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Reading Skill: Sequence of Key Events                                                                                                             Sequence of key events is
                                                                                                                                                        putting the events in a story in
                                                                                                                                                        order according to when they
                                                                                                                                                        happen. The key events are the
                                                                                                                                                        main events that happen in a
                                                                                                                                                        story. The sequence refers to the
      Number the key events in the order they happen in the story.                                                                                      order in which the events take
                                                                                                                                                        place. Knowing the sequence of
                                                                                                                                                        events is very important for a
                                                                                                                                                        reader to understand a text.
            5        Venetia finds a proper name and sends it to the scientists.





            2        So they name it Planet X.





            3        Venetia and her grandfather decide to send their ideas to the scientists.





            6        Venetia’s idea is picked, and Planet X is called Pluto.





            1        Tombaugh and other scientists cannot agree on a name for the planet.





            4        They look through books on Greek and Roman myths to find some ideas.








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