Cause and Effect

1. Cause and Effect Learning Objective: Review distinguishing between cause and effect in an expository Today we will review how to distinguish between cause and effect in expository text. effect cause

2. Check for understanding! • What two things are we distinguishing today in language? • What type of text are we going to use? cause effect EXPOSITORY

3. What will happen if you win the lotery?

4. A Cause is why something happens • David had to miss recess because he did not do his homework • We missed out on a pizza party because Miguel was late again. • Javier studied hard for the test as a result he received an A.

5. A Cause is why something happens • David had to miss recess because he did not do his homework • We missed out on a pizza party because Miguel was late again. • Javier studied hard for the test as a result he received an A.

6. A Cause is why something happens • David had to miss recess because he did not do his homework. • We missed out on a pizza party because Miguel was late again. • Javier studied hard for the test as a result he received an A.

7. A Cause is why something happens • David had to miss recess because he did not do his homework. • We missed out on a pizza party because Miguel was late again. • Javier studied hard for the test as a result he received an A.

8. Effect is what happened • David had to miss recess because he did not do his homework. • We missed out on a pizza party because Miguel was late again. • Javier studied hard for the test as a result he received an A.

9. Effect is what happened • David had to miss recess because he did not do his homework. • We missed out on a pizza party because Miguel was late again. • Javier studied hard for the test as a result he received an A.

10. Effect is what happened • David had to miss recess because he did not do his homework. • We missed out on a pizza party because Miguel was late again. • Javier studied hard for the test as a result he received an A.

11. Effect is what happened • David had to miss recess because he did not do his homework. • We missed out on a pizza party because Miguel was late again. • Javier studied hard for the test as a result he received an A.

12. How can we tell the difference or distinguish between cause and effect? cause • To see if something is a cause ask yourself why did it happen? effect • To distinguish effect ask yourself what happened? The girl was hungry, so she ate a piece of pie. Clues words that signal cause and effect

13. Cause and Effect • I could not dance because my feet hurt a lot. 2. Ever since , I got very sick I wash my hand very often. 3. I could not find my keys, so I was late. • Rachel and Jose put in too much sugar, therefore the pancakes were extra sweet. Make copies

14. Closing • What did we distinguish today? • What is a cause and what is an effect? • What are some signal words or phrases to identify some cause and effect relationships? I became proficient in language arts because I practice active listening in class.