Connectors of Sequence

The Texas War of Independence

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Instructions: Read the text about the Texas War of Independence. Look at the words in bold.

The Texas War of Independence was a military conflict between the Mexican government and the American settlers in Texas. The War began when colonists from the United States in the Mexican province of Texas rebelled against the centralist Mexican government. After a decade of political and cultural clashes between the Mexican government and the large population of American settlers in Texas, hostilities erupted in 1835. While delegates at the Consultation (provisional government) debated the war’s motives, Texans and a flood of volunteers from the United States defeated the small garrisons of Mexican soldiers by mid-December 1835. Then The Consultation declined to declare independence and installed an interim government. Later, a second political convention declared independence and appointed leadership for the new Republic of Texas. President Antonio López de Santa Anna vowed to personally retake Texas. Mexican General José de Urrea led a contingent of troops on the Goliad Campaign up the Texas coast, while Santa Anna led a larger force to the Battle of the Alamo. A new created Texan army under the command of Sam Houston staged a surprise assault on Santa Anna and his vanguard force at the Battle of San Jacinto. Santa Anna was taken hostage. In exchange for his life, he ordered the Mexican army to retreat south of the Rio Grande. Finally, the annexation of Texas as the 28th state of the United States in 1845, led directly to the Mexican-American War.

Texas Revolution. Retrieved and adapted October, 2016 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution

Quiz

Getting started: Alamo

Instructions: Read the text again to do the activities suggested.

Fewer than 100 Texan soldiers remained at the Alamo Mission in Béxar, under the command of Colonel James C. Neill. In January 1836 men were sent to remove the artillery and destroy the complex, arguing that the salvation of Texas depended on keeping Béxar out of the hand of the enemy. 30 men arrived as reinforcement, and on February 26, other 100 Texan reinforcement reached the fort. But approximately 1,000 Mexican reinforcements arrieved on March 3. In the early hours of March 6, the Mexican army attacked the fort. As Mexican soldiers swarmed over the walls, at least 80 Texans fled the Alamo and were cut down by Mexican cavalry. The battle was militarily insignificant, but had an enormous political impact. If Santa Anna had not paused in Béxar for two weeks, he would have reached San Felipe by March 2 and very likely would have captured the Convention delegates or caused them to flee.

Texas Revolution. Retrieved and adapted October, 2016 from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution

The battle

Instructions: Drag and drop the following sentence connectors to the right place to order the events:

In the end

After that

First

Later

Then

1. 100 Texan soldiers remained at the Alamo mission.

2. men were sent to remove the artillery and destroy the complex.

3. men arrived as reinforcement.

4. 100 Texan reinforcement reached the fort.

5. 1000 Mexican soldiers arrived.

6. Mexican army attacked the fort.

Connectors of Sequence

Let’s find out how Connectors of Sequence function.

Instructions: Read about Connectors of Sequence.

Connectors of Sequence show the order in which events happened. The most widely used are:

First, first of all to indicate the start of the events.
Then, next, later, after that to describe what happened next.
Finally, eventually, at last, in the end to mark the end of events.

What happened?

Instructions: Complete the story with an appropriate connector of sequence from the list:

After that

First of all

Then

Last Saturday, I decided to go for a walk in Central Park. , I visited the zoo. , I met my friend Jason. He asked my help to fix his bike, we worked on his bike for a while. , I needed to pick up my little brother and Jason wanted to something to eat because he was hungry. in the end we went to get my little brother and we all had lunch.

Quiz

An unfortunate ending

Instructions: Drag and drop the connectors of sequence to the right place:

Then

First

After that

A few days ago, I went to the movies with my girlfriend. we bought popcorn and soda. we watched the movie. we went to a restaurant to have dinner. But my girlfriend wasn’t feeling well, I took her home.

Evaluation

Connectors of sequence

Instructions: Use Next, First, In the end and After that, to order the following paragraph:

First

In the end

After that

1. my friend invited me and another friend to the movies.

2. , I invited my roommate.

3. , my roommate invited a friend of hers.

4. , all five of us went to the movies.