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Language & Autism - Strategies - Sequencing Novel Events

My students often struggle to connect events in novel scenarios. These would include nursery rhymes, songs, fairy tales, poems, and stories. It can be a need to flesh out the various aspects of each event and how to describe them. It may be that a connection needs to be made with each of these events. The language that describes these connections designates the order of the events. Conventional storytelling vocabulary and phrases may need to be developed. Focusing on novel sequences that are part of the typical repertoire acquired in childhood offers a good possibility of automatic and frequent redundancy. Scenarios may often include common event sequences with the added complexity of actors, dialogue, thoughts, emotions, and position exchange. There is also a high expectancy that my student will have experienced elements within the scenarios and will remember the various aspects of specific events with the help of carefully crafted images.


Pick a Scenario and Lesson

NURSERY RHYME/SONG
xxxx     xxxx     xxxx

FAIRY TALE
Goldilocks     Three Little Pigs     Little Mermaid

POEM
xxxx     xxxx

STORY
Yummy Waffles     Pat Loves Pizza     Pumpkin Faces     My House     Getting Dressed     Where Is The Cat
Orange Juice Party     Valentines Day Cards


FAIRY TALE:

The Little Mermaid

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The Little Mermaid Story - Pages: This is a classic fairy tale about a mermaid who falls in love with a prince. This is a simple version based on the original tale written by Hans Christian Andersen. The events and ending differ from the Disney Movie version. The lesson includes each page of the story along with text for narration.
(Printable-1)   (Printable-2)


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The Little Mermaid Sequence - Pictures: This is a classic fairy tale about a mermaid who falls in love with a prince. This is a simple version based on the original tale written by Hans Christian Andersen. The events and ending differ from the Disney Movie version. The lesson includes pictures of events in the story that follow the sequence of the story.
(Printable)


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The Little Mermaid Sequence - Talk: The lesson includes pictures of events in the story that follow the sequence of the story. Key phrases/sentences are included for each event. There is a short text and a long text version.
(Printable/Long)   (Printable/Short)


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The Little Mermaid Sequence - Words/Sentences: The lesson includes pictures and sentences of events. Word boxes with question words are to be matched with words from the sentence. (cut & paste)
(Printable)  


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The Little Mermaid Sequence - Pocket Cards: The lesson includes word and picture cards of events in the story that follow the sequence of the story. The cards are for use with a sentence strip pocket chart.
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