Graphic organizers are visual notetaking tools that use pictures and diagrams rather than traditional outlines or lists to show relationships between ideas. They come in different shapes and sizes and can be used to organize information for various subjects like history, compare/contrast essays, and term papers by depicting things like cycles, sequences, and comparisons. The document provides examples of common graphic organizer types like clusters, tables, chains, and maps and suggests they help with comprehension by revealing patterns and connections in the information.

1. Graphic Organizers More Notetaking Techniques

2. Organize info with non-traditional methods

3. Not like notes or outlining

4. More like pictures using words

5. G.O. show relationships of ideas

6. G.O.s: Help in Comprehension

7. G.O. Using Biblical Examples

8. G.O.s express meaning in simple terms

9. G.O.s come in different shapes & sizes

10. G.O.s can be creative

11. G.O.s organize for U.S. History

12. G.O.s organize term papers

13. G.O.s can show cycles or progressions

14. G.O. Outline

15. G.O. for compare & contrasts

16. G.O.s can be set up in charts

18. 2. Main Idea Table

19. 3. Sequence Chain

20. 4. Map*See examples hand out

21. “A Graphic Organizer… Forms a visual picture of information and allows the mind ‘to see’ undiscovered patterns and relationships.”