Cause and Effect

The cause is the reason for something happening,

or, the effect

Words that signal cause and effect

Because/Since

Because Mary Anderson was cold, she got on the streetcar to warm up.

So

There was snow on the windshield, so the driver couldn’t see.

As a result

He had to remove the windshield. As a result, he got snow and ice in his face.

Life is a series of causes and effects.

You oversleep, so you don’t have time to brush your hair.

Because you didn’t brush your hair, your best friend says you look like a troll doll.

As a result, you run to the bathroom to find a comb.

Because you are running, you trip and fall flat on your face. Now you have messed
up hair AND a messed up face.

Effect: You are in time out.

Write a possible cause for this effect
on your whiteboard.

Cause: It suddenly begins to rain hard.

Write a possible effect of this on
your whiteboard.

While reading this chain of events, stand up
everytime you notice a cause and effect
sentence.,

Geraldine saw that a student was stuck on the
monkey bars, so she decided to help. She ran to the
monkey bars, lifted the student off, and set him on
the ground. Since Geraldine was a big yellow
monster, the recess duty teacher thought she was
attacking the student instead of helping.

As a result, she ran up to Geraldine and started shooing
her away with a large umbrella. Geraldine got mad, so
she roared at the recess duty teacher. The principal
heard the roar and came out with her bullhorn. She
started shouting orders. “GERALDINE, STOP ROARING
IMMEDIATELY. MISS STEVENS, STOP WAVING AT
GERALDINE WITH THAT UMBRELLA. STUDENTS,
STOP RUNNING AROUND WITH YOUR ARMS IN THE
AIR AND SCREAMING.”