Graphic Organizers

Graphic organizers are a helpful way to organize information. Graphic organizers are helpful because:

1.  They help you understand how things go together.

2.  They help you remember information better.

3.  They make it easier to write your final draft.

4.  They help organize any type of writing.

There are a lot of different kinds of graphic organizers for different kinds of writing projects. You can use our graphic organizers for your class projects – just pick the kind you want to use.

Cluster Diagrams – good for descriptive writing, especially when you have a lot of different ideas.

Charts – good for writing directions of how to do something, or for keeping a lot of different ideas in categories.

Venn Diagrams – good for comparing things that are the same and different.

Story Maps – good for retelling books, plays or stories.

Cause and Effect Diagrams – good for explaining how something happened.

Outlines – good for big topics with lots of main ideas and details. Outlines are also good for persuasive writing.

Timelines - good for telling the order of how things happen in time.