Visual Graphic Organizers

Graphic organizers...

• Summarize and organize information

• Activate prior knowledge and help create connections

• Visualize conceptual relationships

What are some examples of Graphic Organizers?

• K-W-L Chart, Timeline, Main Idea and Details Map

• Concept Map, Problem-Solution Map, Word Study Chart

• Cause and Effect, Process Steps, Brainstorm Web

• Plot Line, Sequence Map, Venn Diagram

Graphic organizers can be used to...

• Organize writing.

• Make information more accessible to students

• Brainstorm

• All of the above!

Identify the type of organization that uses this visual

• Compare/contrast

• Cause/effect

• problem/solution

• argument/support

What type of text structure uses this type of graphic organizer?

• Compare/contrast

• Cause/effect

• Description

• Chronological

What type of text structure uses this type of graphic organizer?

• problem/solution

• chronological

• cause/effect

• argument/support

What type of text structure uses this type of graphic organizer?

• Cause/effect

• problem/solution

• chronological

• description

What type of text structure uses this type of graphic organizer?

• description

• argument/support

• cause/effect

• problem/solution

What text structure will be used with the graphic organizer?

• Problem and Solution

• Sequence

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

What text structure will be used with the graphic organizer?

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

• Chronological

• Compare and Contrast