Examine cause and effect by asking pupils to fill out a basic graphic organizer. The template is for any story or event and provides a line for writing in the story or event title. Pupils write in two causes in the circles and the change or effect in the triangle. Some lines are provided below to explain the relationship.

Concepts

textual evidence, evidence, inferences

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Additional Tags

cause and effect, inference, textual evidence, english language arts

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Pros

• See the materials tab for a second, similar graphic organizer that provides space for three causes instead of two

Cons

• The organizer is very specifically for writing in two causes that lead to one effect, which may or may not be the case for the story or event your class is studying

Common Core

RL.6.1 RL.7.1 RL.8.1 RL.9-10.1 RI.6.1 RI.7.1 RI.8.1 RI.9-10.1