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Unit : Reading
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Sequencing
Scanning Comprehension
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Vocabulary
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01 Introduction to sequencing
02 Knowledge
What is sequencing in reading?
Why is sequencing important?
When is sequencing useful?
How does sequencing work?
03 Exercises
Jumbled up comic strips
Rearranging texts
The Beehive Puzzle
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About This Lesson
This lesson will provide an introductory approach to the skill of sequencing in reading.
The knowledge section of this lesson will provide answers as to the role of sequencing in the learning of the English language.
Several basic exercises have been provided to train learners on how to use sequencing.
This lesson acts as a prerequisite for other future lessons and exercises related to reading skills.
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What is sequencing in reading?
The ability to mentally map out parts of a reading material based on how they are arranged.
Since information in reading materials are usually arranged in a right and logical order, sequencing is basically a skill of :
01. Identifying the steps or stages in a given information [view example]
02. Guessing what comes next (from the first to the last)
Introduction > Body > Conclusion
International Dial 00 + Country Code + Area Code + Telephone Number + Press #.
Enter your Account Number.
Local Dial Area Code + Telephone Number.
Enter your Pin Number.
Dial 1-800-9898 from any payphone or from any touch tone phone.
A jumbled-up instruction on how to use a payphone card
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Dial 1-800-9898 from any payphone or from any touch tone phone.
Enter your Account Number.
Enter your Pin Number.
Local Dial Area Code + Telephone Number.
International Dial 00 + Country Code + Area Code + Telephone Number + Press #.
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Sequence in a short story
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Last Monday I got caught up in the rain on my way to school. Luckily, Mr. Beckham lend me his umbrella. The next day was a rainy day too. On Wednesday, I saw Mr. Beckham in his yard looking for something. It was only on Thursday that I had the chance to talk to him. Our conversation was about the usefulness of having an umbrella. I agreed when he said that umbrellas are useful. It was on Friday when he showed me a picture of his umbrella. I said I liked it. On Saturday I finally realised that I haven’t returned his illusive umbrella. Today he wants my parents to pay for it!
Sequence in a short story
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Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
I got caught up in the rain.It rained again.
Mr. Beckham in his yard.
A conversation with him.
A picture of an umbrella.I finally realised something
He wants my parents to pay for it.
Solution to the jumbled up short story
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
I got caught up in the rain.
It rained again.
Mr. Beckham in his yard.
A conversation with him.
A picture of an umbrella.
I finally realised something
He wants my parents to pay for it.
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Why is sequencing important ?
Sequencing is important in any reading activity because it urges one’s memory to be associated with the understanding of the content.In other words, it unconsciously organizes the information in the text into segments or point forms. Thus enhancing our ability to remember.
Once this is achieved, we can easily understand or relate what the text is all about.
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When is sequencing important ?
Sequencing becomes vital especially in making summaries.
Here, the sequencing ability helps the person organise the occurring events in order.
The more the person is able to sequence the information correctly, the better he / she is at understanding the whole text.
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Tips on how to sequence ?
Sequencing’s strength lies on how well you understand the text/article.
However, some text give out clues on how to recognise the sequence easily.
Any form of instructions, procedures or routines would give clues on certain keywords that indicate the order of the content.
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Jumbled comic strips Arranging texts
The Beehive Puzzle
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Choose one of the three exercises by clicking on
them.
Read the instructions carefully on how to attempt
these exercises.
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Jumbled comic strips
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Rearrange the jumbled up
comic strips into theright sequence by using the dialogs
as hints
Level I 3 panel comics
Comic strip 01
Comic strip 02
Comic strip 03
Level II 4 panel comics
Comic strip 04
Comic strip 05
Comic strip 06
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Arranging texts
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Rearranging jumbled up texts to produce a coherent and logical short reading material
Short stories
Khairul and the kettle
Mohammad and the beggar
Mazlan’s boat. The water taxi
Farah goes shopping
RecipesPeanut Butter Ball
Sweet Potato Pie
Arranging sentence
Others
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The Beehive Puzzle
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Puzzle 01
Puzzle 02
The aim of the puzzle is to construct a grammatical and logical sentence by linking the words represented by hexagonal cells. Read each beehive carefully to understand the context.
