Strategy 5: Using Graphic Organizers
Graphic organizers represent very effective tools to support Content-Based Instruction (CBI). Using such tools can greatly enhance and optimize lesson plans for CBI.
Below is a list of links which will first provide you with a rationale for using such tools and then walk you through the major steps involved in the creation and integration of graphic organizers in your lesson plan.
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Why use graphic organizers?
Rationale for using Graphic Organizers in your content based instructional
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Which organizers are available and which thinking skills
and language structures do they target?
A quick overview of the many Graphic Organizers that have already
been developed and that are available to you as well as a description
of the thinking skills each one of them targets. |
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What do teachers need to think about to prepare and
use graphic organizers?
Major steps involved in the preparation and use of a graphic organizer
(things teachers ought to think about). |
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How can a graphic organizer be used effectively in a
lesson?
Examples of how graphic organizer can be successfully used (activities
developed by CobaLTT participants). |
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Which graphic organizers can I modify and print for
use in my classroom?
Customizable graphic organizer templates ready to be edited and
then printed. |
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Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (CARLA)
