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04/18/23 MAPTAP 2004 2
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Content Area: Language ArtsCreated By: Jami PollyGrade: 3rd
Objective: Students will make inferences based on details from the story and prior knowledge in order to draw conclusions.
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Writing About Cause and Effect
• What is a CAUSE?
– It is what makes something happen
• (Example: The floor was wet...)
• What is an EFFECT?
– It is what happens
• (Example: so, I slipped and fell.)
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Writing Tips
• Look for words such as…– Since– So– Because– Therefore– Due to the fact
…to join cause and effect sentences.
• Use cause and effect in paragraphs to explain how things work
OR• how something
happens.
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Two things have to happen in a cause and effect sentence!
• A CAUSE is what makes something happen.
• An EFFECT is what happens as a result of the cause.
• Look at the pictures below.
• What is the cause?________________
• What will be the effect?_______________The needle
The balloon will pop
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Look at the pictures below.Match the CAUSE with the EFFECT
• Cause • Effect
GREAT JOB!!
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Remember these tips…
• The CAUSE happens FIRST– Ask yourself, what had to happen first?
• The EFFECT happens SECOND– Ask yourself, what happened last?
• Also: C before E (In the alphabet) – Cause before Effect!
• Look for clue words– Because, since, so, on account of, due to the
fact
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Certain words join cause and effect sentences.
I bought Dan a present BECAUSE it was
his birthday.
- What is the cause? ________________
- What is the effect? ________________
- What is the word that join the cause and effect? _______
It was Dan’s birthday
I bought him a present
Because
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What other words help to join cause and effect sentences?
• The ice cream was melting AS A RESULT OF the hot weather.– What is the cause?________________– What is the effect?________________– What is the joining clue word?___________
The hot weather
The ice cream melted
As a result of
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Which words join the cause and effect parts of a sentence?
• I told Ellen to come home because it was time for dinner. _________
• The school was closed yesterday on account of the snowy weather. ___________
• Sara could not go to the party due to the fact that she was sick. ____________
• I saved ten dollars as the result of putting one dollar in my bank every week.____________
because
on account of
due to the fact
as the result of
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On a piece of paper, Write a cause and effect ending for each sentence below.
• USE THE WORDS THAT JOIN THEM• Because, since, on account of, due to the fact
1. I had to wear boots to school _________________________________________
2. I like you _________________________3. Alan had to stay after school _________
________________________________4. We are having a party_______________