Lesson 1: Effects - Learning Goal - Identify and describe
explicit effects in fiction. - Approximately 50 minutes -
Necessary Materials - Provided: Example Chart, Independent
Practice Worksheet Not Provided: Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes,
chart paper, markers will introduce the vocabulary of cause and
effect, and explain the meaning of cause (why something happens)
and effect (a result). I will give several real life examples of
cause and effect relationships. For example, if I study hard for
a test, I get a good grade. The cause is studying and the effect
is getting a good grade. I will model, using the vocabulary
“cause and effect,” when identifying causes and effects in
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes. I will chart explicit causes and
effects from the book, stopping after page 8. (Direct Teaching
and Guided Practice Example Chart is provided below in Teacher
and Student Materials.) Ask: How did I identify the effects in
the story Chrysanthemum? Students should respond that you looked
at events in the story a