Cause and Effect Learning Objective Distinguishing between cause
Cause and Effect Learning Objective: Distinguishing between cause and effect in an expository cause effect Today we will be distinguishing between cause and effect in expository text.
Check for understanding! • What two things are we distinguishing today in language? cause effect • What type of text are we going to use? EXPOSITORY
What will happen if you received all 4 s on your report card?
A Cause is why something happens • The girl had to miss recess because she did not do her homework • The boy missed the bus because he overslept. • Janice studied hard for the test as a result she received an A.
Effect is what happened • The girl had to miss recess because she did not do her homework • The boy missed the bus because he overslept. • Janice studied hard for the test as a result she received an A.
The Importance of Cause and Effect Good readers are able to distinguish cause and effect relationships to understand why things happen in stories
How can we tell the difference or distinguish between cause and effect? cause • To see if something is a cause ask yourself why did it happen? effect • To distinguish effect ask yourself what happened? The girl was hungry, so she ate a piece of pie. Clues words that signal cause and effect since because consequently as a result because of therefore due to for this reason so
Cause and Effect 1. I could not eat dinner because I ate all the apples. 2. Ever since Scruffy bit me, I’ve been afraid of dogs. 3. I could not find my shoes, so I was late. 4. Rachel and Jose put in too much sugar, therefore the recipe did not work. Make copies
Closing • What did we distinguish today? • What is a cause and what is an effect? • What are some signal words or phrases to identify some cause and effect relationships? I became proficient in language arts because I studied hard.
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