This lesson pack teaches children how to use time order words such as ‘first,’ ‘next,’ ‘then,’ ‘after’ and ‘finally’ to organise instructions and recounts. Clear explanations and examples show how these words signal the order of events and make writing easier to follow. The accompanying differentiated activities give pupils the chance to reorder muddled instructions, fill in gaps with the correct time order words and write their own sequenced steps with confidence.