1. Topic-
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The Dog Ate My Homework, So I Turned In His Food: Digesting Cause
and Effect
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2. Content-
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3. Goals: Aims/Outcomes-
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SWBAT identify the meaning, purpose and significance of cause and
effect in literature, language and life.
SWBAT identify cause and determine effect in literature
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4. Objectives-
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| SWBAT identify cause and determine effect in common scenarios, picture
and in R.L. Stine's Time Raider. |
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5. Materials and Aids-
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| R.L. Stine's Time Raider (Twist-a-plot Book 1) |
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6. Procedures/Methods-
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A. Introduction-
| 1. Show title page of "The Dog Ate My Homework, So I Turned In His
Food" with "Digesting Cause and Effect" hidden. Reveal the whole title
after clicking on the dog food. |
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B. Development-
1. Give definition of Cause and a correlating picture or scenario.
2. Give definition of Effect and a correlating picture or scenario.
3. Give indicative words of cause and effect.
4. Give them a scenario with one an indicative word and demonstrate
how I find the cause and/or effect by locating the word. |
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C. Practice-
1.Show pictures or give scenarios and ask students to guess what
will happen next or why something might have happened.
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D. Independent Practice-
1.Read R.L.Stine's Twist-a-plot book: "Time Raider" and while reading
use cause and effect to determine possible outcomes in order to make
a decision.
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E. Accommodations (Differentiated Instruction)-
Print-outs of Cause and Effect Information
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F. Checking for understanding-
| Have students record the cause and effect of a decision while reading
"Time Raider" then enter their decision. |
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G. Closure-
1.Have the cause- "If you understand today's material" on the screen.
2. Have students write a possible effect. |
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