Students will use prior knowledge of story structure and identify climactic events within the text to identify why something happens and what it is the result.Future LearningStudents will be able to correctly determine the cause and effect of events that take place in both real life and fictional literature. Purpose or Objective of the Lesson Students will identify and describe specific causes within a fictional text. Group Size 23 Grouping Strategies Whole Group/ Independent Procedure/ Teaching Strategies Before Class 1. Read Why Do You Cry?: Not a Sob Story by Kate Klise. Develop post-it notes throughout the book that denote the causes and effects of the story.2. Create a two-column chart that shows Cause in the first column and Effect in the second.3. Print enough independent practice worksheets for the whole class. History day and class discussion1. Review the vocabulary, “cause and effect,” and explain the meaning of “cause” (person, event, or condition responsible for a result).2. Model using “cause and effect” vocabulary when identifying causes in Why Do You ...
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