Graphic Organizers

_{Non Fiction}

_I really liked this graphic organizer because it allows students to pre read a non fiction text. Often time’s students find non fiction very intimidating and this organizer can help them to understand.

http://teachingtoday.glencoe.com/userfiles/file/BIG%20FOX%20graphic%20organizer.pdf

This is a three way Venn Diagram. I chose this because it is more suitable for middle school students. It is a simple organizer to use and still encourages the higher order thinking of compare and contrast of three events.

http://www.realclassroomideas.com/resources/graphic+organizers-threewayvenn.pdf

Fiction

Like all graphic organizers this is great to help separate story details. This also emphasizes the differences between fiction and non fiction.

http://classroom.jc-schools.net/read/map.html

Poetry

This is a wonderful organizer to help understand poetry terms. It can be used first to fill in with definitions; it then can be filled with student created examples.  Lastly, this same graphic organizer can be used with a specific poem and examples can be taken from the poem.

http://freeology.com/graphicorgs/pdf/poetrytermspractice.pdf