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Lesson 1 (from Pages 1 - 11)

Objective

Pages 1 - 11

The students will be able to describe a cause-and=effect relationship.

Lesson

Possible Activities:

• Have the students use a cause-and-effect graphic organizer to explain behaviors of characters (i.e. Douglas jubilant, Father loving nature, Tom looking for a fight with his brother, etc...) within the story.

• Provide the students with a partially completed graphic organizer, with some causes and some effects and have the students work in cooperative groups to complete the chart.

• Have the students write paragraphs describing how events in their own lives have led to specific effects. Share these situations with the class.

Homework:

Provide the students with a T-chart. Have them list at least five cause/effect situations which occur to them throughout one 24-hour period of time.

Challenge:

Provide the students with a list of causes or effects on a T-chart from various books read throughout the school year...

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