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= =  Graphic organizers are a helpful way to organize information. Graphic organizers are helpful because:  1. They help you understand how things go together.  2. They help you remember information better.  3. They make it easier to write your final draft.  4. They help organize any type of writing.

There are a lot of different kinds of graphic organizers for different kinds of writing projects. You can use our graphic organizers for your class projects – just pick the kind you want to use. [|Cluster Diagrams] – good for descriptive writing, especially when you have a lot of different ideas. [|Charts] – good for writing directions of how to do something, or for keeping a lot of different ideas in categories. [|Venn Diagrams] – good for comparing things that are the same and different. [|Story Maps] – good for retelling books, plays or stories. [|Cause and Effect Diagrams] – good for explaining how something happened. [|Outlines] – good for big topics with lots of main ideas and details. Outlines are also good for persuasive writing. [|Timelines] - good for telling the order of how things happen in time.





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To Use these online graphic organisers below  from the site ReadWriteThink, click on the link, then right click on top of the URL adress in green and open a new window. > [|Alphabet Organizer] > Students can use this online tool to print an alphabet chart or pages for an alphabet book. > [|Bio-Cube] > Bio-Cube is a useful summarizing tool that helps students identify and list key elements about a person for a biography or autobiography. > [|Character Trading Cards] > This tool provides a fun and useful way to explore a character in a book or as a prewriting exercise when creating characters for original stories. > [|Circle Plot Diagram] > The Circle Plot Diagram can be used as a prewriting graphic organizer for students writing original stories with a circular plot structure as well as a postreading organizer used to explore the text structures in a book. > [|Compare & Contrast Map] > The Compare & Contrast Map is an interactive graphic organizer that enables students to organize and outline their ideas for different kinds of comparison essays. > [|Comparison and Contrast Guide] > The Comparison and Contrast Guide outlines the characteristics of the genre and provides direct instruction on the methods of organizing, gathering ideas, and writing comparison and contrast essays. > [|Crossword Puzzles] > This tool allows students to complete crossword puzzles on a variety of grade-appropriate topics, and also create and print their own crossword puzzles. > [|Doodle Splash] > Doodle Splash combines the process of drawing with analytical thinking by pairing online drawing with writing prompts that encourage students to make connections between their visual designs and the text. > [|Essay Map] > The Essay Map is an interactive graphic organizer that enables students to organize and outline their ideas for an informational, definitional, or descriptive essay. > [|Graphic Map] > The Graphic Map assists teachers and students in reading and writing activities by charting the high and low points related to a particular item or group of items, such as events during a day or chapters in a book. > [|K-W-L Creator] > This tool allows students to create an online K-W-L chart. Saving capability makes it easy for them to start the chart before reading and then return to it to reflect on what they learned. > [|Literary Graffiti] > Literary Graffiti, a high school version of the Doodle Splash student interactive, also aims to teach students to visualize what they are reading to help them develop as readers. > [|Persuasion Map] > The Persuasion Map is an interactive graphic organizer that enables students to map out their arguments for a persuasive essay or debate. > [|Plot Diagram] > The Plot Diagram is an organizational tool focusing on a pyramid or triangular shape, which is used to map the events in a story. This mapping of plot structure allows readers and writers to visualize the key features of stories. > [|ReadWriteThink Notetaker] > Useful for a wide variety of reading and writing activities, this outlining tool allows students to organize up to five levels of information. > [|ReadWriteThink Webbing Tool] > The Webbing Tool provides a free-form graphic organizer for activities that ask students to pursue hypertextual thinking and writing. > [|Resume Generator] > This tool guides students through the creation of a resume that can be saved and edited. Written and audio tips provide extra support. > [|Story Map] > The Story Map interactive is designed to assist students in prewriting and postreading activities by focusing on the key elements of character, setting, conflict, and resolution. > [|Timeline] > Students can generate descriptive timelines that can be plotted with their choice of units of measure (date, time, event, entry, or other). > [|Venn Diagram, 2 Circles] > This interactive tool allows students to create Venn Diagrams that contain two overlapping circles, enabling them to organize their information logically.
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Graphic organisers