Causes and Effects based on the story "Ben Franklin's Experiment" by Adam Grant found in 
Avenues Level F or Famous Americans: 22 Short Plays for the Classroom

Matching exercise created by Adriane Moser

DIRECTIONS: Choose an Effect on the right to match the Cause on the left.

Cause and Effect Chart
Causethen...Effect
Ben Franklin was tired of having to switch from his regular glasses to his reading glasses.
Ben Franklin flew a kite with a piece of wire attached to it in a storm.
Lightning struck the wire on Ben Franklin's kite.
Someone puts a tall metal pole on their house.
You believe in yourself and work hard.
There were a lot of things Ben Franklin didn't understand about science and medicine.
You read everything you can and spend lots of time thinking about things.