“ The Pleasure of My Company” Cause and Effect Chart

Asking questions about a narrative book can sometimes seem like a book report. The way we break the skin, or get beneath the text is to find ways to stretch our critical thinking abilities. This should be evident in the assignment below. There is a chart and you are asked to fill out the causes and effects of different events. If you read something on the cause side of the chart, please fill in the corresponding effects of that event. If you read something on the effect side of the chart, look back at the causes for that event.

There are no questions, but you'll find that a simple event can have more links backward in time than a simple answer would be able to cover. Search the book for complete answers to each of the events on the chart. You must admit that Daniel is not a simple man, so don't attribute simple causes and effects to an event in his life.

It's interesting taking apart books using tools like cause and effect, comparison and contrast, process, or even classification. This discussion will be with the entire class. Contribute as much as you can on each point in the cause-effect chart. Each student will post a completed chart and each chart will include one quote from the book to support every answer.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ONE QUOTE FROM THE BOOK FOR EVERY ANSWER IN THE CHART.

THIS IS YOUR NEXT ASSIGNMENT AND IT IS DESIGNED TO HELP YOU REVIEW FOR THE TIMED WRITING

You can either attach a document where you've filled out the chart (several sentences per cause or effect) or you can write out each answer.