Entry 9: Graphic Organizers

For my graphic organizers I took some that would be geared for grades 2 - 5 depending on the level of student, SPED, ELL/ESL, and so on.

For the chapter book graphic organizer, I thought it was important to find a graphic organizer that touched on all parts of the book. "Building blocks" if you will, and this graphic organizer is just that, I feel that students should build on their information as they read. They might not understand the plot until chapter 3 or 4 but they are looking for it, and as they find it they add it to their graphic organizer.

The second graphic organizer for non-fiction was "The Big Idea." In nonfiction there can be several big ideas depending on the story. SO I chose a graphic organizer that revolved around a star and for every point on the star, the students are to fill out a main idea they found in the story.

For the poetry graphic organizer (this is probably geared more towards 4th or 5th grade) I used a sort-of checklist sort of organizer. The student must provide examples of the differnt types of poetry that are found in the poem, as well as find out the main idea of the poem as well as determine the tone of the poem.