BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND END

9 May 2013 3633

DO NOW

Read the story

Answer the questions using complete sentences

Answer with proof

Think about the

beginning, middle, and

ending of a story.

GOOD READERS

WHAT WE’VE DONE SO FAR…

Inference

Dialogue

Details

WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY

Beginning

Middle

End

What does that mean?

Sequencing!

WHAT IS SEQUENCING?

Getting things in the right order.

Beginning, middle, and end

order of things: the order in which things are

arranged, actions are carried out, or events happen

You have to start somewhere……

Why not the beginning?

Once upon a time….

In a galaxy far, far, away….

When I woke up on

Wednesday…..

Here’s the big question: What’s

the first thing that happens?

WHEN YOU WRITE A STORY…

When I woke up on

Wednesday, it was

raining.

After the beginning, all

the stuff that happens

next is in the middle.

There is action in the

middle.

Things happen to the

characters.

WHEN YOU WRITE A STORY…

When I woke up on

Wednesday, it was

raining. I thought to

myself “if I were a tree, I

would love this weather.”

And then, like magic, I

was a tree! I was a tree

for a year.

The last thing is the

ending.

An ending usually

helps make all the stuff

before it make sense.

An ending also gives

you a conclusion to a

story.

WHEN YOU WRITE A STORY…

When I woke up on Wednesday,

it was raining. I thought to

myself “if I were a tree, I would

love this weather.” And then,

like magic, I was a tree! I was

a tree for a year. At the end of

the year, a kindly old wizard

changed me back into a

human.

HOW DO YOU FIND THE ORDER OF EVENTS?

Read the passage

THINK! What would make sense? What is the

logical order?

Write the logical order out

Yes, it really is that easy!

Practice: Sequencing Smallest to Largest

LET’S USE A GO TO HELP US….

Read the passage

Use the GO to write down the order of events

Complete the GO for Baking Cookies

Stop there, we will discuss this.

Complete the GO for Inside the Game

Complete your Exit Ticket

When you are done with everything, please work

on your weekly Reading Pack