Graphic Organizers
Graphic Organizers can:
Scaffold students' understanding and learning of academic language.
Support students' understanding of content area text.
Help students plan and understand the structures of specific types of writing.
Teachers should:
Teach and scaffold the use of graphic organizers through modeling and interactive writing.
Ensure students have easy access to relevant academic language & visual content such as a visual word wall.
Resources from Read Write Think found at ColorĂncolorado.org
conceptmap3.pdfConnecting Ideas (intermediate)
Concept Maps:
Teachers should model how to use concept maps.
Add information as one or more texts are read.
Show how ideas are related with lines and arrows.
Change and rearrange information as new information is gained.
KWL Chart.pdfActivate Background Knowledge (primary/ intermediate)
KWL:
Before reading, students brainstorm what they already think they know about a topic.
Teachers can write on a shared chart while students brainstorm or students can write what they know independently or with a partner.
Then students can brainstorm questions they have about the topic. What do you wonder?
During and/or after reading, new learnings can be added to the last section.
OreoOpinionWorksheet-1.pdfOpinion Writing (primary)
O: State your opinion
R: Give a reason for your opinion
E: Give examples that support your reasons
O: Restate your opinion!
This is a basic opinion paragraph graphic organizer.
TIP: As with all graphic organizers, model and scaffold the first few uses.
from oakdome.com
double stuff oreo.pdfOpinion Writing (primary/ intermediate)
Double Stuffed OREO Writing
More experienced writers can include multiple reasons and examples.
Informational Paragraph (primary/ intermediate)
Students learn the basic structure of an informational paragraph.
from timvandevalle.com