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Cause and Effect Lesson Plan 1
Cause and Effect Lesson Plan 1
Date 11/19/18 Subject/ Topic/ Theme English/Cause and Effect/Exploring Causes and Effects Grade _12_______________
I. Objectives
How does this lesson connect to the unit plan?
This is the intro lesson to the Cause and Effect essay. Students will get the background info they need to write in this genre. They will also begin thinking about topics
that could later be used for their essay.
cognitive- physical socio-
Learners will be able to: R U Ap An E C* development emotional
Work with partners to identify causes and effects in fictional stories. An x
Identify real-life cause and effect situations. Ap, An
Work with partners to identify causes and effects in real-life situations. An x
Define terms relating to cause and effect. U
Common Core standards (or GLCEs if not available in Common Core) addressed: W4 (11-12) “Develop and strengthen writing
as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most significant for a
specific purpose and audience.” W9 (11-12) “Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and
research.”
(Note: Write as many as needed. Indicate taxonomy levels and connections to applicable national or state standards. If an objective applies to particular learners
write the name(s) of the learner(s) to whom it applies.)
*remember, understand, apply, analyze, evaluate, create
Pre-assessment (for learning): Ask students, “Have you written a cause and effect essay before?” Gauge
classroom response.
Outline assessment Formative (for learning): Walk around and check with partner pairs on their charts and vocab worksheets.
activities
(applicable to this lesson) Formative (as learning): Students check their vocab worksheets with the teacher at the end of the hour.
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Materials-what materials Computer and projector (teacher), Piece of paper and pen/pencil (students), Cause and effect essay
(books, handouts, etc) do packet (teacher pass out to students), Patterns for College Writing book (students)
you need for this lesson
and are they ready to
use?
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7:00 Closure -Have students regroup, project vocab worksheet -Students check their answers.
(conclusion, on board, go over terms and fill in answers.
culmination, -“Hang on to these packets. We’ll be using them
1:00 more as we work on our essays. And hang on to
wrap-up)
your cause and effect charts as well. Some of your
ideas might come in handy when you begin
writing.”
Your reflection about the lesson, including evidence(s) of student learning and engagement, as well as ideas for improvement
for next time. (Write this after teaching the lesson, if you had a chance to teach it. If you did not teach this lesson, focus on the
process of preparing the lesson.)
I felt like the students were pretty receptive to this lesson, which is one thing that I was a bit worried about. But they were all very
excited to watch the movie clip (this is what I was hoping would capture their attention). And when I asked them to volunteer
answers, they did so willingly. The part that didn’t go as well was the vocab worksheet. Some of the students were working hard at it,
and they got it done. Others didn’t seem interested in participating. They were chatting or working on other homework. I would have
been harder on them and told them to get to work if it were my own classroom. I always feel a bit out of place doing that as a teacher
aide.
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