Cause and Effect Using a Compound Sentence.

​Cause and Effect
Compound Sentence

By Amanda Sanderson

​TEKS 4.9.D.iii, 4.11.D.

 I will identify cause-and-effect relationships and write a compound sentence using the conjunction, so.

Review

What Makes a Sentence?

Before we build compound sentences, let’s remember what every simple sentence needs.

A sentence always has two main parts.

Who remembers what the two parts of a sentence are called?

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Subject Predicate

​The boy ate pizza.
Elizabeth won first place.
Gunner and Adam played football.
Gino is funny.

Who or What?

What the subject DOES or IS.

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​FRAGMENT
Part of a sentence.

Rayna
Gino and Adam
The gray mouse

ran across the floor
opened the door
played a game

A whole pizza is
like a whole sentence.

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​Who remembers what a Compound Sentence is?

​Review

• A compound sentence has two complete thoughts joined by a conjunction (FANBOYS).

  Example: I was hungry, so I made a sandwich.

• for

• and

• nor

• but

• or

• yet

• so

• ​A coordinating conjunction is a word that joins together words, phrases, or clauses of equal importance (Bluebonnet Learning).

​CAUSE Effect

​ Why? What Happened? (result)

Cause and Effect
Why and What happened!

​CAUSE (why) EFFECT (what happened)









Cause An event or circumstance that makes something happen. The reason something happens Answers the question why?


Effect Something that happens as a result of, or because of, a cause. Tells what happened. Lesson 2 | Unit 5 | 7 (Bluebonnet Learning)

​CAUSE: BLIZZARD
What are the effects?

​A blizzard can cause power outages, increased possibilities of hypothermia, frostbite, travel issues and property damage.

Drag and Drop

Joshua put on his heavy winter coat because it was cold outside.

Find the Cause: Identify the Cause (the Why)

We can ask ourselves: Why did Joshua put on his heavy winter coat?”​

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Placeholder

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

It was cold outside.

Joshua put on his coat.

Drag and Drop

Joshua put on his heavy coat because it was cold outside.

Step 2: Identify the Effect (the What Happened)

We can ask: What happened because it was cold outside?

Placeholder

Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

It was cold outside.

Joshua put on his heavy coat.

Multiple Choice

Identify the cause.

She is afraid of the dark, so her parents leave a light on for her.

• Her parents leave a light on for her.

• She is afraid of the dark

Multiple Choice

As a result of the bowling ball being thrown forcefully, the pins went flying.

Which part of the sentence shows the cause?

• The pins went flying.

• As a result of the bowling ball being thrown forcefully...

Multiple Choice

The colonists felt the Stamp Act was unfair, so they protested the Stamp Act.

They protested the Stamp Act. (cause or effect?)

• cause

• effect

​What effect would happen if you stayed in the sun too long without sunscreen?

• ​I think...

• (restate the question) The effect of staying in the sun too long without sunscreen might be...

​The balloon popped.

Why did the balloon pop? (Identify a cause)

• ​I think...

• (restate the question) The balloon popped because...

​Signal Words
(Transition Words)

​CAUSE	​KEY WORDS	​ANSWERS "WHY?"
​because	​cause	​if
​since	​before	​in order to
​due to	​one cause is, another cause is	​for
​first, second	​	​

​EFFECT	​KEY WORDS	​
​so	​ as a result	​then
​therefore	​this is why	​after
​consequently	​thus	​resulted in
​one result is, another is	​	​

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​Why did it happen?

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​What happened?
What is the result
or outcome?

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​Joshua put on his heavy winter coat because it was cold outside.



The cause or effect may occur at the beginning or end of the sentence.

For example: the following sentence means the same as the first sentence, but is ordered differently.




It was cold outside, so Joshua put on his heavy winter coat.

​Guided Practice - Sentence Strips