Cause-Effect Paragraph writing

Cause-Effect Paragraph writing

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Open Ended

Brainstorming before writing:

Why do students perform badly in school? Can you think of three causes with example?

Open Ended

How does bad performance affect our student life in school?

Poll

What would be an appropriate title for this paragraph?

• Children's Academic Problem

• Mark's Behaviour Problem

• Mark's Learning Issue

• Mark's Behaviour and Learning Problem

• Child Schooling Issue

Multiple Choice

What does a topic sentence have?

• A solid topic or subject

• A strong main idea/opinion about the topic

• A definition of the topic

• topic and main idea/opinion about the topic

Multiple Choice

What is the topic in the following sentence:

"Mark frequently expresses his dislike of schools and reading. "

• schools

• reading

• dislike

• Mark

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea in the following sentence:

"Mark frequently expresses his dislike of schools and reading. "

• Expresses his dislike

• schools and reading

• Mark's school and reading

• Mark's dislike of school and reading

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea in the following topic sentence:

"People become homeless due to difficult life circumstances "

• People

• becoming homeless

• life circumstances

• due to difficult life circumstances

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following supporting idea is NOT mentioned in the paragraph?

• he never reads

• he is embarrassed

• he fears ridicule

• he hates teachers

Multiple Select

What does the following concluding sentence do?

"He displays a low level of self confidence and appears to have give up trying

• Predicts what will happen in future

• Gives suggestions for future

• Repeats the idea in the topic sentence

What type of language do you use for writing cause-effect paragraph?

• Think about vocabulary/cause-effect related words

• Think about linking words/transitions/connectors

Open Ended

Write three synonyms for each of the following words: "Cause", "Effect"

Put the cause and effect related words in appropriate columns