Discussing Cause and Effect
Aims
Goal: explain why things happen in Part 3 with three levels of causation - immediate, contributing, structural - and properly hedged causal claims.
The lesson, stage by stage
- Warm up5 min
Warm-up: Why things really happen
2 warm-up questions
- Reading10 min
Reading: Analysing Causal Relationships
Read a 248-word text about Analysing Causal Relationships
- Vocabulary8 min
Vocabulary: Cause and Effect Vocabulary
6 items
- Practice7 min
Practice: Cause and Effect Language
Matching exercise, 6 items
- Practice7 min
Practice: Cause and Effect Sentences
Word-ordering exercise, 5 items
- Dialogue10 min
Dialogue: Cause and Effect Analysis Practice
Role-play: Practice analysing causes and effects with sophistication in Part 3 (3 lines)
- Discussion10 min
Discussion: Your causation mission
3 discussion questions
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Target vocabulary
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