Exploring Cause and Effect Using Expository Texts About Natural Disasters

This lesson helps students explore the nature and structure of expository texts that focus on cause and effect. Students begin by activating prior knowledge about cause and effect; the teacher then models discovering these relationships in a text and recording findings in a graphic organizer. Students work in small groups to apply what they learned using related books and then write paragraphs outlining the cause-and-effect relationships they have found.
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Subject(s): English Language Arts
Grade Level(s): 3
Intended Audience: Educators educators
Suggested Technology: Computer for Presenter, Computers for Students, Internet Connection, LCD Projector
Resource supports reading in content area:Yes
Freely Available: Yes
Keywords: expository text, cause/effect
Instructional Component Type(s): Lesson Plan,  Unit/Lesson Sequence,  Worksheet,  Formative Assessment
Instructional Design Framework(s): Direct Instruction, Learning Cycle (e.g., 5E), Writing to Learn
Resource Collection: General Collection

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