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Graphic organizers can help readers prepare to read, complete a reading assignment, or reflect on what they have read.

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Graphic Organizers

We offer a collection of pre-formatted graphic organizers that you can integrate into activities and lesson plans or use by themselves. We offer three different formats for your convenience:

HTML, which is viewable with any browser
PDF which is viewable with the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Word, which is viewable using Microsoft Word®

Item	Description	Version
Character Map	Helps describe in detail the main character, their thoughts and actions. Good for short stories and novels.	HTML PDF WORD
Clustering	Good for organization of concepts, ideas, and as a pre-reading activity.	HTML PDF WORD
Compare/Contrast	Helps with similarities and differences in characters, situations, and concepts.	HTML PDF WORD
Concept Map	Good pre-writing activity. Helps with organization of main ideas and details.	HTML PDF WORD
Cornell Note-taking	Good for organizing information gained from reading textbooks or expository materials.	HTML PDF WORD
Fishbone	Good for organizing details and events through cause and effect.	HTML PDF WORD
Hypothesizing	Good in helping to identify the three main components of an hypothesis.	HTML PDF WORD
K-W-H-L Chart	Good for tapping background information prior to introducing a new concept.	HTML PDF WORD
Plot Diagram	Good for diagramming and outlining the plot and elements of a story.	HTML PDF WORD
Sequence of Events Chart	Good for placing main events in their order of occurrence.	HTML PDF WORD
Spider Map	Helpful with organizing several ideas with supporting details.	HTML PDF WORD
SQ3R	Good reading strategy used to comprehend expository material.	HTML PDF WORD
Story Map	Helps with the outline or blueprint of a fictional story.	HTML PDF WORD
Storyboard	Helps to illustrate the main events.	HTML PDF WORD
Timeline	Helps with sequencing events in their proper order.	HTML PDF WORD
Tree	Helps with connections about different ideas and details. Useful when background knowledge is limited.	HTML PDF WORD
Venn Diagram	Good for comparison of ideas, concepts, and character traits. Useful as a pre-writing activity.	HTML PDF WORD
W's Organizer	Helps with organizing factual ideas around the 5 main questions: who, what, where, when and why.	HTML PDF WORD
Web	Helpful with developing a framework for ideas and concepts. Useful pre-writing activity.	HTML PDF WORD
Web Site Profiler	Useful tool for helping to evaluate the quality of information on a web site.	HTML PDF WORD
Wheel and Spoke Diagram	Helpful with developing a framework for ideas and concepts. Useful pre-writing activity.	HTML PDF WORD