 Demonstration

 Cause - “the reason why something happens,”  Effect - “what happens because of the cause.” Identify the cause and effect in the following sentence, and explain your answers. “I went outside in the rain, so I got wet.”

 Identify the proper signal words. ◦ “because,” “so,” “therefore,” “as a result of,” “due to,” ◦ LOOK FOR THE KEY PHRASES that let the reader know that the text is expressing cause and effect

CAUSE EFFECT Humiliated and hiding in my basement

The police came to my house CAUSE EFFECT Humiliated and hiding in my basement

The police came to my house CAUSE EFFECT Humiliated and hiding in my basement My friend Jeanine and I decided to take a bike ride to the new sub place to eat lunch.

The police came to my house CAUSE EFFECT Humiliated and hiding in my basement My friend Jeanine and I decided to take a bike ride to the new sub place to eat lunch. The sub place smelled really bad.

The police came to my house CAUSE EFFECT Humiliated and hiding in my basement My friend Jeanine and I decided to take a bike ride to the new sub place to eat lunch. The sub place smelled really bad. So we decided to go across the highway and eat at the deli

The police came to my house CAUSE EFFECT Humiliated and hiding in my basement My friend Jeanine and I decided to take a bike ride to the new sub place to eat lunch. The sub place smelled really bad. So we decided to go across the highway and eat at the deli, but we didn’t tell anybody.

The police came to my house CAUSE EFFECT Humiliated and hiding in my basement My friend Jeanine and I decided to take a bike ride to the new sub place to eat lunch. The sub place smelled really bad. So we decided to go across the highway and eat at the deli, but we didn’t tell anybody. It was really fun, so we stayed a long time. Because we stayed so long my parents got worried.

The police came to my house CAUSE EFFECT Humiliated and hiding in my basement My friend Jeanine and I decided to take a bike ride to the new sub place to eat lunch. The sub place smelled really bad. So we decided to go across the highway and eat at the deli, but we didn’t tell anybody. It was really fun, so we stayed a long time. Because we stayed so long my parents got worried. Since they were worried, they drove to the sub shop to look for us, but since it had smelled bad we had left.

CAUSE EFFECT Therefore, I was humiliated and hid in my basement My friend Jeanine and I decided to take a bike ride to the new sub place to eat lunch. The new sub place smelled really bad. So we decided to go across the highway and eat at the deli, but we didn’t tell anybody. It was really fun, so we stayed a long time. Because we stayed so long my parents got worried. Since they were worried, they drove to the sub shop to look for us, but since it had smelled bad we had left. Because we weren’t there, my parents considered us “missing” and called the police. As a result of the call, the police came to my house.

 4t_vg 4t_vg  Take notes on causes and effects.

 Identify the proper signal words. ◦ “because,” “so,” “therefore,” “as a result of,” “due to,” ◦ Break into pairs and practice using these signal words in a sentence. ◦ Share your sentences with the class. ◦ As a class, identify the cause and effect in each sentence. ◦ LOOK FOR THE KEY PHRASES that let the reader know that the text is expressing cause and effect