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Graphic Organizers to Support Reading Strategy Instruction
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- Teacher Files
- Iowa Reading Research Center
- EdHelper.com
- This packet, uploaded by Literacy Leaders, includes organizers for each text structure.
- teacher.depaul.edu provides grade-level passages with graphic organizers.
- Free Templates
Interactive Graphic Organizers
Structured Writing Frames
The writing frames below help students organize ideas, structure responses,
and develop clear paragraphs across fiction and nonfiction texts.
Sequence
Before ____________, many steps must be completed.
First, _____________. Second, _____________. Third, ____________.
After that, ____________. Finally, ____________.
Sequence Text Structure
Here is how a __________ is made.
First, ____________. Next, ____________. Then, ____________. Finally, ____________.
Time Order Text Structure
The events leading up to __________ were:
First, ____________. Second, ____________. Third, ____________.
Fourth, ____________. Finally, ____________.
Enumeration
__________ is useful in many ways.
For example, ____________. Also, ____________.
In addition, ____________. Finally, ____________.
Story Summary (One Character)
Our story is about ____________.
____________ is an important character.
____________ tried to ____________.
The story ends with ____________.
Important Idea/Plot
In this story, the problem starts when ____________.
After that, ____________. Next, ____________.
Then, ____________. The problem is resolved when ____________.
The story ends with ____________.
Setting
The story takes place ____________.
I know this because the author uses the words “__________”.
Other clues include ____________.
Character Analysis
____________ is an important character.
____________ is important because ____________.
Once, ____________. Another time, ____________.
I think ____________ is ____________ because ____________.
Character Comparison
____________ and ____________ are two characters.
____________ is ____________ while ____________ is ____________.
For instance, ____________ tries to ____________.
____________ learns a lesson when ____________.
Reaction Frame
I learned interesting facts about ____________.
First, ____________. Second, ____________. Third, ____________.
The most important thing I learned was ____________.
Reaction Using Prior Knowledge
Although I already knew ____________, I learned ____________.
For instance, ____________. I also learned ____________.
I want to learn more about ____________.
Reaction Requiring Revision
Before reading, I thought ____________.
After reading, I learned ____________.
First, ____________. Second, ____________. Finally, ____________.
Comparison Frame
____________ and ____________ are alike.
First, both ____________. Second, both ____________.
Finally, both ____________.
Contrast Frame
____________ differs from ____________.
First, ____________ while ____________.
Second, ____________ while ____________.
Problem–Solution
____________ had a problem because ____________.
Therefore, ____________. As a result, ____________.
Cause and Effect
____________ caused ____________.
The effects were ____________, ____________, and ____________.
Magazine Article Response
The article was about ____________.
Interesting ideas included ____________.
In my opinion, ____________.
Nonfiction Book Report
The book ____________ by ____________ teaches about ____________.
I learned important facts: First, ____________. Second, ____________.
Third, ____________. Finally, ____________.
I would / would not recommend this book because ____________.
The Missouri Department of Education
offers additional paragraph frames.
For guidance on structured responses, visit my article on answering open-response questions.
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