Play by Reginald Rose Teaching Activities by Rivka Lewenstein

2.
Based on your answer to the question above, what do you think Rube Goldberg 
machines are? 
3.
Give two examples of how understanding cause and effect can help you study 
subjects other than English.
Explaining Cause and Effect = describing and explaining the causal 
relationships between actions or events (how 
one action or event leads to another)
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Appendix 2 — HOTS
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Volcanic Effects
4.
Below are several sentences belonging to one paragraph. 
Number the sentences in the order in which they belong. 
(The first one is done for you.)
a. Flights in many European countries were canceled.
b. Michael Lane and his bride were married by proxy.*
c. Michael Lane, an American, was in London for a 
short business trip.
d. A volcano exploded in Iceland.
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e. This ash was very dangerous, as it could cause plane 
engines to fail.
f. Newspapers across the country publicized the story 
of their wedding.
g. He could not return home on time for his wedding.
h. Volcanic ash spread throughout the skies of Europe.
*by proxy = with another person acting in place of the groom
5.
Some of the sentences above act as a cause — that is, the 
action in the sentence causes an additional action in 
another sentence (an effect). For example, sentence 1 acts 
as a cause to the sentence that follows it.
Rewrite the sentences in your notebook in the order in 
which they belong, using arrows to show the relationships 
of cause and effect between the sentences. In other words, there should be arrows 
leading from all the causes to all the effects. Remember that a sentence can be both 
a cause and an effect! In addition, an effect can have more than one cause. Also, 
note that a sentence may be neither a cause nor an effect.