Guided Practice 1.3B 1: Story Order

Instructions: Following are some sentences taken from a news story written in inverted pyramid style. Sort them into where you think they appeared in the story—at the top or bottom of the pyramid—by placing the appropriate number before each sentence. 

_____ Startled pedestrians stopped in their tracks to watch in amazement as the bees overtook the shelter.
_____ Grisman estimated there were over 4000 bees in the shelter.
_____ He first captured the queen and placed her in a box.
_____ Thousands of bees were seen swarming in the 800 block of Brook St. yesterday afternoon.
_____ “I’ve no idea where they came from, they just appeared” said nearby store owner Joyce Wong.
_____ The queen bee had settled inside the top corner of the bus shelter at Brooks and 4th and the other bees followed her.
_____ Local beekeeper Roy Grisman was called into remove them.
_____ Grisman said he was used to moving bees, but this is the first time he’s moved them from a 
bus shelter.
_____ Bees swarm when there’s not enough room in their current hive.
_____ No one was stung.

Now see if you can find the answers to all the 5 Ws+ How from the sentences in the top part of the pyramid.

Who:	_____________________________________________________________

What:	_____________________________________________________________

Where:	_____________________________________________________________

When:	_____________________________________________________________

Why:	_____________________________________________________________

How:	_____________________________________________________________