Reading writing skills 1)Writing skill: developing a passage with cause and-effect situations Identify and learn how the author organizes the sample cause-and-effect paragraph(paragraph 5) 2) Reading skill: understanding the meaning of idiomatic expressions in reading materials. Practice hypothesizing the meaning of idiomatic expressions in reading materials. Remember that in the case of idiomatic expressions, word formation clues can be misleading, but that context clues examples, explanations, contrasts or parallel phraseswill help you figure out meaningS.1) Writing skill: developing a passage with cause￾and-effect situations Identify and learn how the author organizes the sample cause-and-effect paragraph (paragraph 5): 2) Reading skill: understanding the meaning of idiomatic expressions in reading materials. Practice hypothesizing the meaning of idiomatic expressions in reading materials. Remember that in the case of idiomatic expressions, word formation clues can be misleading, but that context clues— examples, explanations, contrasts or parallel phrases—will help you figure out meanings. Reading & Writing Skills