Lesson 4: Sequence Scramble 📝

Grade Level: 3rd-5th

CCSS Standard: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.3-5.5 - Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems, describing how each successive part builds on earlier sections

TEKS Standards:

• 3rd Grade: TEKS 3.8(C) - Analyze plot elements, including the sequence of events, the conflict, and the resolution

• 4th Grade: TEKS 4.8(C) - Analyze plot elements, including the rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution

• 5th Grade: TEKS 5.8(C) - Analyze plot elements, including rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, and non-linear elements

Materials: Paper strips or index cards, any narrative text

Duration: 20 minutes

Activity:

• After reading a story, have students identify 5-6 key events

• Write each event on a separate paper strip (or have students do this)

• Mix up the strips and have students work in pairs to put them in correct order

• Discuss as a class why the sequence matters to the story

• Use transition words: first, next, then, after that, finally

Assessment: Students write a brief summary using the correctly sequenced events and transition words