SEQUENCE DEFINATION

Sequencing refers to the identification of the components of a story — the beginning, middle,
and end — and also to the ability to retell the events within a given text in the order in which
they occurred. The ability to sequence events in a text is a key comprehension strategy,
especially for narrative texts.

HOW TO IDENTIFY SEQUENCE WHEN READING OR

VIEWING A TEXT.
 In its simplest terms, identifying sequence in a text involves identifying the beginning,
the middle, and the end.

 One of the easiest ways to recognize the order of events is to look out for the sequencing
words or transitions that are used to connect the various parts of the text.

 Some of these words and phrases also act as signals to provide an indication of whether
the event will be located in the beginning, in the middle, or toward the end of the text’s
chronology.

 There are a wide variety of ‘signal words’ and the following represent just a few of the
most common, as well as where they are most likely to occur.

Beginning Middle Ending

 In the  Soon  Finally
beginning  Meanwhile  At last
 First of all  Then  In
 Once upon  After that conclusion
a time  Later  To
 One day  After awhile summarise
 First  Next  At the end
 Firstly  Second  Afterward
 To begin  Third  In the end
 To start  Secondly  Lastly
 Once  Thirdly  After all
 And  By the end
  Furthermore  By this
 Further point
 Moreover  Eventually
 Another
 In addition
 Also
 Subsequently

Examples of Sequence Words

In the beginning

 In the beginning, there are only heliotrope flowers on the treetops.

First of all

 First of all, I want you to review what we learned yesterday.

Once upon a time

 Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess.