Cause & Effect

1. Cause & Effect What Happened Why it Happened

2. What is Cause & Effect ? • Cause and effect is the relationship between two things when one thing makes something else happen. CAUSE EFFECT When lighting struck the house it caught on fire.

3. There Can Be More Than One • There can be more than one cause and effect. CAUSE CAUSE The girl studied every night and got help from a tutor so she did well on the test. EFFECT

4. Use An Organizer • There can be more than one cause and effect. MORE THAN 1 CAUSE ONE EFFECT The girl studied every night and got help from a tutor so she did well on the test.

5. Which Comes First • In the real world a cause always comes first. • In writing an author may tell you the cause first and sometimes the effect first. EFFECT EFFECT The snowman melted and puddles formed on the ground because of the heat from the sun. CAUSE

6. Use An Organizer • In the real world a cause always comes first. • In writing an author may tell you the cause first and sometimes the effect first. MORE THAN ONE EFFECT ONE CAUSE The snowman melted and puddles formed on the ground because of the heat from the sun.

7. Signal Words Give Clues because so as a result of therefore so that due to if….then…. this is how consequently nevertheless thus accordingly since cause for effect for this reason

8. Identify the Signal Words Since I dropped my fork, I had to get a new one. People choose to shop at the mall due to many stores being close together. She had lots of free time, consequently she spent the day reading a book. I shut my finger in the car door today so I had to go to the doctor for an x-ray.

9. Identify the Cause & Effect Since I dropped my fork, I had to get a new one. People choose to shop at the mall due to many stores being close together. She had lots of free time, consequently she spent the day reading a book. I shut my finger in the car door today so I had to go to the doctor for an x-ray.

10. Check Your Answers Since I dropped my fork, I had to get a new one. People choose to shop at the mall due to many stores being close together. She had lots of free time, consequently she spent the day reading a book. I shut my finger in the car door today so I had to go to the doctor for an x-ray.

11. Identify the Cause & Effect Spring has arrived with warmer, sunny weather. Mrs. Potter plants seeds in her garden. It rains almost every week. Mrs. Potter’s garden is in bloom.

12. Identify the Cause & Effect In 1773, England taxed the tea sold to American colonies. Colonists got angry at the king of England. In the Boston Tea Party, colonists dressed like Indians dumped tea into Boston Harbor. The colonies moved closer to rebellion. Colonists got angry at the king of England. In 1773, England taxed the tea sold to American colonies. In the Boston Tea Party, colonists dressed like Indians dumped tea into the Boston Harbor. The colonies moved closer to rebellion.

13. Identify the Cause & Effect When a blood vessel in the skin is cut, some blood leaks out. However, platelets soon clump together at the break in the blood vessel. The platelets give off a substance that causes a tangle of sticky fibers to form. Platelets, fibers, and trapped blood cells clump together to form a clot…. The clot seals the break in the blood vessel. The bleeding stops.

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15. Identify the Cause & Effect America got land west of the Mississippi when Napoleon sold the Louisiana Territory to our nation. Due to this Lewis and Clark opened a trail to the Pacific Ocean and New Orleans passed from French to American rule. American migrated further and further west.

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17. Practice Cause & Effect • As you read today identify as many cause and effect relationships as you can. • Remember to use the organizer to help you.