Cause-Effect Graphic Organizers

A variety of Graphic Organizers to visualize Cause and Effect aspects and how they interrelate to help students build their reading comprehension .

1. Using Graphic Organizers
for
Cause and Effect
Prof. Patricia Murillo  USB  ID-1112  Jan 2010

2. Cause and Effect
The reason something has
happened is the cause
Reason = Cause
What occurs as a result of
this action is the effect
Result = Effect

3. Graphic Organizers for
Cause and Effect
•You can use graphic organizers to map
the cause and effect pattern in texts.
•This way you will be able to visualize
the various cause-effect relationships
clearly.

4. Sometimes one cause may lead to
several effects and those effects in
turn become the cause of another
effect or implication.
Graphic Organizers for
Cause and Effect

5. One cause  Several effects

6. One cause  Several effects

7. One cause  Several effects

8. Several causes  one effect

9. Several causes  one effect

10. Several causes  one effect

11. Several causes can create a
problem or event, which will in
turn lead to a number of effects

12. Causes  Problem  Effect

13. Causes  Event  Effect

14. •Two or more kinds of causes can lead to
different types of effects.
•Fishbone diagrams are ideal for
visualizing multiple information in
different categories and aspects of
complex topics.

15. Positive and Negative Effects

16. Four different categories of
causes  one effect

17. Six categories of
causes  one effect

18. Causes and effects in two levels

19. Multiple causes  one effect

20. Match causes and effects…

21. References
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