ESL Ideas    (B=Beginning; I=Intermediate; T=Transitional)
(B, I, T) Students use role-play for cause and effect activities.
(I, T) See also Cause and Effect Practice for activities and lesson plans. 

Cause and Effect
(B, I, T) Activities are a series of graphic organizers that use different formats for tracing causes and effects

Education Oasis: Graphic Organizers
(B, I, T) Activities are library of eleven graphic organizers for tracing cause and effect in the following formats: 2 events, consequences, star chart, T-chart, herringbone (4 causes, 6 causes), chart, chain event with 3 causes

Earthquakes
(I, T) Sample of cause and effect essay including completed graphic organizer map

Review of Cause and Effect Linking Words
(I, T) Handout review of linking words and phrases for cause and effect including example sentences for the following: conjunctions, transitions, and prepositions

Using Adverb Clauses with Expressions of Cause and Effect
(T) Table provides examples for using adverb clauses with expressions of cause and effect

Tools for Reading, Writing & Thinking
(B, I, T) Graphic organizer tools to help engage student in vigorous thinking, organize complex ideas, and scaffold interactions with text

English Works: Reading Exercises
(I, T) Traditional reading practice (main idea, details, and inference) including online self-checking vocabulary and comprehension quizzes

Graphic Organizers
(B, I, T) Graphic organizer tools that actively engage the student to put ideas and notes in order

Helper: Graphic Organizers
(B, I, T) Library of graphic organizers available in the following categories: general, sorting, graphs and charts, sequencing, storytelling, miscellaneous, KWL and KWHL

Cowan University: Ten Conversation Lessons
(B, I, T) Ten conversation lessons including simple stories, vocabulary practice, questions, and activities

ESL: Reading
(B, I, T) Reading links of interest to students and teachers of ESL students including: readings with comprehension questions, simplified classics for ESL students, illustrated versions of fables, BBC online news, short stories including listen-along files, etc.

ESL Reading Rubric
(B, I, T) Rubric table divided into reading level capabilities to assist the teacher in modifying lessons and assessments

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