Paragraph Unit
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Lesson 5 Sentence Order in Paragraphs

(Day 1 - Use with Chapters XVI, XVII, XVIII, and XIX) Sentence Order in Paragraphs

Sentences in a paragraph should be in the correct order. If they are not, the paragraph will not make sense.

Read the following paragraph.

     Here is a wonderful worm treat that I'm sure you'll really love to bake. You must have the following ingredients: 1-20 ounce package of refrigerated sugar cookie dough and 3 cups crushed fruit-flavored cereal. First combine the dough with half a cup of the cereal. Second divide the dough into 32 balls. Next refrigerate the dough mixture for one hour. Before you bake the worm treats preheat the oven to 375°. While the oven heats, roll the each dough ball into six to eight worm shapes. Next roll the worms in the remaining cereal to coat. Then curl the worm into an interesting shape. Place the worms two inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Finally bake the worm treats for 10 to 11 minutes until they are lightly browned. These worm treats are really delicious.

Questions:

1. What is the topic sentence of this paragraph?

2. Which words in this paragraph show you order?

3. What would be wrong with putting the tenth sentence before the fifth sentence?

Here is a list of transitional words you may use when writing a paragraph to show sequence:

Practice 1

Write a detail sentence for each picture below.

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Turn the detail above into a paragraph. Add them a topic sentence to make a paragraph. Don't forget to indent.

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Practice 2 Multiple Choice

1. Which sequence best describes the order of events in How to Eat Fried Worms?
   
   1)  Billy was upset when he saw the ninth worm because it was over two feet long.
   2)  Billy became suspicious when Alan and Joe were in a hurry for him to eat the ninth worm.
   3)  Billy ate the sixth, seventh, and eighth worms without any trouble.
   
   a) 1, 2, 3
   b) 2, 3, 1
   c) 3, 1, 2
   d) 3, 2, 1
    

2. Which sequence best describes the order of events in How to Eat Fried Worms?
   
   1)  Next Billy discovered the boys had glued two worms together.
   2)  Finally the argument was forgotten when a pig got loose.
   3)  The boys argued over whether or not gluing two worms together was cheating.
   4)  Then Billy decided to scrape the cornmeal off the worm with his knife.
   5)  Billy thought Joe and Alan were in too much of a hurry for him to eat the worm.
   
   a) 3, 5, 4, 1, 2
   b) 2, 3, 1, 4, 5
   c) 3, 1, 4, 5, 2
   d) 3, 2, 1, 4, 5

Lesson 5 (Day 2  -  Use with Chapters XX, XXI, and XXII  Pages 68 - 77)

Billy's mom began to help him think of yummy ways to eat worms even though she did not agree that he was eating worms in the first place. Can you help Billy's mother? Come up with your own worm recipe. Write your recipe in paragraph form. Be sure to include a topic sentence, detail sentences, and a conclusion sentence. Write your recipe on the card below. (Note: INDENT)

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Lesson 5 (Day 3  -  Use with Chapters XXIII, XXIV, XXV, and XXVI )

Either have students follow a recipe or make a craft. Then have the students write a paragraph to give directions for the activity they did.

Ideas of Recipes and Craft Activities

Worm in an Apple Recipe  http://www.angelfire.com/dc/childsplay/back_to_school_theme.htm

Paper Worms  http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/cegif/worm.gif

Bookworm http://www.homeschoolzone.com/pp/crafts/bookworm.htm

Bookworm Bookmark  http://www.geocities.com/kraftproject/craft-book-worms.html

Cloth Worm   http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/flash/fun_n_games/activities/crafts/craft_worm_pal.html

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Lesson 5 (Day 4  -  Use with Chapters XXVII - XXIX Pages 86 - 95)

Complete the work page in Portals to Reading How to Eat Fried Worms p. 36 (sequencing events)

Take one set of sentences from the "Sequencing Events" work page and write them into paragraph form.

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Day 1 Practice 1  Answers will vary.

1. A worm came up to the top of the ground after the rain.

2. A bird saw the worm and pulled it the rest of the way out of the soil.

3. The bird flew with the worm back to its nest.

4. The mother fed the worm to her young.

     One day a mother bird was looking for something to fed her babies. She saw a worm that had come up to the top of the ground after the rain. The bird pulled the worm the rest of the way out of the soil. The mother bird then flew with the worm back to her nest. The mother fed the worm to her young.
 

Day 1 Practice 2

1. c

2. a

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