Cause and effect essays

What is the fist thing you need on the introduction?

• Topic Sentence

• Topic Information

• Hooking idea

• Thesis

How is it called the idea/stance that you take and that you will argue about in an essay?

• Body Paragraphs

• Summary

• Offering a solution

• Thesis

Which of the following thesis belong to a cause and effect essay?

• English classes are better than Spanish classes, In this text I will compare them in terms of fun, learning and class development.

• To answer a crossword you will need to follow these steps; first, get information about the topic. Second, analyze the keywords. Third, check if the attempted words fit the spaces.

• Saving water can impact positively your daily life. Here are some good results that you can get from it.

Body paragraphs should be organized like this:

• 1. Supporting details
  2. Closing remark
  3. Summary
• 1. Topic sentence
  2. Closing remark
  3. Supporting details
• 1. Hooking idea
  2. Your topic
  3. Your thesis
• 1. Topic sentence
  2. Supporting details
  3. Closing remark

Cause: My brother added lots of sugar to his drink.

• It was too sour to drink.
• It was too sweet to drink.
• He broke the cup.
• He had to clean the dishes.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

Effect: I got in trouble.

• I gave my mom a rose I picked.
• I did my homework after school.
• I cleaned my room.
• I lied to mom.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

Effect: The plant died.

• The plant did not get enough water.
• The girl took care of the plant.
• The plant got plenty of sun.
• The plant was pretty.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

Cause: Jill left a glass of water outside when it was very cold.

• The glass turned blue.
• It turned into orange juice.
• The water was poured out.
• The water froze.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

Cause: Today is Alanna's birthday.

• She got into trouble.
• She did not get any presents.
• She got birthday cake.
• She scraped her leg.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

At a basketball game the crowd cheers after the home team scores a basket. The cheering is the _____ of the team scoring. 

• CAUSE
• EFFECT

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3