Chronological Order and Timeline Review

to cause things to agree in time or to make things happen at the same time

• chronic

• chronicle

• chronological

• chronometer

• synchronize

My family and I went to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The first thing we did when we got there was to take a tour of a space shuttle that once flew into space.During our tour, an astronaut showed us her spacesuit. I even got to try on the space boots. Next, we tasted the food astronauts eat while they are in space. It was really different from other foods that I had eaten but it tasted pretty good. Finally, we got in a special booth that showed us what it is like to be weightless! It was an amazing day.
What words signal the author has used the chronological order text structure?

• Tasted, showed, and tour

• First, during, next

• Flew, got in, showed

Which type of non-fiction text structure tells a story IN ORDER?

• Cause & Effect

• Chronological

• Sequence of Events

• Problem & Solution

• Chronological
• Sequence
• Compare & Contrast
• Problem Solution

Read the passage provided. Which of the following is NOT a clue that the passage is chronological order?
Carnegie was thirteen years old when he got his first job in a textile mill earning $1.20 a week. Due to his quickness and hard work, he soon worked his way upwards through a succession of jobs, each earning more money than the last. In addition to working in the mill, Carnegie worked in a factory, tended a steam engine, and became a telegraph operator, someone who sends messages using a telegraph machine. In 1853, he went to work for the Pennsylvania Railroad for $35 per month as an assistant to Thomas Scott, a superintendent.

• due to his quickness

• thirteen years old

• in 1853

• his first job

You may not know who Mark Zuckerberg is but I bet you know about Facebook. Zuckerberg and his roommates launched Facebook from their college dormitory at Harvard. Facebook started off as just a "Harvard thing," but Zuckerberg and roommates spread it to other universities like Stanford, Dartmouth, and NYU. As Facebook grew in size and popularity, Zuckerberg took investments but resisted buyout offers. The founders maintained control and in 2012 Facebook became a publically traded company. Today Facebook is one of the world’s most popular websites and Zuckerberg is the CEO. Facebook has over one billion users and Zuckerberg is one of the 25 richest people in America. That’s not too bad for a college dropout. 

• Chronological

• Sequence/Order of Importance

• Cause/Effect

• Problem/Solution

A timeline would be an example of...

• Sequence

• Chronological Order

• Main Idea and Detail

• Compare and Contrast

Chrono means...

• Life

• Earth

• Time

• Space

Cause + Effect, Main Idea + Detail, and Chronological Order are all examples of...

• Text Features

• Organizational Patterns

• Paraphrase

• Inference

Which word refers to the arrangement of events in the order they occurred?

• A) Synchronize

• B) Chronological

• C) Chronicle

• D) Chronometer