Transcript PowerPoint RI 4.2

Learning Target
I can identify (point out):
events, procedures (steps in a
process), ideas and concepts in
an informational text.
• Most informational passages are
written in a certain sequence.
*Think, pair, share- What is another
word that is a synonym(means the
same or is similar) for the word
sequence?
• Chronology is another word for historical
sequence. “What does that mean?”
• That means when history writers put events
into chronological order, they are placing
those events in the order in which they
happened.
*Think, pair, share- What might history
writers use to put events in chronological
order? Identify an example and non-example
of chronological order? Explain why each
example is or is not and example chronological
order?
• Listing a series of events in
chronological order, is not enough. It
only tells the reader what happened.
• If you want to inform (teach) the reader
about history, the author should also
tell WHY something happened.
*Would you like to see an example?
Here is one example:
Yellowstone was our country’s first national
park. Congress passed a bill creating it in
1872. Then, Congress opened more parks in
other areas of our country. People saw that an
agency was needed to run the park system.
The National Park Service was created in 1916.
• The paragraph tells the events that led up to the
creation of the National Park Service. (Can you help me
underline these events?)
• The events are in chronological order. (What are the
clues that tell you this? Can you help me circle them?)
• The paragraph also tells you why the National Park
Service was needed. (Can you help me box the
sentence that tells us why?)
• Events in a science text are also related
to each other in a similar way.
• They must also happen in a certain
sequence, or order.
*Think, pair, share- What is a concept
you have learned about in science so far
this year that needs to be written in a
specific sequence? Why do the steps
need to happen in order?
•
Let’s read this science text together.
Green plants make their own food using a
process called photosynthesis. First, plants
take in sunlight. Plants use the energy from
the sun to break down the water and carbon
dioxide. The plant also takes in water from
the soil and carbon dioxide from the air.
Plants use the sugar as food. Finally, they
release the oxygen into the air.
*Think, pair, share-Sound confusing? It should.
Why does it not make sense? Can you help
identify the process and sequence the steps
so the paragraph makes sense?
• The steps in the process are out of order and the
sequence needs to be fixed in order for the text
to make sense.
• The plant needs to take in water and carbon
dioxide BEFORE it can break them down.
• If you see the word FINALLY, what does it mean?
What about words like FIRST, NEXT, THEN? How
can these time order words help you?
Work with a partner to put the sentences in the
paragraph in the correct sequence.
Now, lets check your work.
Green plants make their own food using a
process called photosynthesis. First, the plant
takes in sunlight. The plant also takes in water
form the soil and carbon dioxide from the air.
Next, plants use the energy from the sun to
break down the water and carbon dioxide. Then,
these materials are put together in a new way to
make sugar and oxygen. Plants use the sugar as
food. Finally, the release the oxygen into the air.