Cause and Effect | Reading Strategies | EasyTeaching
Summary
TLDRThis script educates on identifying cause and effect relationships in texts, crucial for understanding events and their reasons. It explains the sequence of cause preceding effect and uses examples like rain causing wetness and late nights leading to tiredness. The script also highlights the importance of signal words in texts, such as 'so', 'due to', and 'because', which indicate cause and effect. It encourages practice in identifying these relationships in sentences to enhance comprehension.
Takeaways
- 🧐 Identifying cause and effect in texts is crucial for understanding events and their reasons.
- 🕒 A cause is an event that happens first and explains why something occurs.
- 💧 An effect is what happens after the cause and describes the outcome.
- 🌧️ Example: It rained (cause), Carolina got wet (effect).
- 🌙 Another example: Phil stayed up late (cause), Phil was tired in the morning (effect).
- 📚 Cause and effect relationships are common in everyday life and can be found in various scenarios.
- 📚 Studying hard leads to better grades, forgetting sunscreen leads to sunburn, playing in mud leads to being muddy.
- 🔍 Signal words in texts can help identify cause and effect relationships.
- 🔍 Examples of signal words: 'so', 'due to', 'because', 'since', 'if'.
- 🤒 In the sentence 'Wendy was feeling sick so she stayed home from school', 'so' indicates the effect (staying home) follows the cause (feeling sick).
- 🌊 In 'The swimming carnival was cancelled due to bad weather', 'due to' shows the cause (bad weather) and the effect (cancellation).
Q & A
Why is identifying cause and effect in texts important?
-Identifying cause and effect in texts is important as it helps us to understand the events that are happening, what’s happening, and why it’s happening.
What is a cause in the context of cause and effect?
-A cause is an event that happens first and explains why something happens.
How can you determine the cause in a cause and effect relationship?
-To find the cause, you can ask the question ‘Why did this happen?’
What is an effect in the context of cause and effect?
-An effect is an event that happens after the cause and tells us what happened.
Can you provide an example of a cause and effect relationship?
-An example is 'It rained. Carolina got wet.' Here, it raining is the cause and Carolina getting wet is the effect.
What is another example of a cause and effect relationship mentioned in the script?
-Another example is 'Phil stayed up late. Phil was tired in the morning.' Here, Phil staying up late is the cause and Phil being tired in the morning is the effect.
How can everyday scenarios illustrate cause and effect relationships?
-Everyday scenarios such as studying hard leading to better grades, forgetting sunscreen leading to sunburn, or playing in the mud leading to getting muddy, illustrate cause and effect relationships.
Why are signal words important in identifying cause and effect relationships in texts?
-Signal words are important because they indicate that there might be a cause and effect relationship occurring, making it easier for the reader to spot and understand the relationship.
Can you give an example of a cause and effect relationship with a signal word?
-The sentence 'Wendy was feeling sick so she stayed home from school.' uses the signal word 'so' to indicate that Wendy feeling sick is the cause and her staying home is the effect.
What is the cause and effect relationship in the sentence 'The swimming carnival was cancelled due to bad weather'?
-In this sentence, the cause is the bad weather and the effect is the swimming carnival being cancelled.
How can you identify the cause and effect in the sentence 'The children were hungry because they hadn’t eaten all day.'?
-The cause is 'they hadn’t eaten all day' and the effect is 'The children were hungry', as indicated by the signal word 'because'.
What is the cause and effect relationship in the sentence 'Since the class worked so hard, the teacher suggested a game.'?
-The cause is 'the class worked so hard' and the effect is 'the teacher suggested a game', as indicated by the signal word 'since'.
What does the word 'if' signal in the sentence 'Max said he’d cancel the race if the track was wet.'?
-The word 'if' in this sentence signals a conditional cause and effect relationship, where the cause is 'the track was wet' and the effect is 'Max would cancel the race'.
Outlines
🌧️ Understanding Cause and Effect
This paragraph introduces the concept of cause and effect in texts, emphasizing its importance in comprehending events. It explains that a cause precedes an effect and provides the reason for an occurrence. Examples are given to illustrate this relationship, such as rain causing someone to get wet and staying up late leading to tiredness in the morning. The paragraph also mentions everyday examples like studying hard for better grades, forgetting sunscreen leading to sunburn, and playing in the mud resulting in getting muddy. Additionally, it advises readers to look for signal words in texts to identify cause and effect relationships, providing a list of such words and phrases.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Cause and Effect
💡Cause
💡Effect
💡Signal Words
💡Wendy Staying Home
💡Swimming Carnival Cancellation
💡Hard Study
💡Sunscreen
💡Mud Play
💡Class Work
💡Max's Race Cancellation
Highlights
Identifying cause and effect in texts helps understand events and their reasons.
