Purpose:
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To develop causes and effects where they are implied
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To list the causes and effects presented in the reading material
Materials: Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer, pencil, mystery song
Procedure:
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1. Have students work in pairs and read the first of the song.
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2. Give each pair a Graphic Organizer to complete after the verse is read.
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3. Repeat the process as each verse is read. Use the same sheet.
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4. Make a note when one (1) cause has multiple effects and visa versa.
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5. Summarize your findings.
Conclusion:
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1. What happened?
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2. Why did it happen?
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3. Have at least four pairs share their answers out loud.
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4. Were the causes and effects correct?
Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer
Name __________________________Date___________
CAUSE ______________________________________
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Effect_________________________________
Effect_________________________________
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EFFECT _______________________________________
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Cause__________________________________
Cause__________________________________
Cause__________________________________
CAUSE ________________________________________
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Effect________________________________________
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EFFECT ______________________________________
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Cause________________________________________
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Read the first case in You Be the Jury by Marvin Miller. There are Causes with many Effects and Effects with Causes. Have each student or pair of students complete a Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer from the information in the first case.
Now have them complete a Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer for the mystery song taking one verse at a time and creating logical causes or effects when needed.
Be sure you support your decisions with logical proof.
Plot
The Plot is how the story line is arranged. Stories can be divided into five(5)
parts:
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1. An Introduction where the setting and characters are first presented
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2. Rising Action, which readers follow to discover how the main character or characters solve their problem
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3. A High Point, in which the problem is resolved
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4. Falling Action, which details the consequences of the resolution
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5. An Ending
Have the students list the main events of a story and then write them on the board. Ask them "What happened before _____ happened? "Why could it not have happened later?" To help them see that some events are more important than others, have them find the events that could have been left out of the story. Lead them to see that one event often serves as a Climax or High Point.
The Plot is usually a result of some Conflict. This Conflict could be between a person and self, a person and another person, a person and society, or a person and nature. As I read special attention will be given noting basic conflicts. As students read each story, time will be given to identify the source of the conflict. This may not be so easy to identify so the following questions might be helpful: What is the problem _____________ faces? How might ________ solve this problem? What does ________ think about the problem? What does ______ do first, second, etc.? Why does ______ fail to solve the problem? How was the problem solved? Who solved the problem? How would you have solved the problem?
Answer the above questions and fill in the blanks after reading " The Case of the Missing Garlic Bread."
Say to the students "In the case of the song in this unit the Conflict is between WHO? Have them write down their answer, then answer the above questions and fill in the blanks. You have already read the first case in You Be the Jury. Now fill in the blanks and answer the questions below to identify the Plot and the Conflict.
What is the problem ____________ faces? How might _______ solve this problem? What does ________ think about the problem? What does ______ do first, second, etc.? Why does _______ fail to solve the problem? How was the problem solved? Who solved the problem? How would you have solved the problem?
Have the students reread the mystery song. Fill in the blanks and answer the same questions below to identify the Plot and Conflict.
What is the problem ____________faces? How might ______solve this problem?
What does ________think about the problem? What does ________do first, second, etc.? Why does _______ fail to solve the problem? How was the problem solved?
Who solved the problem? How would you have solved the problem?
Are you any closer to discovering what was in the box after establishing the Plot and Conflict?