Literature Poems Analysis and Interpretation component Learning new HOTS Explaining cause and effect Part 1 The Domino effect The cause הגורם The effect התוצאה The cause - I woke up late this morning The effect My children woke up late They were late to school They missed the first lesson Explaining cause and effect A cause is what makes something else happen. To find the cause, ask, “What happened before?” An effect is what happens because of something else. To find the effect ,ask, ”What happened later?” Useful vocabulary for Explaining cause and effect Cause because ... מפני ש,בגלל due to...הודות ל thanks to ...הודות ל as a result of ...כתוצאה מ - I woke up late because I was tired. - Thanks to the snow ,We have no school today. - Due to the computer problems ,the tests cannot be printed today. - Tom couldn't walk for six months, as a result of the accident. Effect This is the reason why זאת הסיבה ...ש Therefore ...ולכן So ...לכן in order to כדי as a result כתוצאה ....מכך Makes ...גורם ל - I woke up late this morning, as a result I was late to school. - I left school early in order to help my mother. - Reading too much makes me tired. - Ronit went to a wedding last night. This is the reason why she is late to school today. - The math test was very difficult, so I decided to learn with a friend.