A cause precedes an effect and answers the question 'Why did this happen?'
An effect follows the cause and reveals 'what' happened.
Example: It rained (cause), and Carolina got wet (effect).
Phil stayed up late (cause), and was tired in the morning (effect).
Cause and effect relationships are common in daily life.
Studying hard leads to better grades, an example of cause and effect.
Forgetting sunscreen results in sunburn, demonstrating cause and effect.
Playing in the mud gets you muddy, another cause and effect scenario.
Spotting cause and effect in books can be aided by signal words.
Signal words like 'so', 'due to', 'because', 'since', and 'if' indicate cause and effect.
In the sentence 'Wendy was feeling sick so she stayed home', 'so' is the signal word.
Wendy feeling sick is the cause, and staying home is the effect in the given example.
The swimming carnival was cancelled due to bad weather, with 'due to' as the signal phrase.
Bad weather is the cause, and the cancelled carnival is the effect in the example.
The children were hungry because they hadn’t eaten all day, with 'because' signaling the cause and effect.
Since the class worked hard, the teacher suggested a game, using 'since' to show cause and effect.
Max would cancel the race if the track was wet, with 'if' indicating a conditional cause and effect.
EasyTeaching.net provides educational content on identifying cause and effect.
Transcripts
Identifying cause and effect in texts is important as it helps us to understand the events that are happening. It helps us to understand what’s happening and why it’s happening.
A cause happens first. It’s is why something happens. To find the cause ask ‘Why did this happen?’
An effect happens after the cause. It tells us what happened.
Let’s look at some cause and effect relationships.
It rained. Carolina got wet. It raining is the cause because it must have occurred first and because it tells us why Carolina got wet.
Carolina getting wet is the effect, because it had to have happened after the cause and it tells us ‘what’ happened.
Here’s another example. Phil stayed up late. Phil was tired in the morning.
Let’s start by looking for the cause. Which happens first and tells the why? That’s right, Phil staying up late’.
Which happens after the cause and tells us what happened? That’s right, ‘Phil was tired in the morning’. This is the effect.
Cause and effect relationships occur every day. For example, if you study hard, you’ll get better grades; forget to use sunscreen on a hot day- you’ll get sunburnt; play in the mud- get muddy.
An easy way to spot cause and effect relationships in books is to look out for signal words. Cause and effect signal words tell the reader that there might be cause and effect occurring.
Here are some cause and effect signal words and phrases you might come across.
Now see if you can spot signal words in a text and then work out which is the cause and which is the effect.
“Wendy was feeling sick so she stayed home from school.”
Can you see the signal word? That’s right, ‘so’.
Now let’s work out which is the cause and which is the effect. Remember a cause happens first (but not always first in the text), and it answers the question ‘why did this happen?’
The cause must be ‘Wendy feeling sick’. It had to have happened first and it answers the question ’why’, ‘why did she stay home’.
We know ‘Wendy staying home from school’ must be the effect, because it happened after the cause and it tells us what happened. ‘Wendy stayed home’.
Let’s look at this sentence. Can you find a signal word or phrase?
“The swimming carnival was cancelled due to bad weather”. The signal phrase is ‘due to’.
What is the cause and what is the effect? See if you can work it out.
How did you go? The cause is the bad weather because it was the event that happened first and it tells us the ‘why’.
The effect is the swimming carnival being cancelled because it happened after the cause and it tells us ‘what’ happened.
Try some more on your own. In each sentence, identify the signal word or phrase, then decide which is the cause and which is the effect.
“The children were hungry because they hadn’t eaten all day.”
‘Because’ signals cause and effect. This is the cause and this is the effect.
“Since the class worked so hard, the teacher suggested a game.”
“Since” signals cause and effect. This is the cause and this is the effect.
“Max said he’d cancel the race if the track was wet.”
The word “if” signals cause and effect. 'This' is the cause and 'this' is the effect.
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