Following the chain of events in a story can make readers feel like they are on a rollercoaster – each incident has the potential to lead to a smooth turn or a sudden drop. Students will be amazed by the way a single event can cause a chain reaction that will lead to a conclusion they never expected. Join us as we learn to identify cause and effect relationships, explain how incidents influence future actions and develop our own cause and effect statements.
Program Outline:
1. Review cause and effect
2. Discuss the book The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash. Review the chain of events and identify examples of cause and effect relationships from the book
3. Analyze various examples of cause/effect statements (introductory/intermediate), identifying the cause and effect in each
4. Students will develop and illustrate their own cause and effect sentence.
5. Volunteers share statements
6. Come up with a school-related cause/effect statement together
7. Together, use the Cause/Effect Diamante Poem format and interactive to create a cause/effect diamante poem
8. Review/Questions
Discuss the terms:
• Cause: why something happened
• Effect: the event that happened because of the cause; the result
Interactive Cost: $150.00
SOITA Learning Technologies
Andy Anderson
andy@soita.org
150 East Sixth Street
Franklin, OH 45005
United States
Phone: (937) 746-6333 ext. 120
Fax: (937) 746-1029
Taken from the CILC Weekly updates at www.cilc.org