Visual Graphic Organizers

It presents a series of steps or events in order.

• T-Chart

• Sequence Chart

• Venn Diagram

• Concept Map

• Main Idea Web

It helps organize ideas into two columns and examines two components of an object, concept, or event.

• T-Chart

• Sequence Chart

• Venn Diagram

• Concept Map

• Main Idea Web

It can be used in any content area to examine the pros and cons of something, advantages, and disadvantages, or facts and opinions.

• T-Chart

• Sequence Chart

• Venn Diagram

• Concept Map

• Main Idea Web

Concepts or ideas are represented in circles or boxes and are linked to related ideas with arrows.

• T-Chart

• Sequence Chart

• Venn Diagram

• Concept Map

• Main Idea Web

It is the inclusion of cross-links to demonstrate relationships between sub-ideas in different segments

• T-Chart

• Sequence Chart

• Venn Diagram

• Concept Map

• Main Idea Web

Sometimes referred to as spider or semantic maps, this type of graphic organizer is used primarily for brainstorming and generating ideas for planning or writing purposes.

• T-Chart

• Sequence Chart

• Venn Diagram

• Concept Map

• Main Idea Web

Similarities between topics are presented where a circle from one category overlaps with a circle from another category.

• T-Chart

• Sequence Chart

• Venn Diagram

• Concept Map

• Main Idea Web

Features that do not fit in both categories are placed where the two circles do not overlap.

• T-Chart

• Sequence Chart

• Venn Diagram

• Concept Map

• Main Idea Web

Many learners need a visual aid to help clarify a sequence of events in a story or to come to conclusions about different cause-and-effect (or problem-and-solution) relationships between multiple events in a text.

• T-Chart

• Sequence Chart

• Venn Diagram

• Concept Map

• Main Idea Web

They are visual and graphic displays that organize ideas.

• graphic organizers

• organizers

• folders