Lesson Plan: Text Structure: Cause and Effect

Teacher Candidate:

Lisa Shelton

Date: 02/8/16

Grade and Topic: Grade 4 Text Structure: Cause and Effect Length of
Lesson: 55 min.

STANDARDS ADDRESSED:
Tennessee State Standards
RL.4.5 Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison,
cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or
information in a text or part of a text.
ISTE Standard

Standard: In a collaborative work group, use a variety of

technologies to produce a digital presentation or product in a
curriculum area. (1, 2, 6)

LESSON OBJECTIVES:
Content Learning Goals and Objectives:
1. Given a list of causes within a story, TLW create a cause and
effect table including a statement of textual evidence for each
event given represent the cause with a score of three out of four
on the rubric. (Blooms taxonomy: design)
2. Based on the authors choice of words and phrases TLW will
determine how they can use the cause-and-effect relationships
they find to understand how or why things happen in the text
with a score of three out of four on the rubric. (Blooms
taxonomy: examine)
3. Given a computer and word processing software, TLW create a
table that includes a cause-and-effect for each event in the story
and cite textual evidence from the story. Using Internet access,
the student can then add images to the events that correspond
to its content. (Blooms taxonomy: construct)
PROBLEM STATEMENT:

You are a weather person for channel 3 News. You have reporting
the news for 5 years. The television show The Weather Channel has
contacted you with a question regarding your strategy for
describing cause and effect of particular weather patterns. This is a
great opportunity you to get national exposure which will increase
your salary or even obtain a better job, but you have not studied
the cause and effects of weather patterns and this information is
given to you by the general manager of the News. The television
crew will be to interview you in the next day so you have the
general manager to come over and explain to you how the how they
organize information in a weather pattern that explains how and
why certain patterns happen so that you wont give the incorrect
information in the interview. You will be given a list of causes in a
set of events that you will use to place in a table explain the effect.
LESSON DESCRIPTION
In this lesson students will demonstrate a clear understanding of
how cause and effect is one kind of text structure authors use to
organize information that tells how or why something happens.
They will also justify their decision by providing textual evidence
to support their answer. The critical academic language that
must be address in this lesson includes: text structures, cause,
effect. This lesson is a continuation of TN ELA standard 6.
Students will use word processing software to type and create a
table. Students will use the website,
http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx?lc=en-us , as a
resource to access images to add to the table. The lesson will be
differentiated for students who did not master the objective and
for those ready for enrichment by reviewing the opening
concepts needed. Students who did not master the objective will
be provided with a pre-filled cause and effect sheet or directed to
online practice activities. They will be given a grammar
reference guide with small clear steps in instruction. The
commanding chores worksheet will be adapted as necessary for
practice and proof of understanding until the students can
successfully complete the table assignment. Students who are
ready for enrichment activities will be directed in communicative
activities to ensure their understanding and verbal practice. For
the closure students will volunteer to share their table. At the
end of class, the teacher collects the tables and polls the class
for questions.
STUDENT PRODUCT DESCRIPTION:

In this lesson students will create a table including the cause of

an event in the story, the effect of that event as textual
evidence. If there is an appropriate images for the event the
student may include but it is not required. Students will also
create a product in which they use given causes in a story to
show understanding of cause and effect, and later use the
information for a story map for comprehension.

ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE:
Criteria

Correctly sets up table 1

with
or less
the

identified 1 correctly identified

2 correctly identified
3 correctly identified

causes and effects,causes and effects,

causes and effects,
causes and effects,

Following headings: Cause,

Effect
correctly
Textual Evidence,

cites text correctly cites text

correctly cites text
correctly cites text

evidence.

evidence.

evidence.

evidence.

Appropriate graphic
(optional)

Table

The spreadsheet does

The spreadsheet The table
The table
not demonstrate an
demonstrates a demonstrates a demonstrates
demonstrates
understanding of somewhat vaguesomewhat clear
a clear understanding
formal commands.understanding ofunderstanding ofA clear
of commands.
understanding
formal commands.
formal commands.
Of formal command.

Student Product
Cause

Effect

Clara
applies
force to
one
stool.

The
stool
moves.

Clara
pushes
both
stools.

Both
stools
move.

Text
Evidenc
e
When I
apply a
big
enough
force on
an object,
like this
stool, it
moves.
Pg 66

Clara
said,
pushing
two
stools at
the same
time. Pg
66

Image

Clara
applies
more
force to
one of
the
stools

One
stool
moves
father.

Which
stool
received
a bigger
force?
Clara
asked Pg
66