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Follow a Technical Sequence is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on reconstructing a scientific or historical chain, aligned to Common Core standard RI.5.3. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Follow a Technical Sequence

RI.5.3

NameDate

Number the boxes to show the right order.

1.Number these to show how a vaccine protects you.
  • A harmless piece of a pathogen is introduced.
  • The immune system makes antibodies against it.
  • The defence is already in place.
  • The real pathogen arrives later.
  • The body keeps the recipe for those antibodies.
2.Number these to show what happened at Whately's Mill.
  • Whately funds the mill from his own money.
  • He sells his house in 1979.
  • The good cotton stops coming in March.
  • The council opens a retraining fund in September.
  • He announces the closure on a Friday.

LessonPrint · RI.5.3 · Set 19 · free to copy for classroom use

Answer key — Follow a Technical Sequence

Set 19. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.Correct order: 1, 2, 5, 4, 3
  2. 2.Correct order: 1, 2, 3, 5, 4

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to RI.5.3 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.