Please read instructions for more information.
Instructions & Rules
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01. A - C - B
02. B - A - C
03. C - A - B
04. B - C - A
05. C - B - A
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01. A - C - B
02. B - A - C
03. C - A - B
04. B - C - A
05. C - B - A
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01. A - C - B
02. B - A - C
03. C - A - B
04. B - C - A
05. C - B - A
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01. C - B - A - D
02. D - B - A - C
03. B - C - A - D
04. B - C - D - A
05. A - D - B - C
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01. D - B - A - C
02. C - A - D - B
03. B - C - D - A
04. C - B - D - A
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01. B - D - A - C
02. B - A - D - C
03. A - D - B - C
04. C - B - D - A
05. D - B - A - C
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gKhairul and the Kettle
One day Khairul borrowed a kettle from his neighbour Saiful. The next day he brought it back with another little kettle inside. "That's not mine," said Saiful. "Yes, it is," said Khairul. "While your kettle was staying with me, it had a baby."
Some time later Khairul asked Saiful to lend him a kettle again. Saiful agreed, hoping that he would once again receive two kettles in return. However, days passed and Khairul had still not returned the kettle. Finally Saiful lost patience and went to demand his property.
"I am sorry," said Khairul. "I can't give you back your kettle, since it has died." "Died!" screamed Saiful, "how can a kettle die?" "Well," said Khairul, "you believed me when I told you that your kettle had had a baby."
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One day, Mohammad was up on the roof of his house, mending a hole in the tiles. He had nearly finished, and he was pleased with his work. Suddenly, he heard a voice below call "Hello!" When he looked down, Mohammad saw an old man in dirty clothes standing below.
"What do you want?" asked Mohammad.
"Come down and I'll tell you," called the man.
Muhammad was annoyed, but he was a polite man, so he put down his tools. Carefully, he climbed all the way down to the ground.
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Mohammad and the Beggar
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"What do you want?" he asked, when he reached the ground.
"Could you spare a little money for an old beggar?" asked the old man. Mohammad thought for a minute.
Then he said, "Come with me." He began climbing the ladder again. The old man followed him all the way to the top. When they were both sitting on the roof, Mohammad turned to the beggar.
"No," he said.
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gFarah goes Shopping
One day Farah went to town to buy new clothes. First she tried on a pair of trousers. She didn't like the trousers, so she gave them back to the shopkeeper. Then she tried a robe which had the same price as the trousers. Farah was pleased with the robe, and she left the shop. Before she climbed on her scooter to ride home, the shopkeeper and the shop-assistant ran out.
"You didn't pay for the robe!" said the shopkeeper.
"But I gave you the trousers in exchange for the robe, didn't I?" replied Farah.
"Yes, but you didn't pay for the trousers, either!" said the shopkeeper.
"But I didn't buy the trousers," replied Farah. "I am not so stupid as to pay for something which I never bought."
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gMazlan’s Boat | The water taxiMazlan once had an old boat, which he used to ferry
people across the Brunei river. One day, he was taking a university professor to the other side.
"What is the square root of 9?" asked the professor.
"I don't know," answered Mazlan.
"How do you spell elephant?" asked the professor.
"I have no idea," replied Mazlan.
"Didn't you study anything at school?" demanded the professor, surprised.
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gMazlan’s Boat | The water taxi
"No," said Mazlan.
"Then you wasted half your life," said the professor.
Mazlan was silent for a little while. Then he said:
"Can you swim?"
"No," said the professor.
"Then you wasted ALL of your life," said Mazlan. "We are sinking."
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gPeanut Butter Balls
1 cup crunchy peanut butter 2 tablespoons butter fine coconut 1 cup icing sugar 1 cup Rice Krispies butter icing
Combine the peanut butter, icing sugar, and butter. Mix well. Mix in the Rice Krispies. Form into 1 inch balls. Roll in the butter icing. Roll in the coconut. Refrigerate before eating.
