Lesson of Using Prior Knowledge and Experiences to Become a Better Reader

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Students will use prior knowledge of story structure and identifying climactic events within the text to identify why something happens and what it is a result of. Future Learning Students will be able to correctly determine the cause and effect of events that take place both in real life and in fictional literature. Lesson Goal or Objective Students will identify and describe specific causes within a fictional text. Group Size 23 Grouping Strategies Whole Group/ Independent Procedure/Instructional Strategies Prior to Class 1. Read Why Do You Cry?: Not a Sob Story by Kate Klise. Develop post-it notes throughout the book denoting the causes and effects in the story. 2. Make a two-column chart showing Cause in the first column and Effect in the second. 3. Print enough Independent Practice Worksheets for the whole class. Day of Class Story and Discussion 1. Review the vocabulary, “cause and effect,” and explain the meaning of “cause” (person, event, or condition responsible for a result). 2. Model using the vocabulary, “cause and effect,” when identifying causes in Why Do You ...

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