Teaching Cause and Effect: A Lesson Plan on Understanding Relationships in Text, Exercises of Material Science and Technology

Download Teaching Cause and Effect: A Lesson Plan on Understanding Relationships in Text and more Exercises Material Science and Technology in PDF only on Docsity! Teaching Cause and Effect Relationships Objectives Students will use text structure to relate ideas in text to what they already know. Time frame to Complete 40 minutes Standard(s) Addressed in Lesson Read With Understanding Benchmark(s) Addressed in Lesson R.4.11; R.4.12; R.4.16 Materials • Cause and Effect Organizer • “Why Go Green?” from http://www.greencommunitiesonline.org/green/why/ • “Hurricanes” from http://www.globio.org/glossopedia/article.aspx?art_id=40&art_nm=Hurricanes • “What are Green Careers?” from http://www.careeronestop.org/GreenCareers/WhatareGreenCareers.aspx Activities Step 1 “Explain” how recognizing cause and effect relationships in text will help students understand and remember what they are reading. For example, each action (cause) has consequent reactions (events) leading to an outcome (effect). Making these connections will help them remember events in a reading and why they happened. Step 2 “Model” using a simple example to fill in a cause and effect graphic organizer. Example: Provide the following paragraph for students to read. (Can be written on the board or on paper.) Because a hurricane can be hundreds of kilometers across, people in the area begin to feel the effects hours before it reaches land. The winds arrive first, bringing lots of rain. Strong winds blow roofs off buildings and knock down trees and power lines. The storm surge --- a rise in sea level caused by hurricanes --- is responsible for most hurricane related deaths. The storm surge can cause sudden flooding and can even harm habitats where fish breed. When the reading is complete fill in the cause and effect graphic with the students listing the cause and the effects discussed in the paragraph in the appropriate places. Cause Hurricane Effect Winds blow off roofs and knock down trees and power lines Effect Storm surge leads to death Effect Storm surge leads to sudden flooding Step 3 Once you have modeled how to fill in the cause and effect graphic organizer, use an article that has text structure containing cause and effect relationships to guide students in filling out a cause and effect organizer using the information in the text. For example, use the article Why Go Green? Do the first paragraph as a large group filling in the appropriate boxes on the Cause and Effect Worksheet with information from the paragraph. Step 4 “Application”- Have the students work in pairs to finish filling out a graphic organizer sheet for each of the remaining paragraphs. Step 5 Once students have completed the graphic organizer go over the cause and effect relationships found in the article. If question arise regarding examples of Green Careers, the class can read and discuss the article “What are Green Careers?” Assessment/Evidence Cause and Effect graphic organizer sheets Adaptations for Beginning Students Use reading material at students’ instructional reading level and have them work in small groups to fill out the worksheets. Possible samples: Cause and Effect statement matching from http://edhelper.com/language/reading_comprehension_skills201.html Cause and Effect interactive presentation from http://unx1.shsu.edu/~txcae/Powerpoints/CauseandEffect.html Adaptations for Advanced Students Have students read another passage at their instructional reading level and fill out a cause and effect organizer independently. Possible sample: “Going Green to make Green” from http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/CEOProfiles/Story?id=6776641&page=2