Whenever the text I’m dealing with permits, I like to use graphic organizers with my classes.

Whenever the text I’m dealing with permits, I like to use graphic organizers with my classes. From the feedback I’ve gotten from students, they tell me that they help them understand the text better and they are more successful in answering the reading comprehension questions that follow the texts. Graphic organizers can be easily found on the net. Depending on the text you’re dealing with, there graphic organizers such as cause -effect, problem -solution etc. My favourites are the K-W-L (what I know, what I want to learn and what I learned-this was mentioned on Sunday’s session) and the 3-2-1 Strategy. Ss write down 3 things they found out, 2 interesting things and 1 question that they still have. As far as writing is concerned, there are also graphic organizers which mostly help with the organization of their writing, such as persuasion maps, essay maps, story maps etc.

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  1. Day In Day OutNovember 29, 2017 at 5:46 AM

    In Malaysia, we are promoting our students to use graphic organizers too perhaps because some studies have found its positive correlation with student achievement.

    Do you mind sharing your K-L-W graphic organizer? Would love to try it in my lessons!

    (The image I've attached with this is the graphic organizers we frequently use here.)


    https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/8P0Hcl-5BZmsxDC8Wms7-NHoDeGQSqMJBFTl5MCz--c_c3xSzSJJqt5-ZENJGoWZQARDZui1j3YtLNpSJwmfy9c-kJSjlMktHOE=s0

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  2. Suzanne BardaszNovember 29, 2017 at 9:52 PM

    I also love graphic organizers; I find them very effective and helpful for students to organize their ideas, whether it is for reading or for writing.

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  3. Claudie GNovember 30, 2017 at 2:16 AM

    Two useful posts. I demonstrate mind maps (brain maps,spidergrams) as a way of brainstorming but had not thought of the use if others. I'll follow up and explore - for my own thinking through as well. Thanks.

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  4. Elizabeth MichailidisDecember 1, 2017 at 2:48 AM

    theincrediblewriters...I'd love to share the KWL charts I use but I don't know how to display them here :( If you google them, you will find them easily!

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  5. Elizabeth BekesDecember 1, 2017 at 6:55 AM

    For the second session of our Film Club, I created a simple graphic organizer, which was basically a guide to the chronological events that are referred to in Freedom Writers: the extermination of 6 million Jews, the Freedom Riders, the Los Angeles riots and the "integration campaign" in education. The students folded the landscape A4 sheet in half, discussed the historical event and then checked the Spanish version at the bottom of each column.

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  6. Phil BrownDecember 2, 2017 at 9:11 AM

    Thanks for sharing! Graphic organisers and 3-2-1 are things that I've not tried yet but would like to and will hopefully have opportunities to do so in the near future! :-)

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