Subject: ELA (English Language Arts)
Lesson Length: 30 - 45 mins
Topic: Cause and Effect
Brief Description: Students will create a comic to demonstrate their understanding of cause and effect from informational text.
Know Before You Start: Students should have some understanding of cause and effect. At least two informational texts about a topic will be needed for students to read and analyze.
Hook:
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Read and discuss the sample comic.
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How did the oil spill cause the effect?
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Share an informational text passage with students and model examples of cause and effect within the passage.
Activity:
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Provide students with a second informational text and ask them to read with a partner.
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Have students find examples of cause and effect within the text.
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Have students create a two-panel comic demonstrating their understanding of cause and effect based on the text.
Closure:
- Discuss the cause and effect examples with students.
Differentiation:
- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
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Provide a list of common cause and effect signal words.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
Make a comic about The Ocean
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Make a comic about Vikings
Make a comic about Energy
Make a comic about the Prehistoric Era
Make a comic about the Rock Cycle
