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3. Student Learning Map
- Topic:04: Cause/Effect
- Subject(s):English Language Arts
- Days:20
- Grade(s):4
Key Learning:
There are different cause/effect relationships which may be used to connect ideas. Cause and effect relationships help individuals understand what makes things happen and predict the outcome of their actions.
Unit Essential Question(s):
Concept: Constructing Support Using Cause/Effect
Lesson Essential Question(s):How does a reader locate and describe the cause/effect text structure in a passage?
(ET)What questions might be asked before, during or after reading a cause/effect passage to deepen understanding and clarify information?
(ET)Lesson Essential Question(s):How do I construct support for a position in a formal letter?
(ET)How do writers organize a draft of a formal letter using a logical sequence and combining or deleting sentences to clarify?
(ET)How do writers include a variety of sentence types and punctuate them correctly? (Compare/Contrast)
(A)How do writers edit for verb tenses and noun/verb agreements?
(A)How can technology be used to polish a letter?
(ET)Vocabulary:
Additional Information:
Week 11, November 2 - 6, 2009, Lead the Way: Side by Side - "The Baker's Neighbor" Adopted by Adele Thane Week 12, November 9 - 13, 2009, Teacher Discretion: Trade books relating to Cause and Effect Week 13, November 16 - 20, 2009, Lead the Way: Side by Side - "The Garden of Happiness" by Erika Tamar Week 14, November 30 - December 4, 2009, Lead the Way: Creative Minds - "In the Days of King Adobe" Retold by Joe Hayes
To identify cause/effect relationships in a passage is a reading comprehension strategy, but cause/effect is also used as a text structure in expository text. Many students have difficulty describing these relationships. Although there is a unit on text structures including cause/effect later, this unit provides time for students to really grasp the concept of cause/effect relationships in both fiction and non-fiction.
The formal letter should reflect a cause/effect relationship and be written to share with an authentic audience; a good idea would be to integrate the letter writing with science, health or social studies content.
Polk County Schools
Curriculum Map/Monthly Focus Calendar
Reading Comprehension Skill Sequence
November: Text Elements
(literary elements, text features, plot, etc.)
December: Sequence
Embedded throughout the year:
*Reference and Research
*Vocabulary
*Summarizing
Harcourt Trophies
Resources:
Acquisition Lesson:
1. How do readers identify cause/effect relationships in a text and use them to connect ideas?Extending Thinking Lesson: