A complete set of any graphic organizer a teacher may like to use in helping students organize their thoughts and interpretations of a concept: description webs, sequence flow charts, cause and effect, etc. VERY USEFUL!

1. Proposition
Suggested Uses: Before delivering or writing a persuasive speech or essay, help
students organize their thoughts.
Proposition
Argument 1
Argument 2
Argument 3
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Reas
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Reas
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Reas
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Reas
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Reas
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Reas
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From The Skillful Teacher (Saphier, 2008).

2. Description
Suggested Uses: Introduce the features or an object or topic
during Teacher Input, or have students provide them during
practice.
Feature
Feature
Object or Topic
Feature
From The Skillful Teacher (Saphier, 2008).

3. Sequence or Chain of Events
Suggested Uses: Introduce the steps of a plot, event, or process during Teacher
Input, or have students provide them during practice.
Event 1
Event 2
Event 3
Event 4
From The Skillful Teacher (Saphier, 2008).
OR

4. Cycle
Suggested Uses: Introduce the steps of a cyclical process during Teacher Input,
or have students provide them during practice.
1
4
2
3
From The Skillful Teacher (Saphier, 2008).

5. Cause and Effect
Suggested Uses: Introduce the causes and effects of an event during Teacher
Input, or have students provide them during practice.
Ca
use
Cause
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ffec
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Event
Effect
Effec
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Cau
From The Skillful Teacher (Saphier, 2008).

6. Classify and Analyze
Suggested Uses: Have students classify and analyze groups of objects or ideas
by writing levels of classification on horizontal lines and individual concepts or
objects on vertical lines.
From The Skillful Teacher (Saphier, 2008).

7. Part-Whole
Suggested Uses: Have students dissect large ideas or concepts by determining
the parts of each. Use the pie for single-level dissection, and the brackets for
analysis of topics with multiple layers.
From The Skillful Teacher (Saphier, 2008).

8. Concept Definitions
Suggested Uses: Introduce the attributes and examples of two related but
distinct concepts during Teacher Input, or have students provide them during
practice.
Concept A
Concept B
Attribute
Attribute
Attribute
Attribute
Attribute
Attribute
Attribute
Example
From The Skillful Teacher (Saphier, 2008).
Example
Attribute
Example
Example
Example
Example