Making Connections.

• Position: ANALYZE CAUSE & EFFECT

Making Connections Indicating cause and effect is one technique authors use to draw connections between ideas or events in an informational text. Read "Rhino Rescue" and then complete the grid below with causes and effects described in the article. CAUSE(S): EFFECT(S): PAGE(S): Some people mistakenly 1. believe that rhino horns have healing properties. 2. In some parts of South Africa, local people are willing to help poachers by tracking rhinos and radioing in the animals' location. Black rhinos eat tough 3. bushes and plants. Millions of people visit 4. Africa each year in the hope of seeing rhinos, elephants, and other animals. 5. Experts decided that Botswana is a good place to relocate rhinos. SYNTHESIZE: Based on your notes and the article, write a brief essay on...