Grade 4 Revolutionary War Essential Questions   Overarching

How do authors use cause/effect relationship to help readers understand information?   Are text structures necessary? Why or why not? What other consequences can happen as a result of a cause? What are some major events that can lead to revolutions? What is independence?

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How do text structures help the reader to make meaning?

 

What is the difference between cause and effect?

 

How are causes used to predict what may happen?

 

What text structures do you use to organize your own writing?

 

How do writers use research in order to write for a purpose? (historical fiction)