Writing Using Graphic Organizers

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Writing Using Graphic Organizers
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What is a graphic organizer?

• A powerful visual picture of information that
  allows the mind to see undiscovered patterns and
  relationships.
• A tool that allows organization of these patterns
  and relationships in writing.

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Keys to effective use of graphic organizers

• 1. Consistent
• Create a standard set of graphic organizers.
• Establish a routine for implementing them in the
  classroom.
• Coherent
• Provide clear labels for the relationship between
  concepts in graphic organizers.
• Limit the number of ideas covered.
• Minimize distractions.
• 3. Creative
  Use during
  all stages of lesson design.
• Incorporate during homework and test review.
• Add illustrations.
• Implement with cooperative groups and pairs.

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Watch this video to see how you can use graphic
organizers in your prewriting.
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Types of Graphic Organizers
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Chain of Events

• Used to describe the stages of an event, the
  actions of a character or the steps in a
  procedure.
• Beginning

First event
Second event
Final event
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Clustering

• A nonlinear activity that generates ideas,
  images and feelings around a stimulus word. As
  students cluster, their thoughts tumble out,
  enlarging their word bank for writing and
  enabling them to see patterns in their ideas.

lizards
Owls
nocturnal
desert
Rainforest
animals
reptiles
snakes
tortoise
Click Here to Create Your Own
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Fishbone Mapping

• Used to show causal interaction of a complex
  event (an election, a nuclear explosion) or
  complex phenomenon (juvenile delinquency,
  learning disabilities).

Detail
Detail
Cause 1
Cause 2
result
Cause 3
Cause 4
Detail
Detail
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Interaction Outline

• Used to show the nature of an interaction
  between persons or groups, such as the
  interaction between European settlers and
  American Indians.

Person 1 Group 1
Person 2 Group 2
Interaction
Action
Reaction
Reaction 1 2
Action
Outcomes
Outcomes
Person 1 Group 1
Person 2 Group 2
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Problem/Solution

• Requires students to identify a problem and
  consider multiple solutions and possible results

Who
Problem
What
Why
Attempted Solutions
Results
1.
1.
2.
2.
End Results
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Spider Map

• Used to describe a central idea a thing, a
  process, a concept, a proposition. The map may
  be used to organize ideas or brainstorm ideas for
  a writing project.

Main idea
Topic Concept Theme
Details
Details
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Storyboard

• A graphic and sequential depiction of a
  narrative. Students recall major events of the
  story then illustrate the events in the squares
  provided.

Little Red Riding Hood
Her mom tells her not to wander off path
Little Red Riding Hood takes basket to Grandmas
house
Wolf gets to grandmas house before her
She meets wolf in forest
She gets eaten by wolf
Hunter comes and kills wolf and cuts her out of
his belly
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Story Map
Title Author Characters Setting
Somebody (The Main Character(s))
Wanted (What the Main Character is trying to do)
But (The problem the main character runs into)
So (How the Main Character solves the problem)