GIVING CAUSE-EFFECT RELATIONSHIP TO PARAGRAPHS/PASSAGES READ

Focus: Give cause-effect relationship to paragraphs/passages read.

LET’S REVIEW

Read the following sentences and identify the cause and effect.

1. I love ice cream. Mae loves it too.

2. People are laughing. The show is funny.
3. He got good grades. He studied hard.
4. Children have classes. They have snacks.
5. The glass fell. It broke.

1. Ask: Have you tried looking around your house or your yard and finding tiny
winged animals?
2. Ask: What do you call these animals?
How do insects help humans?

The story you will read today is about two insects who helped save a prince. What
are these insects? Why do you think the prince thanked God for creating these
insects? Let’s find out in the story we will read.

 Identify the words defined by using the configuration boxes as clues.

1. . a i e temporary lost of power

2. e y one who shows ill will

3. u i i e one who flees or tries to escape

4. o t uncertainty of belief or opinion

5. i d n secret, to remain out of sight

LET’S STUDY

Read the story silently.

The Fly and the Spider

“Why has God created the flies and the spiders?” a young prince often said to
himself. “Such insects are of no use to man, and I have the power. I would cause
them to disappear from the earth.”
One day, during a war, this prince was obliged to flee before the enemy. At
night, being very much fatigued, he lay down under a tree in the middle of a
forest, and soon fell fast asleep. He was discovered by one of the enemy soldiers,
who glided softly up to him, sword in hand, intending to kill him.
At this moment a fly suddenly alighted on the cheek of the prince and stung
him so sharply that he awoke. He started up, drew his sword and fought with the
soldier, and at last escaped. Then the prince went and hid himself in a cave in the
same forest. During the night a spider spun her thread across the entrance.

Two soldiers, who were in search of the fugitive prince, came so near the cave
that he could hear their conversation.
“Look!” said one, “no doubt he is hidden here.”
“No,” replied the other, “he could not have entered without tearing down that
spider web.”
As soon as they had gone, the prince cried out with emotion, raising his hands
to heaven, “O, my God! What gratitude do I owe thee! Thou didst save my life
yesterday by means of a fly, and today thou hast preserved me by means of a
spider. Truly, there are use and purpose in all works of Thy creation.”
Richard Edwards

LET’S DISCUSS

Answer the motive questions.

1. What insects helped the prince?
2. Did the prince thank God for creating the fly and the spider?
Why?

3. Follow-up questions:

a. Who is the main character in the story?

b. Where is the setting of the story?
c. Why didn’t the prince like flies and spiders?
d. How did the fly save the prince from his enemy?
e. Why did the prince cry out with emotion?
 1. Read the paragraph taken from the story.

The prince didn’t like flies and spiders because he felt they were of no use
to man. One night, the fugitive prince fell fast asleep because he was very
much tired. Unknowingly, one of his enemy soldiers glided softly up to kill
him. Suddenly a fly stung him so sharply that he awoke and fought with the
soldiers and at last he escaped. So he hid himself in a cave. Soon a spider spun
a web across the cave’s mouth as though no one had entered the cave. The
prince heard his enemies’ conversation. But they presumed no one has entered
the cave because the spider’s web was not torn down. So the prince cried out
with emotion because the fly and the spider saved his life.

2. In the first sentence, what is the cause? What is the effect?

1. What clue word usually introduces a cause?
2. What clue word usually introduces an effect?
3. What questions bring about sentences showing cause and effect relationship?
why questions

LET’S APPLY

A. Directions: After reading the paragraph taken from the story, list in the T
chart all the causes and the effects from the sentences in the paragraph. Do
this with your groupmates. Be ready to report in class.

Possible answers:
Cause Effect

B.Read the passages then give a cause-effect relationship.

1. Whoever can be trusted with little can be trusted with much and whoever is
dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.
2. Humility and the fear of the Lord brings wealth, honor and life.
3. A good name is more desirable than great riches.
4. A man’s character can be known for his work.
5. Beauty is useless, character is the best.

TEST YOURSELF
 A. Directions: Read the selection below. Then complete the sentences that follow.
Remember that because explains why and so that tells the effect.

When the day is hot, sweat glands secrete sweat on the skin. The sweat evaporates,
thus cooling the skin. The skin, especially the skin on the face, must be washed carefully
to prevent infection of oil glands, called acne. Nerve endings for feeling touch, pressure,
pain, heat, and cold are found all over the body. Taste receptors, called taste buds, are
found in the tongue. Olfactory nerves are found only in the nose. Since fresh air is
pleasant to breathe, we breathe deeply. Since we must rest our bodies, we should have
periods of regular and quiet sleep.

1. We sweat on a hot day because _______________.

2. We must wash the face carefully so that _______________.
3. We cannot taste with our hands because _______________.
4. We cannot smell with our ears because ________________.
5. We should sleep regularly so that _____________________.

B. Give the cause-effect relationship of the passages. Draw a ring around the letter
of the correct answer.

1. Work done with excellence leaves the man satisfied and fulfilled.

a. If you are happy, you will become healthy.

b. If you do your work well, you will be happy and contented.
c. If you are lazy, you will be happy.

2. Cleanliness is next to Godliness.

a. If one is clean in everything he does and says, God is with him.

b. If one is always cleaning, God will be happy.
c. If one is dirty, God is away from him/her.
3. An early bird catches the worm.

d. The worm will catch another worm.

e. If one is early, he will get the opportunity to succeed.
f. If one is late, he will get the best opportunity.

4. Health is wealth.

g. A sickly man will become rich.

h. A healthy man becomes poor.
i. If one is healthy, he is considered wealthy.

5.Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

a. If one does her/his work early, she/he will be more successful.
b. If you work late, you will be more successful.
c. If you do your work, wait until tomorrow.