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Overview of Common Graphic Organizers

Which graphic organizers are available and which thinking skills and language structures do they target?

Below is a list of common graphic organizers that have been developed and that are available for you to use.

Directions:

 1) Move your mouse over the graphic organizers listed in the left column to learn about which language skills they can best target. Click on each one of them to learn more about their purpose and language structures that can be combined with their use.

2) Let your mouse roll over the thinking skills listed in the right column to get an idea of which graphic organizers are best associated with them.

Graphic Organizers

5Ws

Cause and Effect Flow Chart

Cause and Effect: Multiple Causes

Comparison & Contrast Chart

Concept Ladder

Decision-Maker's Flow Chart

Factual and Complex Question

The Fishbone

The Frame

Gathering Grid

KWPL

PMI

Prediction Tree

Problem Solving Chart

Question Matrix

The Scales

Structured Overview

T-Chart

Timeline

Venn Diagram



Thinking Skills

alternative-seeking

analyzing

brainstorming

categorizing

cause/effect

comparing/contrasting

decision-making

evaluating

gathering

inferring

inquiring

investigating

listing

predicting

priority-setting

problem-posing

recalling

sequencing

specifiying

summarizing





This work was adapted from the Thinking skills aided by graphic organizers chart included in the Nebraska K-12 Foreign Language Frameworks (p.278).


 
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