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aCTIvITy 1.4
continued
aCademIC voCabULary
Cause and effect describes
a relationship in which an
action or event will produce
or cause a certain response or
effect in the form of another
event. It is important to
show that a specific effect is
directly related to a cause. For
example, the effect of a flat
tire is caused by driving over a
sharp object.
3. Key Ideas and Details: Where does Greenburg’s reflection on the importance of this incident begin? Summarize what he says is the impact of that incident in his later life.
Working from the Text
4. Identify five events in “My Superpowers.” Sequence them in chronological order:
First:
Then: Next: Afterwards: Finally:
5. Often, cause and effect play an important part in a narrative. Give examples of a cause and an effect from “My Superpowers.” There may be more than one.
Effect (Response)
Cause (Incident)
6. Quickwrite: Summarize Greenburg’s response and what he learned the day bullies tried for the last time to scare him.
Check Your Understanding
Narrative Writing Prompt
Review the key incident-response-reflection events in “My Superpowers.” Then return to the alternative ending you wrote for “The Circuit.” Revise it to follow an incident-response-reflection organization. Be sure to
• Use pronouns correctly as you write first-person point of view
• Establish the incident(setting, conflict, character), describe the narrator’s response to the incident, and write his reflection to the incident.
my Notes
INdepeNdeNT
readING LINk
Read and Discuss
How is the concept of change present in the book you are reading on your own? What is happening to the characters that is causing them to change, or what can you predict will happen? With a small group of your peers, compare how the theme of change is playing out in each of your independent reading books. Add your notes to an Independent Reading section of your Reader/Writer Notebook.
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