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gSweet Potato Pie
1/2 cup sugar 3/4 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon ginger 2 cups steamed sweet potato, strained 1 cup milk 2 eggs, slightly beaten 1 9-inch pie shell
Combine dry ingredients and mix with the sweet potato. Mix the milk and eggs and add to the sweet potato mixtureFill the pie shell with the mixture. Bake in 450 deg. F. oven for 10 minutes and then reduce the temperature to 350 deg. F. and continue baking for another 35 min.
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01. ducks
02. pond
03. house
04. swam
05. days
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04. friends
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By now we have learnt the 3 reading skills; Skimming, Predicting and the most recent, Sequencing.
In the next lesson, we will cover the final remaining skills of reading.
As revision, you can practise the exercises at home.
See you in the next lesson!
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gJumbled Up Comic StripsThe question is in a multiple choice format.
Each set of pictures came from one comic strip. However the pictures (comic panels) are jumbled up and not in the right order.
Your task is to find out the right sequence of each comic strip. Only one combination is correct. This combination is the exact original sequence of the comic strip during the time it was published.
Use the dialogs as a guide to find the right sequence.
Once you are confident that you have the right sequence, click on its corresponding button (if any) from the options given.
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gComic Strips /// HelpComic strips are almost always made up of jokes. The only difference is that it is accompanied by pictures.
Like all jokes, comic strips have punch-lines in them. Punch-lines are unusual remarks which include sarcasm and ironic statements. Watch out for these as they are usually at the end of every comic strips.
Analyse the flow of the conversation and see what connects with what. Although the pictures can help in finding out the sequence, relying on pictures alone will not lead you to the right answer.
The Born Loser comic strips, for example, incorporates identical pictures and mostly rely on dialogs
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gThe Beehive PuzzleWelcome to the Beehive Puzzle. This puzzle is a fun way to learn sequencing within sentences. It enhances reading skills by improving the ability to more accurately guess words and context as a reading text progresses.
You are required to start from the centre of the beehive and work your way to an adjacent hexagon (word) until you have used all but one of the hexagons (words). The remaining hexagon (word) will indicate that you have used all the right words. Click on the instructions button above to learn more about the rules, and help to see the trail of the sentence.
Read the beehive carefully and analyse the context before you arrive on your answer.
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Start from the centre hexagon.
Words can only be linked when both are in direct contact (adjacent to one another).
Each word can only be used once.
All words must be used except for one.
The unused word is irrelevant to the sentence and is the keyword (answer) needed to complete the task.
The whole sentence must be grammatical and logical.
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Bingo !
You got the right answer !
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Professor Bean believes that you should attempt the other questions. Press the button below to go back to the last question and proceed from there.
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Ta Da !
Well done! You answered correctly!
Professor Bean acknowledges your potential. Press the button below to go back to the last question and proceed further from there.
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No, no, no…
Your answer is incorrect.
Professor Bean says “Tsk, tsk. You got to be kidding! Try the question again by pressing the tiny button below. If you get it wrong again, you will not get cookies”.
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Oh no !
You answer is wrong!
“Take a look at the question and read it carefully,” says Professor Bean.
Try the question again by pressing the button below.
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No, absolutely.
Sorry, wrong answer!
Bean says “You better improve your reading skills or erm, erm…just push the cutesy button below!”.
Try the question again by pressing the button below.
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The keywordskeywords are such as:
Firstly…
Next…
And then…
After that…Lastly…
The next day…The third step…
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For example, it is illogical for the sequence to be correct for the text below:
She quickly ate her breakfast and got ready. Daisy leapt out of bed quickly.
Daisy’s Day OutDaisy’s Day Out
It is illogical for someone to eat their breakfast before they had woken up!
In certain texts, the sequence can be said to be fairly predictable as it is based on logical or correct results, not necessarily needing any keywords mentioned before this.