Focus: Different types of cause and effect graphic organizers

Traditional

Cause: Effect:

Traditional (example)

Cause: We start thinking about where we want to go for the Senior trip in November.

Effect: By December we can make a plan to have in place for June.

Multiple Effects

Cause:

Effect:

Effect:

Effect:

Multiple Effects

Cause: You don’t study for a test.

Effect: You might toss and turn the night before.

Effect: You might flunk.

Effect: You might realize you know more than you thought you did.

Multiple CausesCause:

Cause:

Cause:

Effect:

Multiple CausesCause: She broke her leg on a hike.

Cause: She hated camp.

Cause: She had bad allergies.

Effect: A kid comes home earlyfrom camp.

A girl comes homeearly from camp early

because of the following events:

Chain Reaction

Cause

Cause/Effect

Cause/Effect

Cause/Effect

Cause/Effect

Chain Reaction

Cause: Arsonsset a wildfire inCalifornia.

Cause/Effect:The Santa windscause the firesto get out of control.

Cause/Effect: The fires spread quickly.

Cause/Effect: Many people lost their house due to the fires.

Cause/Effect:Many people are now homeless.

Cycle

Cause/Effect

Cause/Effect

Cause/Effect

Cause/Effect

Cycle

Cause/Effect:Water evaporates from

streams, rivers, and other bodies of water.

Cause/Effect:Clouds form from the

water vapors thatRise, join with dust

particles, and condense

Cause/Effect:Water falls from the

clouds as rain, snow, sleet, and hail.

Cause/Effect:Streams, rivers,

oceans, and other bodies of water

fill with the falling water.

The Bombs That Ended the War

The Civil War (1861-1865)

The Nitrogen Cycle

Micah’s Rotten Day