Graphic Organizer: a time ordered sequence

Time Order:  Graphic Organizer

Your purpose for writing is to explain or describe a time sequence. Use the chart below to clarify your thinking about the structure for a time sequence essay.

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Introduction

State the topic and purpose of the essay, or state the sequence to be described.

Step One

Tell the first step.

Analysis

Tell what is important about the first step.

Step Two

Tell the second step.

Analysis

Tell what is important about the second step.

Step Three

Tell the third step.

Analysis

Tell what is important about the third step.

[Add more steps as needed]

Conclusion

Tell what you have or what happened at the end of the sequence.