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Key Learning Areas

Reading

Concepts Taught

CAUSE AND EFFECT

Target Age

9 – 11 Year Olds

Duration

1 x 60 minute Session

You will need:

CAUSE AND EFFECT CHART AND PRACTICE

ACTIVITY

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Essential Questions

• WHAT IS AN EFFECT? • WHAT IS A CAUSE? • WHAT ARE CAUSAL

INDICATORS?

• Learning Intention / Overview Students will identify cause and effect relationships in the text Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Understanding cause and effect relationships in a text helps students gain meaning from what they are reading. This promotes insight from students and allows teachers to see students’ understanding from the literature they have read. This activity will also review causal indicator words or phrases.

Methods / Teaching Strategies • Whole Group Discussion • Independent Task

Assessment of Learning

• Oral Discussion • Demonstrates understanding of cause and effect relationships

in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. How might you customize or alter this lesson?

CAUSE AND EFFECT

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1. Review with students cause and effect. Then discuss words that signal a cause/effect. These are known as causal indicators.

Read orally the following sentences and discuss the highlighted causal indicators.

• My stomach was rumbling because I had not eaten breakfast.

I had not eaten breakfast (cause) My stomach was rumbling (effect)

• David’s tire was flat this morning so he had to take a taxi to work. David’s tire was flat (cause) He had to take a taxi (effect)

• My eyes and nose were red since I had cried uncontrollably. I had cried uncontrollably (cause) My eyes and nose were red (effect)

Teaching Instructions

A Cause is WHY something happens.

An Effect is WHAT happens.

Causal Indicators

If, then, since, so, therefore, because


2. Discuss the following paragraph with students. Highlight or underline the causal indicators that are used and discuss what causes things to happen. (some examples are below the paragraph)

Allen suddenly awoke because his alarm clock was ringing loudly. Before leaving for work he created a “to do” list. If he didn’t make a list he would surely forget something he might need. Since making his own lunch was unusual he put this as number 1 on his list. He would need to make his lunch so he could remain at work through his lunch break. Next on his list was remembering his gym clothes and tennis shoes. Then if he was running late he could skip stopping at home first. With his list complete he was then ready for his day.

! What caused Allen to awake? (alarm clock) ! Why did Allen make a “to do” list? (so he wouldn’t forget things) ! What caused Allen to be ready for his day? (his completed list)

3. Review the definition of cause (why something happens) and effect (what happens). Reinforce that causal indicators help readers identify when a cause and effect relationship is occurring. Hand out the “Cause and Effect” sheet for students to work on independently.


Cause and Effect Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

A. Read each cause below. Fill in the chart with the missing effect detail from the chapter book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

CAUSE EFFECT

Augustus Gloop disobeys Mr. Wonka and drinks from

the chocolate river.

Charlie Bucket finds a dirty dollar bill in the snow by a

gutter.

Veruca goes into the Nut Room against Mr. Wonka’s

wishes.

Charlie conducts himself well throughout the factory

tour by obeying Mr. Wonka.


B. Read each sentence from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Highlight the causal indicators and underline the cause. 1. The bed was given to the four old grandparents because

they were so old and tired.

2. But Charlie Bucket never got what he wanted because the family couldn’t afford it.

3. In the mornings, he left the house ten minutes earlier so that

could walk slowly to school. 4. She’s the girl whose father bought up half a million candy

bars and then made the workers in his peanut factory unwrap every one of them until they found a Golden Ticket!

5. Will you come forward one at a time, then show me your

Golden Ticket and give me your name. 6. If you were to start chewing it, that is exactly the meal you

get on the menu. 7. Mr. Wonka clicked his fingers three times in the air therefore

Oompa-Loompas appeared immediately.

C. Charlie Bucket is given the chocolate factory at the end of the story. What could be three effects of him getting the factory? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


__________________________________________________ Answer Key: Answers could vary somewhat.

CAUSE EFFECT

Augustus Gloop disobeys Mr. Wonka and drinks from

the chocolate river.

Augustus floats down the chocolate river and is sucked

up into the pipes.

Charlie Bucket finds a dirty dollar bill in the snow by a

gutter.

He gets to tore Wonka’s chocolate factory.

Veruca goes into the Nut Room against Mr. Wonka’s

wishes.

The squirrels test her to see if she is a bad nut. Then they send her down the garbage

chute.

Charlie conducts himself well throughout the factory

tour by obeying Mr. Wonka.

Charlie is given the chocolate factory and is allowed to live there with his entire family.


Read each sentence from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Highlight the causal indicators and underline the cause. 1. The bed was given to the four old grandparents because they

were so old and tired.

2. But Charlie Bucket never got what he wanted because the family couldn’t afford it.

3. In the mornings, he left the house ten minutes earlier so that

could walk slowly to school. 4. She’s the girl whose father bought up half a million candy

bars and then made the workers in his peanut factory unwrap every one of them until they found a Golden Ticket!

5. Will you come forward one at a time, then show me your

Golden Ticket and give me your name. 6. If you were to start chewing it, that is exactly the meal you

get on the menu. 7. Mr. Wonka clicked his fingers three times in the air therefore

Oompa-Loompas appeared immediately. Charlie Bucket is given the chocolate factory at the end of the story. What could be three effects of him getting the factory? (Answers will vary. Accept anything reasonable.)

Possible answers: Charlie and his family will now be able to eat and live comfortably instead of starving and freezing in the winter months. He could become famous for his new candy inventions. He would be wealthy instead of poor. Charlie could


make the chocolate factory popular again by reopening it.

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