Cause and Effect Presentation & Nonfiction Escape Room Digital Reading Activity

Cause and Effect Presentation & Nonfiction Escape Room Digital Reading Activity: This digital cause and effect nonfiction text structure reading escape room style challenge is a new and fun way to engage your students and improve their understanding of cause and effect text structures in nonfiction! The detailed Google Slides presentation introduces cause and effect text structures in nonfiction with clear examples of signal words that indicate whether an author is using either cause or effect. The highlight of the resource is the engaging digital escape room-style challenge, where students read an original narrative back story where they must escape a mysterious hidden room in the Crown Room at the top of the Statue of Liberty where they find themselves trapped. Then, they must collaborate in groups to crack a cause and effect-related challenge to solve "Frédéric’s Puzzle" and find the passphrase to escape!

This is a digital resource and students complete all the work on the computer. This works well with distance learning, 1:1 classrooms, remote teaching, Google Classroom, or online education.

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Included in This Digital Cause and Effect Nonfiction Text Structure Escape Room Challenge:

➡️ Cause and Effect Google Slides: Use these Google Slides presentation slides to guide the cause and effect lesson and activity with instructional slides on cause and effect text structures in nonfiction. Also included are activity prompts, the narrative story text, story conclusion slides, and answer keys for review.

➡️ Escape The Statue of Liberty Narrative Back Story: Next, students are ready to put what they have learned into action! They will begin the challenge by reading a short backstory that sets up the escape room challenge. After winning a coveted Crown Ticket to explore the Statue of Liberty, students find themselves trapped in a hidden room at the top, with only an antique typing machine and a mysterious notebook titled "Frédéric’s Puzzle" to guide their escape from the confines of the secret chamber.

➡️ Cause and Effect Digital Escape Room Style Challenge: In this interactive digital escape-room style cause and effect nonfiction text structure challenge, students must read an original passage about the history of the Statue of Liberty and answer cause and effect questions to reveal a secret passphrase to escape the hidden room!

How This Digital Cause and Effect Nonfiction Text Structure Escape Room Challenge Works:

• Use the Google Slides presentation to guide you through each element of the cause and effect lesson and activity. The slides will help you teach about cause and effect text structures in nonfiction. It will also introduce the story and challenge, and review the answers.
• Read the narrative story as a class to hook students and introduce the cause and effect activity challenge.
• Once you have taught students about cause and effect text structures in nonfiction and read the story, students are ready to try the digital reading challenge!
• When students find the answer, you can share the conclusion slides to wrap up the story.

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