Lesson 3

UNIT 2- MIGRATION STORIESLesson 3: Cause and Effect

INDEPENDENT READING

Get an SSR book and read for 15 minutes.

Think of one question from your SSR book and write it in your workbook on page 10 (where you wrote your other SSR questions)

Record your reading on page 33 of your workbook

WORD STUDY

Tenement (noun) a house divided into and rented as

separate residences

WORD STUDY

Cause (caused, causing, because)

(noun) an event that makes something else happen

WORD STUDY

Effect (noun) a change that is a result or

consequence of an action

READ-ALOUD/THINK-ALOUD

Recap from last week: What seemed so unfair to Francis Mary? What does she seem to want most of all?

Strategy: Questioning

RA/TA: Pages 12-21 of A Family Apart

Stopping Points: Page 17, paragraph 2

How old is Frances Mary? What does this mean for her? Page 20, paragraph 4

What is wrong with Mara?

CLASSROOM CONVERSATION

What questions do you have about A Family Apart? (add to chart)

What questions would you ask Mike? (add to chart)

What questions would Frances Mary ask?

QUESTIONS ABOUT: A FAMILY APART

Student Responses: Who was the man that gave the book/combs to

Frances? –Aris Do we know their names? –Nielah What is the main characters name? –Nyesha Why is the family so poor? –Yenissa Where is the family going to go “in the future”? –

Ethan Why was the man so mean to Francis Mary? –Tia

WHOLE CLASS INSTRUCTION

CAUSE AND EFFECT

CAUSE AND EFFECT

A single cause may have several effects A single effect may have several causes

An effect can become a cause of something else

A chain of causes and effects (The death of Da)

“Cause with Several Effects” chart Frances is determined to ask Mike questions

Read: “The Spread of Tuberculosis” Complete a cause and effect chart for the

article

INDIVIDUAL/SMALL GROUP WORK

Turn to page 63 of your workbook

Work with the copies of “The Spread of Tuberculosis”

Underline the effects in the passage

Record them on the diagram

CLOSURE

Turn to page 62 of your handbook and fill out the “Features of Historical Fiction” Chart

FEATURES OF HISTORICAL FICTION

It’s a narrative, a story. The setting is in a real time or place of the

past. Plot or action may include a significant event

from the past. Characters may include real people who

made important contributions to the culture or time period in which the novel is set.

Real and fictional events are woven together.