Cause and effect

Cause and effect

with Mr. Daley

Cause and effect

• Understanding cause and effect helps you figure out how events are related

• Common in texts assigned to students

• CAUSE: the reason why something happens

• EFFECT: an event that happens due to a cause

Multiple Choice

What is a "cause"?

• The reason something happens

• an event that happens because of something else

• Santa's last name

Multiple Choice

What is an "effect"

• the reason something happens

• an event that happens due to a cause

• a word made up to trick students

Cause clue words

- As a result of

- When

- Lead to

- Beacause of

Effect Clue words

• Consequently

• Therefore

• Resulted in

• Since

Multiple Select

What words are "Cause" clue words/phrases?

• As a result

• Hamburger

• Lead to

• Agenda

• Contrast

Multiple Select

What are "effect" clue words or phrases?

• Results in

• Agenda

• Since

• Consequently

• Usually

Multiple Choice

What is the cause in this sentence:

It was raining out which lead to the puddles in the road

• It was raining

• there were puddles

Multiple Choice

What is the effect in this sentence:

I had bad grades on my report card therefore I'm grounded.

• I got bad grades

• I'm grounded

Multiple Choice

What is the effect in the following sentences:

The cartoon was a big hit in Japan. This resulted in lots of toys being sold overseas!

• The cartoon was a big hit in Japan.

• This resulted in lots of toys being sold overseas!

Multiple Choice

What word in the following sentences is the "effect clue word":

The cartoon was a big hit in Japan. This resulted in lots of toys being sold overseas!

• Japan

• was a big hit

• This resulted in

• sold overseas

Multiple Choice

What is the cause:

NASA is planning more trips to mars because of the interest the public showed in its first mission

• Nasa is planning more trips to mars

• The public showed interest in the first mission

Multiple Choice

What is the "cause clue word":

NASA is planning more trips to Mars in the future because of the public interest in the first mission.

• Mars

• Future

• because

• mission

Open Ended

In 2015, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus said it would remove elephants from its shows. The circus had kept its elephants in cages. Living in cages is not good for elephants, so the elephants were sent to a center in Florida. The center provides two hundred acres for the elephants to wander. The center also offers a chance for people to study elephants more easily. This is because scientists can get closer to trained elephants than they can to wild ones.

What caused the elephants to live in the center in Florida?

Open Ended

In 2015, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus said it would remove elephants from its shows. The circus had kept its elephants in cages. Living in cages is not good for elephants, so the elephants were sent to a center in Florida. The center provides two hundred acres for the elephants to wander. The center also offers a chance for people to study elephants more easily. This is because scientists can get closer to trained elephants than they can to wild ones.

What was the effect of scientists being able to get closer to trained elephants than wild ones?