Cause and Effect Lesson Interrupted Journey Saving Endangered

Cause and Effect Lesson Interrupted Journey: Saving Endangered Sea Turtles Unit 2, Lesson 11 Created by: M. Christof. F, Enrichment Specialist, Field Local Schools

Objectives for Today • Students will tell how events are related and how one event causes another. • Students will analyze multiple causes and effects. • Students will ask questions before, during, and after reading. • Asking questions will help the students better understand cause-and-effect relationships.

Cause §A cause is an event that makes something else happen.

Effect • An Effect is something that happens because of an earlier event.

Stated Cause-and-Effect • The reader can locate the cause-and-effect relationship stated in the selection.

Implied Cause-and-Effect Relationships § The reader must utilize clues given by the author to discover the causes and effects in the selection.

Why do authors use cause-and-effect relationships? §Authors use causes and effects to structure text to help show relationships between ideas.

Keep Sea Turtles Safe (Projectable 6. 2) § Each year, thousands of people enjoy a day at the beach. They take along food and beverages to snack on. The trash they leave behind can prove deadly to sea turtles.

Keep Sea Turtles Safe (Projectable 6. 2) § Plastic bags and food packages may look like exotic foods. If the turtles eat these items, they will become sick and may even die. Some careless people even destroy turtle nests and take their eggs.

Keep Sea Turtles Safe (Projectable 6. 2) § Cleaning up your trash and disposing of it properly will help keep sea turtles safe. Never disturb a nest. The average life span of a sea turtle is 80 years. Do your part to help these creatures live a nice long life.

Use an Inference Map to show cause-and-effect relationships. (Projectable 6. 2) Cause: People disturb sea turtles’ nests. Cause: People leave trash in a sea turtle’s habitat. Cause: People take sea turtle eggs. Effect: The actions of humans endanger sea turtles.

Essential Question: What effect can one person have on a stranded sea turtle? Use an Inference Map to show cause-and-effect relationships. (Projectable 6. 3) Cause: Max places seaweed around the turtle. Cause: Max moves the turtle to a place where it will not be washed out to sea. Cause: Max calls the sea turtle rescue line. Effect: The rescue team from the New England Aquarium arrives, and the turtle can be treated.

What is done to help the rescued sea turtle? Use an Inference Map to show cause-and-effect relationships. (Projectable 6. 3) Cause: The turtle is put in a temperature -controlled box. Cause: Warm fluids are pumped into the turtle. Effect: The turtle recovers from its ordeal. Cause: The turtle is placed on a pile of soft towels that supports its shell.

Why did the turtle become ill? Use an Inference Map to show cause-and-effect relationships. (Page 152) Cause: Less sunlight warmed the Earth. Cause: The temperature of the water dropped to fifty degrees Fahrenheit. Cause: Days grew shorter. Effect: The turtle’s heartbeat slowed down.

Why does Richie run the Hidden Harbor motel? Use an Inference Map to show cause-and-effect relationships. (Page 159 -160) Cause: Richie places injured sea turtles in the motel’s big pool. Cause: Richie owns the Turtle Hospital in the Florida Keys. Effect: Richie believes his calling in life is to help injured animals, especially sea turtles. Cause: Richie uses the money from the motel to run the hospital.

Why is the turtle released in the Florida Keys rather that Cape Cod, where it was found? Support your answer with details form Interrupted Journey. (Page 161) Cause: A place without fishing boats. Cause: A place without speedboats. Cause: A place without shrimp trawlers. Effect: Richie wants to take Yellow-Blue to the calmest and safest waters he knows.

Cause §A cause is an event that makes something else happen.

Effect • An Effect is something that happens because of an earlier event.

Stated Cause-and-Effect • The reader can locate the cause-and-effect relationship stated in the selection.

Implied Cause-and-Effect Relationships § The reader must utilize clues given by the author to discover the causes and effects in the selection.