This document discusses using graphic organizers to help students organize their thoughts and ideas when writing. It provides examples of different types of graphic organizers like mind maps, concept maps, venn diagrams, fishbone diagrams and storyboards. It also gives examples of online tools and physical formats that can be used for graphic organizers, and suggests using graphic organizers at all stages of the writing process from pre-writing to post-writing.

1. Teaching
Writing with
Graphic
Organizers
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2. “The pages are still blank,
but there is a miraculous
feeling of the words being
there, written in invisible ink
and clamoring to become
visible.”
~Vladimir Nabakov

3. Brainstorming, Birth of an Idea by Superlative00, Flickr
Writing is a tedious cognitive
process!

4. Graphic organizers help learners
categorize & organize thoughts
& ideas!

5. Mindmapping! Concept Mapping!

6. On the floor, as a game

7. Collaborative
Brainstorming
John, Elsa & Ben by Trozbo, Flickr
•Whiteboard
•Butcher paper
•Poster board

9. Twiddla.com

11. Mind42.com

12. Bubbl.us

13. Various Types
Image by Brevard Public Schools

14. Various Formats
Image by Brevard Public Schools

15. Teach the
whole writing
process or
address
specific areas
of writing

16. Pre-Writing

19. Post-Writing

21. LucidChart.Com

22. LucidChart.Com

23. LucidChart.Com

24. Creately.com

25. Creately.com

26. Fishbone Diagram

27. Cycle Diagram

28. Y Chart

29. Bit.ly/RWTCube

30. Bit.ly/RWTCube

31. Create a Physical Cube

32. Teach-nology.com/worksheets/graphic

33. Storyboarding
©Kevin Hodgson, Dogtrax.edublogs.org

34. Bernajean Porter, www.digitales.us
©

35. Assess
with a
Scoring
Guide!
Create
your own
with this
generator.
©Bernajean Porter,Digitales.us/evaluating-projects/scoring-guides

36. All resources in this presentation bookmarked here,
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37. ShellyTerrell.com
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