223 to
provide
additional
practice.

If… students are unable to complete Write on p. 560,

Sequence

Notice that some events happen
simultaneously, or at the same time.

Look for clue words that signal sequence,
such as first, next, then, and last.

Sequence means the order in which
things happen.

Pay attention to dates and times the author
gives you.

Sequence

Strategy
Story Structure

Skill
Sequence

Amelia Earhart wanted to be the first woman
to fly around the world. She and her guide, Fred
Noonan, planned to fly east from Florida, with
many stops around the globe, before returning
to the United States.

Strategy
Biographies and
books about historical
events are almost
always written in
sequence. What do
you think you will
read about in the
next paragraph?

Skill What clue
words show the
sequence of events
in this paragraph?

Skill The word
meanwhile signals
that two events are
happening at the
same time. What
two events are happening here?

Strategy Why does
sequence work well
as the structure for
this article?

President Roosevelt ordered a full search, but
no trace of Amelia, Fred, or the airplane was ever found. What happened to them remains a mystery.

An hour later, she reported where she was.
That was the last time she was heard from. The
plane had disappeared.

Amelia and Fred took off from New Guinea on
July 2, 1937. Howland is about 2,500 miles away.
It would take them about 20 hours to get there.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Itasca
was at Howland waiting for them. But the weather
was bad, and so were the radio signals. The next morning, the Itasca got a radio transmission from
Amelia: “We must be on you but cannot see
you . . . gas is running low.”

Now they were in New Guinea with 29,000
miles behind them. There were 7,000 miles to
go. First, they would fly to tiny Howland Island
in the Pacific Ocean. Next, they would fly to
Hawaii. Last, they would land in California.

Strategy: Story Structure

1. Read “The Mystery of Amelia
    Earhart.” Make a time line to
    track the events in Earhart’s
    journey.

Good readers use the structure of an article
or story to help them understand what they
are reading. Almost all fictional stories are
arranged by sequence of events. Sometimes
chronological (time) order is important in
nonfiction. Look for references to dates and
times as well as signal words. Make a time
line to keep track of what happens. Study
any illustrations that help you understand
the sequence.

2. Make a time line for an incident
    in which the order of events
    was important. Then write
    about the incident.



	Close
	Access Content Beginning/Intermediate For a Picture It! lesson on sequence, see the ELL Teaching Guide, pp. 155–156. Advanced Before reading "The Mystery of Amelia Earhart," have students use the title to predict what the selection will be about. Sequence Have pairs identify the sequence of events in another story. Write the following words on the board: First, Next, After that, Then, and Finally. Students can write a sentence about the story that begins with each word or phrase. Let pairs exchange and compare sentences with others. Practice Book p. 223 with \| without Answers Skill Transparency 23