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Contributor: Melissa LaRusso. Lesson ID: 11934
If you break a plate and Mom says, "Who did this?" you can't very well say it happened by itself. There has to be a cause for every effect (SOMEONE had to break the plate!). Learn cause-and-effect!
When something happens, it doesn't "just happen." The door didn't slam by itself; the wind blew it. The money didn't just disappear from the table; someone took it. You didn't just get wet; you splashed in a puddle. Every effect has a cause, and you will examine them in our story (which will cause you to make a comic strip!).
Welcome back to The Indian in the Cupboard lesson series.
In the previous Related Lesson, found in the right-hand sidebar, you learned that a book is written with a point of view.
Share your thoughts with your parent or teacher. Review the summary you wrote on the sticky note on the last page of Chapter 4.
In this lesson, you will explore the literary strategy of cause-and-effect.
Share your answers with your parent or teacher. Yes, the toy becomes a real object, animal, or person.
This is an example of cause-and-effect. A cause tells why something happened. The effect is what happens as a result.
The cause is Omri placing the toy in the cupboard and locking the door. The effect is the object coming to life.
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Sometimes, an effect can cause another thing to happen. This creates a chain of cause-and-effect.
Look at the following example:
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Now, think about how the horse coming to life can be the cause.
Share your answers with your parent or teacher. You may have said that Little Bear is kicked by the horse and suffers an injury. If you think about the events that follow Little Bear's injury, you can see how this chain of cause-and-effect continues.
Draw this chart on a piece of paper and fill in three examples of cause-and-effect you have read about so far in The Indian in the Cupboard.
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Share your chart with your parent or teacher. Discuss the examples you chose and check that you have the cause and effect written in the correct columns.
Continue to the Got It? section to read the next two chapters in The Indian in the Cupboard. As you read, look for examples of cause-and-effect throughout your assigned reading.
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