1. Today is Monday, November 16 th. No warm-up today! Today, you will be sharing your cause and effect story! You have ten minutes to finish your story! Use your block chart to help you organize your story. After that time, you will read your story to your classmates. If you finish early, read over your story and check for errors or parts that might not make sense. You will need a whiteboard, markers and an eraser!

2. In your groups, each person needs to take on a role: 1. 2 people to identify causes and effects 2. 1 person to write down signal words (groups of five will have 2!) 3. 1 person to speak 4. When each story is done, you and your group members must give it three scores: You must decide if there are at least 3 causes and 3 effects You must decide how clear it was You must decide how interesting/creative it was

3. Today is Tuesday, November 17 th. Warm-up: 1. What might be the cause if someone fails a test? 2. What might be the effect of you eating rotten food? 3. What would be the effect of an earthquake hitting Renton? 4. What might be a cause for you receiving a giant cake? 5. Combine these two events with a signal word: Your sister is crying. She had a fight with her best friend. 6. Combine these two events with a signal word: Jerome loves animals. His family gets him a dog. Research day tomorrow at the library!

4. In your groups, each person needs to take on a role: 1. 2 people to identify causes and effects 2. 1 person to write down signal words (groups of five will have 2!) 3. 1 person to speak 4. When each story is done, you and your group members must give it three scores: You must decide if there are at least 3 causes and 3 effects You must decide how clear it was You must decide how interesting/creative it was

5. Today, you will be reading children’s books with a partner. You and your partner will then write a summary paragraph of the story. You will identify 3 causes and 3 effects from the story You will need to include 3-4 signal words in your paragraph Turn in what you have written by the end of class

6. Today is Wednesday, November 18th. No warm-up today! Research day!

7. Today is Thursday, November 19th. No warm-up today! Research day!

8. Today is Friday, November 20 th. No warm-up today! You will need a partner. You and your partner will be reading children’s books together. You will select ONE book to write a cause and effect summary about. After you have chosen your book, you need to create a cause and effect block chart. Each person will do this on a separate sheet of paper. You will use this for an assessment on Monday!