Use this graphic organizer to develop a persuasive stance for an essay, speech, poster, or any type of assignment that incorporates persuasion.
Persuasion Map
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K-W-L Chart
3 - 8
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This K-W-L Chart, which tracks what a student knows (K), wants to know (W), and has learned (L) about a topic, can be used before, during, and after research projects.
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T-Chart
3 - 8
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Use this T-Chart to examine two facets of an object, situation, or event and to make comparisons related to a variety of subjects and content areas.
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Character Map
K - 6
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Who are the characters in this story? Students will examine what a character looks like, what a character does, and how other characters react to him or her.
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Compare and Contrast Chart
3 - 12
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This organizer can be used to help students explain similarities and differences between two things or ideas. After this organizer has been completed, it could easily be developed into a classroom discussion or writing topic on the information gathered.
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Conflict Map
3 - 12
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Ask students to remember a story with no problem or conflict. That would be difficult to do! With this printout, students learn to examine the critical plot element of conflict.
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Venn Diagram, 2 Circles
K - 12
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Students use this graphic organizer to describe similarities and differences between two objects.
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Alphabet Chart
K - 1
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This alphabet chart has many possibilities for helping your students learn and review their letters, sounds, phonemes, and word formations.
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Essay Map
3 - 12
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Use this graphic organizer to develop an outline for an essay that includes an introductory statement, main ideas, supporting details, and a conclusion.
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Making Connections
3 - 8
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Using this printout, students make personal associations to a text by finding and describing text-to-text, text-to-self, and text-to-world connections.
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Narrative Pyramid
3 - 8
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After students read a short story or chapter of a novel, they can use the Narrative Pyramid to reflect on key ideas and details.
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Nonfiction Pyramid
3 - 8
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After students read an article or other work of nonfiction, they can use the Nonfiction Pyramid to reflect on key ideas and details in the text.
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Connection Stems
3 - 8
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Connection Stems give students the language (and a reminder) to support their understanding by tying new learning to what they know about themselves and their world.
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K-W-L-S Chart
3 - 8
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This printable extends the familiar K-W-L's means of organizing students' prior knowledge, formulating inquiry questions, and recording new learning by adding space for questions for further inquiry.
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Venn Diagram, 3 Circles
K - 12
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Students use this graphic organizer to describe similarities and differences between three objects or ideas.
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I-Search Chart
9 - 12
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As part of an I-Search writing process, this handout facilitates the formation of meaningful questions and subquestions for student inquiry.
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I-Search Process Reflection Chart
9 - 12
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This chart asks students to consider their challenges and successes across the span of the research process, from question formulation to the final write-up.
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I-Chart
3 - 12
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This printout assists students with generating meaningful questions about a topic and organizing their writing by using a structured guide while researching.
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Concept Map
3 - 8
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This concept map can be used in a variety of ways to show relationships between words and phrases. Students can add arrows as needed and group certain ideas together.
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Connection Web
3 - 8
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Students use this printout to expand on connections they have made to a text and use those details to write essays or create projects about the text.