We will begin with a Slide Show to get you thinking.
Consider the following sentence. "Ryan was late for his first class today." Think of some possible causes for this occurrence. Then think of some possible effects of this occurrence. Now, each of you will come up with a sentence about something that could happen in everyday life. Get into groups of three and have one group member write a possible cause of this action. Have the other group member write a possible effect of this action. Then return the sentences to the original writer and keep them for a later activity.
In your same groups, brainstorm a list of cause structure words and a list of effect structure words. Here are some examples.
Cause structure word: because
Effect structure word: therefore
I will then write the words each group came up with on the board.
Now consider the following sentences.
"It was raining. Ryan stayed home."
We will use the structure words from our list to link these two sentences together. This is a detailed cause and effect WORD LIST. We will go over how each cause and effect word can be used.
We will then revisit the sentence, "Ryan was late for his first class today." Choose one cause or one effect and give me some ways in which different structure words can be used to change the sentence. Then share the sentence you wrote earlier along with either the cause or effect that your group member wrote. I will write the two sentences on the board then each of you should write down ways in which these sentences can be combined using cause or effect structure words. You will then share your sentences with the class.
