Sequence of EventsPutting events of a story in time order of when they happened.

What happens in the story to help the characters solve the problem?

First

Next

Then

Finally

Good writers tell their story in the order of how it happened.

Beginning – what happens first in the text

Middle – what happens after the beginning

End – what happens last in the story

We ALWAYS tell a story from beginning to ending the order in which things occurred.

The Sequencehas a…

What is the sequence or growth stages of a butterfly?

Sequence of Metamorphosis

First, a female butterfly lays an egg, which hatchesand becomes a caterpillar.

Next, the caterpillar eats and eats to form a chrysalis.

Then, the chrysalis grows and emerges as a butterfly!