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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Same and Different Ways of Thinking [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 9th Standards
A graphic organizer for students to use when comparing the thoughts of two different characters. A blank organizer and a completed sample are provided.
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Graphic
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Problem Solving [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 9th Standards
A graphic organizer students can use to think about or solve a problem from three different points of view. A blank copy and a completed sample are both provided.
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Graphic
Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Personification [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A graphhic organizer to help students brainstorm ideas for personification. A blank copy as well as a completed example are provided.
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Unit Plan
E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Patterns of Organization: Chronological Order

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This learning module provides an explanation of the chronological order text structure. An explanation of the chronological text structure is provided, and a video tutorial lesson is provided to supplement this lesson [1:04] Additional...
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Professional Doc
Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center

Wisconsin Rt I Center: Qt a [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teachers will learn about the close reading strategy, QtA, Questioning the Author. Teachers will learn how to implement QtA; measure progress with QtA; and find research to support the use of QtA. A QtA graphic organizer is provided.
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Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center

Wisconsin Rt I Center: Column Notes [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teachers will learn about the Column Notes graphic organizer, a tool that will help students analyze and synthesize what is viewed read, viewed, or heard. Reproducible Column Notes are provided.
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Professional Doc
Wisconsin Response to Intervention Center

Wisconsin Rt I Center: Writing to Learn [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Teachers will learn how to use Writing to Learn as a formative assessment tool. Teachers will learn how to implement the strategy, measure progress, and find research to support writing to learn. A list of Writing to Learn activities is...
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Article
E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Patterns of Organization: Order of Importance

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides an explanation of the order of importance text structure. A diagram is provided to provide to supplement the explanation.
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Graphic
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Compare and Contrast [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This Center for Urban Education resource provides a downloadable graphic organizer designed for comparing and contrasting fiction or nonfiction characteristics.
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Graphic
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: I Can Draw Conclusions: History Analysis [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Graphic organizers are provided to help analyze the importance of people in history and to place events in chronological order. Guiding questions are provided to help guide students
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Graphic
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Map a Story or a History [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This graphic organizer provides a story map. Students can use this visual resource to help them record major plot events from a story or from a historical event.
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Graphic
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Model How to Map Story or History Spanish[pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Designed for students who speak Spanish, this graphic organizer provides a story map. Students can use this visual resource to help them record major plot events from a story or from a historical event.
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: I Can Analyze and Infer Causes & Effects [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 5th
This graphic organizer will help students analyze and infer cause-effect relationships. Students will use the graphic organizer to guide them as they determine several causes for one effect. Then students will write to explain the...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: I Can Infer Character Traits and Support [Pdf]

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Students can use this graphic organizer while making inferences about characters in a story or history text. Students will collect text evidence in the chart to support their character trait inferences.
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Rubric
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Graphic Organizer Assessment Rubric [Pdf]

For Students 5th - 8th
During this assignment, students will design their own clear, correct, and complete assessment rubric. A grading rubric is included.
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Website
Other

Digital Pencil: Project Organizers

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This collection of digital organizers can help students work through the research or writing process in a number of ways, and many include resource links, as well as suggestions for ways to share the knowledge gained through the project.
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Professional Doc
Other

The Graphic Organizer: Index of Graphic Organizers

For Students 9th - 10th
The table on this page organizes links to a variety of graphic organizers. Each organizer is pictured and explained. Question prompts, ideas for use, and investigative links also included on pages for individual organizers. If you are...
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Activity
Other

Greg Freeman: Brainstorming Web

For Students 9th - 10th
Greg Freeman gives an example and explanation of the graphic diagram called "brainstorming web." Includes suggestions for effective use, working strategies, and useful links.
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Interactive
Other

Visual Literacy: A Periodic Table of Visualization Methods

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This site was created through a partnering of several European universities and focuses on the concept of visual literacy, the comprehension of ideas and their meaning via images. This section of the site is a detailed image of the...
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Website
Other

Learning Resources: Graphic Organizers

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive site detailing the various types of graphic organizers. Provides information about graphic organizers in the classroom, the advantages of graphic organizers, and exploring the possibilities, including several links to...
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Graphic
Other

Write Design: Graphic Organizers: Analyze

For Students 9th - 10th
Lists and describes several types of graphic organizers which fall under the "analysis" mold, including fishbone, spider maps, Venn Diagrams, and more.
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Graphic
Other

Write Design: Graphic Organizers: Brainstorm

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Lists and describes several types of graphic organizers which fall under the "brainstorming" mold, including synectics, webs, cerebral charts, and network trees.
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Graphic
Other

Write Design: Graphic Organizers: Compare and Contrast

For Students 9th - 10th
Lists and describes several types of graphic organizers which fall under the "compare and contrast" mold, including the Venn diagram, T-chart, and the compare/contrast matrix.
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Graphic
Other

Write Design: Graphic Organizers: Evaluate

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Lists and describes several types of graphic organizers which fall under the "evaluate" mold, including PMI and KWLH charts (consult the site for what these terms mean).