Main Idea/Detail Graphic Organizer
Definition: According to Literacy in Context, “The main idea/detail graphic organizer is the best used with text that is sequential or descriptive in nature” (Miller and Veatch, 2011). Graphic organizers help students organize what they are reading.
Benefits: The Main Idea and Detail Graphic organizer helps students organize their thoughts during reading as well as study or support writing after reading.
How Writing is used: Main Idea and detail graphic organizers can be used to support students writing skills for writing assignments and follow up activities.
Examples:
Definition: According to Literacy in Context, “The main idea/detail graphic organizer is the best used with text that is sequential or descriptive in nature” (Miller and Veatch, 2011). Graphic organizers help students organize what they are reading.
Benefits: The Main Idea and Detail Graphic organizer helps students organize their thoughts during reading as well as study or support writing after reading.
How Writing is used: Main Idea and detail graphic organizers can be used to support students writing skills for writing assignments and follow up activities.
Examples:
Outcome Graphic Organizer
Definition: According to Literacy in Context, “The outcome graphic organizer is best used with text that follows a cause and effect structure” (Miller and Veatch, 2011).
Benefits: Often times outcome graphic organizers are used in Science and social science classes because cause and effect is used. Students find details and the outcome to go with the details within the text
How Writing is used: Students use writing to describe the details as well as come up with an outcome.
Examples:
Definition: According to Literacy in Context, “The outcome graphic organizer is best used with text that follows a cause and effect structure” (Miller and Veatch, 2011).
Benefits: Often times outcome graphic organizers are used in Science and social science classes because cause and effect is used. Students find details and the outcome to go with the details within the text
How Writing is used: Students use writing to describe the details as well as come up with an outcome.
Examples:
This video describes how to use graphic organizers, why they are used and what they are.
|
|
Evidence Guide Graphic Organizer
Definition: Literacy in Context says, “Evidence Graphic Organizers are best used with texts that have a persuasion or problem” (Miller and Veatch, 2011). These are used to understand theories, evidence should be collected supporting and against the argument.
Benefits: The use of evidence graphic organizes allows for comparison of theories. It also allows students to put focus on both sides of the argument.
How Writing is used: A follow-up compare and contrast writing activity would go well with this graphic organizer. Students go come up with an argument and have strong evidence to support it because of their knowledge of both sides.
Examples:
Definition: Literacy in Context says, “Evidence Graphic Organizers are best used with texts that have a persuasion or problem” (Miller and Veatch, 2011). These are used to understand theories, evidence should be collected supporting and against the argument.
Benefits: The use of evidence graphic organizes allows for comparison of theories. It also allows students to put focus on both sides of the argument.
How Writing is used: A follow-up compare and contrast writing activity would go well with this graphic organizer. Students go come up with an argument and have strong evidence to support it because of their knowledge of both sides.
Examples:
This video shows how evidence is used to make inferences.
|
|