Li terary Elements
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Unit 1
Health and Lifestyle
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Sequence of Events
First
Next
Then
Last
Sequence of Events
Use the graphic organizer to summarize the plot of
Fuel to Win
.
Draw the organizer on a separate sheet of paper. In the boxes,
write what happened first, next, then, and last.
The plot is what happens in a story. It is made up of a sequence
of events. You can summarize a story’s plot using the words
first,
next, then,
and
last.
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Health and Lifestyle
Frontload Vocabular y
vocabulary
development
Write the key words
character, plot,
and
setting
on the board. Read each one aloud,
and have students repeat after you. Then,
have students tell what they know about the
words. Use each word in a sentence and have
students use context clues to figure out its
meaning. Supply definitions for each word
as needed, and have students write new
sentences.
Sequence of Events
reading
comprehension
Help students create and fill in a Sequence
of Events graphic organizer. Explain that by
organizing the events in the order in which
they happen, they can more easily follow the
plot of the story or play.
Lesson 3
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