Graphic Organizers

Question 1

They are useful educational tools in any subject area. They help students organize their thoughts and ideas for answering questions, function as a pre-writing tool for essays, and provide a visual display of information.

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Graphic Organizers

Question 2

True or False: You could use graphic organizers, but not when taking notes about new information in a lesson to organize ideas.

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False.You could use graphic organizers when taking notes about new information in a lesson to organize ideas.

Question 3

True or False: You could use graphic organizers after reading a book to organize the plot

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True

Question 4

True or False: You could use graphic organizers when comparing and contrasting two concepts.

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True

Question 5

True or False: You could use graphic organizers as a way to help students classify new information into memes.

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False. You could use graphic organizers as a way to help students classify new information into meaningful categories.

Question 6

True or False: You could use graphic organizers to help students find similarities and differences by creating analogies.

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True

Question 7

True or False: You could use graphic organizers as a brainstorming tool to generate ideas before students begin an assignment, such as a writing task, a set of word problems, or a lab, to gather ideas or formalize procedures.

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True

Question 8

What kind of graphic organizer is this?: They are great for brainstorming the very beginning of an idea. This consists of a large circle with another circle inside, where the main topic or idea takes center stage. Surrounding it is the larger circle where corresponding ideas flow.

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Circle Map Organizer

Question 9

What kind of graphic organizer is this?: Its purpose is to define a main topic with specific descriptive connections. Better for defining a topic in detail. Used for goal setting. Used to describe a central idea: a thing, process, concept, or proposition with support. Key frame questions: What is the central idea? What are its central idea? What are its attributes? What are its functions?

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Spider Map Organizer

Question 10

What kind of graphic organizer is this?: It is like a mixture of the circle map and the spider map. Works for brainstorming and organizing ideas at the same time. The center of the chart holds the main topic which is being studied and around it there can be other circles or shapes, a sectioned larger circle or connected bubbles.

Answer 10

Idea Wheel Graphic Organizer

Question 11

What kind of graphic organizer is this?: A combination of two spider maps. Basically a comparison organizer that defines differences and similarities between topics. Could come in handy when making decisions. Can also work really well as infographics.

Answer 11

Idea Web Graphic Organizer

Question 12

What kind of graphic organizer is this?: Very similar to an idea web but can only analyze one single topic instead of two or more topics at once. Also used for brainstorming and organizing. Sometimes used for data visualization that shows connections between topics.

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Concept Map Graphic Organizer

Question 13

What kind of graphic organizer is this?: Similar to idea webs, but the visual difference is that the circles or sections overlap each other instead of being connected with lines. Used to show how one topic can include many different things to define it and how some of these can even be compared to each other.

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Venn Diagram Graphic Organizer

Question 14

What kind of graphic organizer is this?: Can help classify concepts and can be used as a virtual outline for any type of written projects like an essay or blog post. It is also used to organize tasks for a large project. The topmost section is the main title or topic, below that are the qualifiers or subtopics. Below the subtopics, the relevant information forms a list.

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Tree Chart Graphic Organizer

Question 15

What kind of graphic organizer is this?: It is pretty much the same as a flowchart. A visual representation of a process, progression or set of instructions.

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Sequence of Events Chain Graphic Organizer

Question 16

What kind of graphic organizer is this?: Used to describe the stages of something; the steps in a linear procedure; a sequence of events; or the goals, actions, and outcomes of a historical figure or character in a novel. Key frame questions: What is the object, procedure, or initiating event? What are their stages or steps? How do they lead to one another? What is the final outcome?

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Series of Events Chain

Question 17

What kind of graphic organizer is this?: Helps to figure out the causes and effects of certain events. Can help to show the ways in which something is achieved by using the causes functionality. Used to predict the outcome of a certain event.

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Cause and Effect Map Graphic Organizers

Question 18

What kind of graphic organizer is this?: Used to show the causal interaction of a complex event or complex phenomenon. Key frame questions: What are the factors that cause X the same as those that cause X to persist?

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Fishbone Map

Question 19

What kind of graphic organizer is this?: Helps analyze the parts of a whole and the relationship between them. Visually looks like a sideways tree chart. The difference is that a brace map spreads out into all the parts of the original whole. The tree chart, on the other hand, is more conceptual and used for organizing rather than separating concepts. Concepts and ideas are not what brace maps are for.

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Brace Map Graphic Organizer

Question 20

What kind of graphic organizer is this?: Used mainly for comparing two topics. To compare two things through their differences.

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T-Chart Graphic Organizer

Question 21

What kind of graphic organizer is this?: Is a long line representing a span of time. All along the line, connected shapes stem out depicting events happening on certain dates. The events are organized in a chronological order. Can be used for history projects and a better understanding of historical events.

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Timeline Chart Graphic Organizer

Question 22

What kind of graphic organizer is this?: Used for timelines showing historical events or ages, degrees of something, shades of meaning, or ratings scales. Key frame questions: What is being scaled? What are the endpoints?

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Continuum Scale

Question 23

What kind of graphic organizer is this?: The purpose of a storyboard is to visualize a story with images. Visually looks like a comic strip. A common use for a storyboard is for video and film production. Each square in the storyboard can represent one scene in a film.

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Storyboard Graphic Organizer

Question 24

What kind of graphic organizer is this?: Used to represent a problem, attempted solutions, and results. Key frame questions: What was the problem? Who had the problem? Why was it a problem? What attempts were made to solve the problem? Did those attempts succeed?

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Problem Solution Graphic Organizer

Question 25

What kind of graphic organizer is this?: Used to show the nature of an interaction between persons or groups. Key frame questions: Who are the persons or groups? What were their goals? Did they conflict or cooperate? What was the outcome for each person or group?

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Human Interaction Outline

Question 26

What kind of graphic organizer is this?: Used to show how a series of events interact to produce a set of results again and again. Key frame questions: What are the critical events in the cycle? How are they related? In what ways are they self-reinforcing?

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Cycle Diagram

Question 27

What kind of graphic organizer is this?: Used to show causal information, a hierarchy, or branching procedures. Key frame questions: What is the subordinate category? What are the subordinate categories? How are they related? How many levels are there?

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Network Tree

Question 28

What kind of graphic organizer is this?: Visually outlines the key components of a paragraph. Topic sentences, detailed sentences, and a closing sentence are the main elements of a good essay.

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Hamburger Writing Graphic Organizer