CAUSE AND EFFECT

RI 6.5
ELA 2016

Focus QuestionHow have my background

and experiences
contributed to the person I
have become?

 Content Objective- Students will

COLOSO
Content Objective
Language Objective
Social Objective

analyze how an author uses text

structure to organize information
in a meaningful way.

Language Objective- Students

will define text structure and
cause and effect.

Social Objective- Students will

collaborate effectively with a
partner.

Lets get inside the authors mind.

An author chooses to organize a passage in a
certain way to help readers better understand the
central idea. This is called text structure.
The text structure contributes to the overall
meaning of a passage by organizing the way that the
central idea and supporting details are developed.
Notetaking- Call these notes Cause and Effect
Three common types of text structures are

1. Compare and Contrast

2. Problem and Solution
3. Cause and Effect

Notetaking

Key Vocabulary
1. Text Structure- The way that an author
chooses to organize a passage.

2. Cause and Effect- When a passage shows how

one thing (the cause) created, or led to,
another (the effect)

Notetaking

Cause and Effect Signal Words:

So
Because
Since
Therefore
If...then
This led to

Reason why
As a result
Effect of
For this reason

Notetaking

Cause and Effect Questions to Ask

What is the cause?
What is the effect?
Were there multiple causes?
How did the cause lead to a change?
How did people react?

Examples
Natural disaster stories and
biographies often have a cause and
effect structure.

Read about Maya Angelous early life and lifes work.

Annotate the text and think about the text structure.

Maya Angelou Biography Questions

Question 1 (Level 1)
From which point of view is the
biography written? What evidence do
you find in the text to support the
point of view you identified?

Maya Angelou Biography Questions

Question 2 (Level 1)
Define the word indignities. What
context does the text provide in
paragraph 2 to prove your definition?

Maya Angelou Biography Questions

Question 3 (Level 2)
What text structure does the author
use to organize the text? What signal
words do you notice?

Maya Angelou Biography Questions

Question 4 (Level 3)
What is the authors purpose for
describing Maya seeing first hand
the indignities that black residents
suffered?

Exit Slip
Remember our focus question?
How have my background and experiences contributed to the
person I have become?

Many biography writers rely on a cause and effect

text structure. Why do you think this is the case?