Sequence leads to timelines
Sequence leads to plot
Plot = what happens in a story
Timeline = events that took place
Plots and timelines can be connected and related
Similar reading concepts such as these also appear within social studies/history lessons. These are what good thinkers do. Readers are thinkers. Writers are thinkers. Historians are thinkers. Scientists are thinkers.
SEQUENCE, TIMELINES, CAUSE/EFFECT, THEME, CHARACTERS, MAIN EVENTS/MINOR DETAILS, SIMILARITIES/DIFFERENCES, SETTINGS/LOCATIONS, SUMMARIZING/PARAPHRASING, INQUIRY/QUESTIONING, DRAWING CONCLUSIONS, MAKING CONNECTIONS