Digital Unit Plan Template

Unit Title: He/She/It did it! This is what happened!

Name: Cristina Rodriguez

Content Area: English Language Development

Grade Level: 9-10th

CA Content Standard(s)/Common Core Standard(s):

6. Reading closely literary and informational texts and viewing multimedia to determine how meaning is conveyed
explicitly and implicitly through language
a) Explain ideas, phenomena, processes, and relationships within and across texts (e.g., compare/contrast,
cause/effect, themes, evidencebased argument) based on close reading of a variety of gradeappropriate texts,
presented in various print and multimedia formats, using increasingly detailed sentences, and an increasing variety of
general academic and domainspecific words.
b) Explain inferences and conclusions drawn from close reading of grade appropriate texts and viewing of multimedia
using an increasing variety of verbs and adverbials (e.g., indicates that, suggests, as a result).
c) Use knowledge of morphology (e.g., affixes, Greek and Latin roots), context, reference materials, and visual cues to
determine the meaning of unknown and multiplemeaning words on familiar and new topics.
Big Ideas:
What is cause? What is effect? What are the relationships between cause and effect? How does it apply in real life
situations and in fictional text? What are word clues for cause and effect?

Unit Goals and Objectives:

1.
Identify the relationship between cause and effect implied and explicit.
2.
Recognize and explain cause and effect and its verbs/adverbials used in various print and multimedia formats while
comprehending the points of the text
3.
Recognize cause and effect relationships when they are implied or not elaborated. Students will also add unknown
words encounter in the text to their vocabulary matrix

Unit Summary:
Students will be able to recognize cause and effect texts and understand the relationships between cause and effect in stories,
real life situations, and inferences found in different print formats. They will also acquire new vocabulary and understand
multiple-meaning words for words found in these texts by writing new words in a vocabulary matrix.

Assessment Plan:
Entry-Level:
Quick write & class sharing- answer
questions about cause and effect and
share their answers in class.

Lesson 1

Formative:
Questions for understanding- ask
questions throughout the readings to
confirm that the students understand
cause & effect relationships as well the
content of the text.
Beach Ball Game- there will be a beach
ball with questions, vocabulary,
examples, etc. written on it. Students will
lightly throw the ball, when the student
catches the ball he/she has to read what
his/her right thumb landed on. Then
he/she has to answer the question or give
an example of what it is asking
Matching- Students will get a piece of
paper with either a cause or an effect.
They will walk around the classroom and
sharing that paper with their peers while
they try to recognize and identify
whether their piece of paper belongs to
another paper his/her peer has.

Summative:
Newspaper Article create a story with
cause and effect - Students will create a
newspaper article of a story of their
choice with at least one cause and at leas
3 effects.
Group Sharing Students will share in
small groups their newspaper article and
answer sheet Students would need to bring two extra
copies of their article. In groups of three,
each student will share their article.
They will try to find the cause, the effect,
and do a quick summary of their two
other peers article.

Student Learning
Objective:
Identify the
relationship between
cause and effect
implied and explicit.

Acceptable Evidence:
Students will fill out
the guided notes as a
form of a study guide.
The teacher will ask
them questions
throughout the
presentation and have
them participate in
the activities found
within the teachers
lecture.

Instructional
Strategies:
Communication
Collection
Collaboration
Presentation
Organization
Interaction

Lesson Activities:
Students will fill out a guided note to fill out the most
important information of the teachers lecture. They will also
do some practice identifying cause and effect and go over it
in class. At the end of the lecture, they will create a mini
story with a cause leading to effects. As an overview, they
will be asked questions to see if they understood the
presentation, which is the introduction to the lesson.

Acceptable Evidence:
Students will fill out
the Webercise and
then share it in
groups to see they
understood the
assignment. If one
student does not
understand a question
of the assignment,
then his/her peers will
ask him/her questions
that will lead his/her
peer to think deeper
instead of giving
him/her an straight
answer.

Instructional
Strategies:
Communication
Collection
Collaboration
Presentation
Organization
Interaction

Lesson Activities:
Students will fill out the Webercise activity with the close
reading assignments. This will help them with identifying
cause and effect relationships as well check for
understanding of the text.

Acceptable Evidence:
Students will show
understanding of
cause/effect and
solution and
comprehension of a

Instructional
Strategies:
Communication
Collection
Collaboration
Presentation

Lesson Activities:
Mindmap- create a digital graphic organizer of one of the
readings listed or approved before hand. Identify cause,
effect and a (possible) solution. Sometimes the causes or the
effects are not listed in a text, this will help students
recognize possible causes and effects by the information
given.

Lesson 2
Student Learning
Objective:
Recognize and
explain cause
and effect and
its
verbs/adverbia
ls used in
various print
and
multimedia
formats while
comprehendin
g the points of
the text

Lesson 3
Student Learning
Objective:
Recognize
cause and
effect
relationships

when they are

implied or not
elaborated.
Students will
also add
unknown
words
encounter in
the text to
their
vocabulary
matrix
Unit Resources:

non-fictional text. This

will be shared with
their peers who will
then ask questions or
comment about their
peers selected text.
Students should have
at least three new
vocabulary words
taken out from their
group

Organization
Interaction

Vocabulary Matrix- Add at least 3 new words into their

vocabulary matrix. This will be shared with a group of four.
They will write the words in their vocabulary matrix if they
dont know the words meaning.

Microsoft Word
Microsoft PowerPoint

Useful Websites:

Persuasive Writing Games This is a great source to help you practice more on recognizing cause and effect relationships.
Cause and Effect Jeopardy Game #1 This game will help you practice in recognizing the cause or effect in a sentence.

LiveBinders: He/She/It did it! This is what happened! Find other useful resources to help you practice cause and effect. It includes games,
readings, videos, and a presentation created from another persons perspective.