Lesson Plan of Recognize Chronological Order of Arranging Paragraph Details
English Grade VII
Students’ Learning Outcomes
· Recognize chronological order of arranging paragraph details.
· Recognize chronological and spatial order of arranging paragraph details.
Information for Teacher
· Chronological order basically means to place things in a logical order based upon the time at which they happened.
· The eldest event would be first with the maximum fresh event being last.
· Chronological order is important when writing narratives or expository paragraphs.
· Narrative paragraphs tell a story.
· The writer would become confused if the story’s told in a random sequence.
· Expository paragraphs gives steps, explain, or inform the reader.
· The following paragraph is a good example:
· Spatial order: spatial order is a method of organization in which details are presented as they are (or were) located in space—such as, from left to right or from top to bottom.
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Grade VII:
· Spatial order refers to space or layout. To use spatial order, you describe the setting in some sort of order based on location-you can go in a circular direction, or start at the front and go to the back, or go from top to bottom-so long as you list things in some type of logical order. For example, if you write a paragraph around your local mall, you could shape the paragraphs and begin at the entrance, then describe each section of the mall until you got to your favorite store.
· Above, below, beside, nearby, beyond, inside and outside are some examples of the words used to describe spatial relationships.
Material / Resources
Chalk/marker, board, duster, worksheet, textbook, story book
Worm up activity
· Write the sentences (given at the end) on the board.
· Ask whole class to arrange the sentences in the order of their occurrence.
· Ask the students to raise hands to answer.
· Involve all the students especially who are shy and slow learners.
· Ask the students tell the answers; write the number on the blanks according to the chronological order.
· Read the given set of events of getting ready for school in the morning. Number them in the correct sequence:
_________________ have breakfast.
_________________ pick up your school bag.
_________________ brush your teeth and take bath.
________________ Wait for your school van for arrive.
________________ get out of bed.
________________ Change into your school uniform.
Development
Activity 1 (for Grade VI)
· In each group below, one event in the sequence is missing.
· Ask the students to add a sentence that makes sense in the sequence.
Group 1
1. The clouds grew very dark and we could hear thunder.
2. All of a sudden, the wind started to blow very hard.
3. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Group 2
1. The volley ball game was very boring at first.
2. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
3. The home crowd cheered so loudly that I had to cover my ears.
Group 3
1. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. The boys gathered all the garden tools and put them in the wheelbarrow.
3. Well, it was hard work, but we got it done, boys!’ said Jamal.
Activity 2 (Grade VI, VII)
· Tell the students that in story things happen in order of events or sequence.
· Signal words, like, first, second, next finally, after or then can identify the next event.
· Read the following carefully and then solve the activity given at the end.
Ali was training for the race for his middle school. He was to run in three races alone and in one relay. He practiced each day. The first thing he did was to stretch his muscles and make sure his muscles were ready to run. He stretched for ten minutes each morning. Then, he would run up and down. The stadium step three times before heading to the track after running up the stadium steps, Ali would do twenty laps around the track. Finally, he would run all the way home and eat a large breakfast before showering.
Place the events in the correct sequence by using number 1-6:
__________________ Ali ran up and down the stadium steps three times.
__________________ He took a shower.
_________________ Ali stretched his muscles for ten minutes.
_________________ He ate a large breakfast.
_________________ Ali did twenty laps around the track.
_________________he ran the entire away home.
Activity 3 (for Grade VII)
· Write on the board the given procedure of making and serving tea for guests.
· Ask students to number them in the correct sequence.
_______________ add three teaspoons full of tea leaves in the tea pot.
______________ put water in the kettle and place it on the stove.
______________ pour the boiling water in the tea pot.
______________ turn on one stove.
______________ Heat and pour milk in the milk pot.
______________ put biscuits in the plate.
______________lay the trolley with plate of biscuits, tea sets and tea spoons
_____________ make and serve the tea to the guests.
Activity 4 (Grade VII)
· Ask students to describe the layout of the classroom/own. Bedroom/house kitchen.
· Tell the students that they have to organize the paragraph in some spatial order; from left to right, from right to left, from bottom to top, from top to bottom, from near too far, or from far to near.
Sum up / Conclusion
· Ask the students to tell what chronological and spatial order is.
Assessment
· Ask the students to read the story below and place the events in correct sequence by using numbers.
Before any humans strolled the earth, when the world was the land of the animals, a very long winter set in. the sun didn’t come out for three years. The air was always dark. Thick clouds hung low and covered the sky. It snowed all the time. The animals suffered during this long winter. The lack of food was alarming enough, but the lack of heat made it all absolutely unbearable. They were frightened.
The animals called for a grand council. All the beasts, birds and fishes of all sizes and shapes were invited. All the animals quickly agreed that the most important thing to do was to find out what had become of the heat, for without heat must be found! And it must be brought back again. They decided several quick and brave animals would go on a search mission to the upper world. That’s where they suspected the heat had been taken. These are the animals chosen for the mission: Lynx, Fox, wolf, Wolverine, Mouse, Pike (a freshwater fish), and Dogfish.
After much travelling far and wide through the air, the group finally found the hidden doorway that opened to the upper world. Excited, they all climbed upward to the world above.
Place the events in the correct sequence by using the numbers 1-6:
____________The animals were frightened.
___________the brave animals found a hidden door.
___________the animals called for a grand council to be held.
___________ the grand council sent the brave and the quick on a mission.
__________the animals decided they needed to find the heat.
__________the animals had no heat to warm them or food to eat.
· Read the following paragraph.
· Identify and select the correct spatial order used in the paragraph.
The Martians landed their craft on the narrow beach between the lake and the long steep lawn. Halfway up the lawn stood an empty screened – in summerhouse and beyond that lay some children’s bicycle, wheels still turning. A magnificent log mansion waited atop the hill, with a big Rottweiler on the porch too frightened to bark. Inside, Martians could see two frightened children and their parents riveted to the picture window.
How are the spatial orders in the paragraph organized? Select one set.
1. High to low outside to inside
2. Low to high inside to outside.
Follow up
· Ask the students to write about their favorite shop and tell how the things were arranged there.
