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Expressing Time, Place and Cause

Use conjunctions (when, before, after, while, so, because), adverbs (then, next, soon, therefore) and prepositions (before, after, during, in, because of) to express time, place and cause within and across sentences

Lesson

Set out your lesson

Use different word classes to connect time, place and cause.

Before teaching

Activity

Follow this model in an accessible mode before attempting independent work. Graph ordering is not learner mastery; revisit prerequisites if the guided task still needs full modeling.

Policy

Check readiness rather than assuming source graph order establishes attainment.

Printer, credit, and teaching notes

Use the complete scene cards; write a short account, not a list of labels. Open Show (S), then Guided (G), then Try (T). Hide earlier work and keys before Try. Use only the supplied stage material; do not invent additional cards. Pause or split the session if needed.

Materials are ready in each step. Use them on screen or print just the current step. Put teaching examples aside before the learner tries.

Next: Show

Adult extras
What this lesson covers and its limits

These are bounded opportunities, not learner attainment. Partial and blocked source requirements remain so.

  • partial: Use conjunctions (when, before, after, while, so, because), adverbs (then, next, soon, therefore) and prepositions (before, after, during, in, because of) to express time, place and cause within and across sentences

    Short composition opportunity; some canonical example labels are imprecise, so because is explicitly taught as cause, not time.

  • partial: Use time conjunctions to connect clauses (e.g., 'We went inside because it was raining', 'After the bell rang, we lined up')

    Short composition opportunity; some canonical example labels are imprecise, so because is explicitly taught as cause, not time.

  • partial: Use adverbs of time and cause within sentences (e.g., 'First, she opened the door. Then, she stepped outside. Therefore, she got wet.')

    Short composition opportunity; some canonical example labels are imprecise, so because is explicitly taught as cause, not time.

  • partial: Use prepositions of time and cause in phrases (e.g., 'during the lesson', 'before lunch', 'because of the rain')

    Short composition opportunity; some canonical example labels are imprecise, so because is explicitly taught as cause, not time.

  • partial: When {{name}} writes a story, do they use time words like "after", "while", or "soon" to show the order things happened — rather than starting every sentence with "then"?

    Short composition opportunity; some canonical example labels are imprecise, so because is explicitly taught as cause, not time.

  • Short composition opportunity; some canonical example labels are imprecise, so because is explicitly taught as cause, not time.

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Library of Congress · Practice link — not the full lesson

The Lion & the Gnat

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Before you open · source notes

The Lion & the Gnat supports reading and discussion for this literacy topic. Not a novel study.

Free public-domain story text, no sign-in.

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Ask the learner one question about a character choice or what happened in the story.

Opening this link does not save learning or assess mastery.

Source, access and review notes

Public Library of Congress Read.gov Aesop page. An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt. The story text is public domain on this page. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. This is reading text, not an automatically marked comprehension quiz.

Library of Congress / Read.gov. “The Lion & the Gnat.” Public-domain text linked only; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute a separate edition.

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Check understanding

  • Use time conjunctions to connect clauses (e.g., 'We went inside because it was raining', 'After the bell rang, we lined up')
  • Use adverbs of time and cause within sentences (e.g., 'First, she opened the door. Then, she stepped outside. Therefore, she got wet.')
  • Use prepositions of time and cause in phrases (e.g., 'during the lesson', 'before lunch', 'because of the rain')
“When your child writes a story, do they use time words like "after", "while", or "soon" to show the order things happened — rather than starting every sentence with "then"?”

Curriculum record

Type
Procedural
Subject
English
Domain
Grammar & Punctuation
Age range
Ages 7–12

Standards

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