Reading comprehension strategies. Organize events in a text.

                                                                                       by Alejandra Flores García

When reading, sometimes we find it difficult to organize the information for further reports or presentations.

The best way to understand and remember these events is to organize your notes into a timeline.  A timeline is a useful way to organize notes about when events happened. We can develop strategies so you can identify relevant information and create a timeline.

You can learn an easy way to do it here! The aim of this WebQuest is that at the end you are able to read a text and make a timeline, put it on a poster, and present it to the class.

First, the teacher will give a series of tips to identify events in a text, so students can select the relevant extracts and put them in chronological order. Then, they will practice on their own.

Second, students will read a text and elaborate a timeline to present to the class.

                                                                                   BEFORE

Before you start discovering how to create a timeline, read this short text so you can know what exactly a timeline is.

Text: https://online.visual-paradigm.com/knowledge/timeline-diagram/what-is-timeline-diagram/

Later on, this page can help you create your own timeline.

When you finish reading, you can answer some comprehension questions. This way, you can identify if the information was clear or you need to ask questions or focus on the text again.

Questions: https://forms.gle/i2tMWNMxfi97JYJm6

                                                                                   DURING

Quick video, How to make a timeline?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnttyHx-sTQ&t=40s

How to make a timeline?: https://blog.thinkreliability.com/how-to-make-a-timeline

Steps to make a timeline: https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Timeline

Timeline makers: https://www.projectmanager.com/blog/make-timeline-maker-included

Time expressions to identify events: https://avi.cuaed.unam.mx/repositorio/moodle/pluginfile.php/1987/mod_resource/content/17/contenido/index.html

                                                                                    AFTER 

After you read the information, check these links to practice.

Practice I: https://tinypic.host/i/AQwEC

Practice II: https://tinypic.host/i/AQU4g 

Also, find texts to elaborate your poster and choose your favourite.

• Article  1
• The history of football (soccer) (footballhistory.org)
• Article  2
• The History Of Skateboarding | Slick Willie's (slickwillies.co.uk)
• Article  3
• The Complete History of Social Media: Then And Now – Small
• Article  4
• Business Trends (smallbiztrends.com)
• Article  5
• Musicology: The history of music streaming (mixdownmag.com.au)

Now that you could practice using timelines to organize presentations, think about how the process changed before and after you completed this WebQuest. Answer these questions to reflect.

• How easy was it to organize the events that you read in the article you read?
• Would it be different the way you organized information if you did not complete the WebQuest? How?
• Do you have a specific question about the use of timelines? Discuss it with your teacher.

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Teachers, 

we all know how hard is for some of us to introduce reading skills into our classes. There is so much information and so little time to work with, but this WebQuest is an opportunity for us to have a tool to work on it.

Feel free to modify it and use it as you please.