Content Area/Push in Week 1: 

                                          The American Revolutionary War

ELA Focus: Cause and Effect R.I 5.3

Centers: American Revolutionary War computer center,  NY State ELA center  pages 71-78,  Bands of Text Center (2 groups)

Exit ticket: Explain in at least one paragraph what is a cause and effect relationship. Be sure to give an example.

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Reading

1. Carry out research to find out the following:

What were the main causes of the American Revolutionary War and identify the effects of these causes

For example: X event (cause) increased prices  which made the colonists angry and led to demonstrations in the streets. (effect)

2. Create a T chart to help you keep track of the information that you are discovering in your Content Area notebooks

For example: (See T-chart example in your center bin )

Cause of Revolutionary War	Effects
1. The Stamp Act in 1765 required tax stamps on many items and documents including playing cards, newspapers, and marriage licenses	1. The colonists formed boycotts and intimidated tax collectors.
2.

You can visit the following websites for sources of information:

Causes of American Revolutionary War:

http://lajhsslab.com/revolution/stamp_act.htm

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.htm

History. com :  http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution

Wikipedia:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War

3. Create event cards showing the most important details from each effect on index cards. Identify how each cause led to an effect.

4. Writing Task

Review all the causes of the American Revolutionary War that you have researched. Select two of the most important causes and write an essay that is a page and a half stating why these two causes that you have chosen are the most important.

Be sure to cite the sources of information.

Use the following writing rubric to guide you in your writing task

	4 Points(Excellent)	3 Points (Good)	2 (Fair)	1 (Poor)
Content	1. You selected two important causes and argue why each of the is more important than all the other causes 2. Your essay is at least a page and a half	1. You selected two important causes and argue why at least one of them is the most important 2. Your essay is at least a page and a half	1. You selected one cause and state why it is important 2. Your essay might be at least a page and a half	1. You might have mentioned some causes but we don’t know which ones you think are the most important 2. Your essay is less than a page and a half
Grammar	You have revised your work to correct grammar and spelling mistakes	You have revised your work to correct grammar and spelling mistakes	You have revised some of your work to correct grammar and spelling mistakes	You did not revise your work to correct grammar and spelling mistakes
Conventions	1. Your essay includes an introduction, body and a conclusion and includes transition words such as: Moreover, Furthermore, In addition 2. You have stated the sources of information using  phrases such as “According to the text….” “The article states…”	1. Your essay includes an introduction, body and a conclusion. 2. You have stated  the sources of information using  phrases such as “According to the text….” “The article states…”	1. Your essay includes some of the following:  an introduction, body and a conclusion. 2. You have stated some of the sources of information using  phrases such as “According to the text….” “The article states…”	1. Your essay does not  include ALL of the following: an introduction, body and a conclusion. 2. You did not state the sources of information using  phrases such as “According to the text….” “The article states…”