How Is Writing Organized? Most writing about events in history is organized by chronological order. This means events are mentioned in the order in which they happen. Dates help show the sequence.

Practice Together

Identify Chronological Order As you read the passage, use dates to help identify the sequence of events.

Make a Time Line The time line shows events from “Play Ball!” Events are listed under the year in which they happened. Copy the time line and add a date and an event to it.

Time Line

Try It!

Complete the Time Line Now look back at “Play Ball!” and add other dates and events to the time line. Be sure to put dates in the correct sequence. Then share your time line with a partner. Do your time lines match?