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Subject: ELA (English Language Arts), ESL/ELL (English Language Learning)
Lesson Length: 30 - 45 mins
Topic: Cause and Effect Signal Words
Grade Level: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Objective: Critical thinking
Standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.5
Standards:
Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.
Language Objective: Identify examples of words or phrases that signal a cause or an effect.
Brief Description: Students will learn about cause and effect words and use them in their own writing.
Know Before You Start: Use this lesson to emphasize the signal words that are used to indicate a cause or an effect.
Hook: Read and discuss the first two panels of the sample comic. Review the meanings of the words “effect”, what happened, and “cause” what caused the effect to occur.
Activity:
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Have students read the last 2 slides independently.
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In writing or out loud, ask students to identify the words that signal cause or effect. Use sentence stems as needed. The word ____ tells me the cause. The word ____ tells me the effect.
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Create a class T-chart of words that signal cause and effect. Hang this in the classroom as a reference.
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Extension: have students create their own comic that represents a cause and effect.
Closure: Review the signal words for cause and effect. Tell students to look for these signal words while they are reading to help them understand.
Differentiation:
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Adapt the sentences to be more complex or simple as needed
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Have students practice included cause and effect signal words with the teacher or with a partner.
Resources:
- Comic to print or display: Comic 1.
