Natural/Mental Orders Worksheet

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Natural/Mental Orders Worksheet
Insert your name:
Natural/Mental Orders
Create your own set of information. In your first response, use natural orders, and in your second
response, use mental orders.
Refer to the Natural/Mental Orders section in Ch. 8 of Thinking for additional guidance (Topical,
Analogical, Chronological, and Causal). Create your own examplesnot those included in the textbook
chapter.
Student
Response

Type of
Order

Type of
Organization

Example

Example:

Natural
Order

Chronological

Student
Response
ONE

Natural
Order

Chronological

Student
Response
TWO

Mental
Order

Casual

Seeds grow into plants, flower or fruit, produce more

seeds, fall to the ground, take root, and produce
another plant
When making TopRamen you boil water, put the
noodles in the water, let the noodles cook for a few
minutes, drain the water, and seasoning and spices,
and finally you eat it.
I have a specific order to how I place my clothes in my
dresser; underwear and socks go in the first drawer,
shirts in the second, pants and shorts in the third,
seasonal clothes in the bottom. It is based on which
clothes I put on first when getting dressed.

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