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Curated OER

Planning Your Essay

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young scholars discover how to organize essays effectively. In this writing lesson, students construct a spider map to develop their ideas for an essay.
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Write Design: Graphic Organizers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site explores what graphic organizers are and why they are such valuable instructional tools. Five main types of organizers are addressed: webs, charts, trees, chains, and sketches.
Graphic
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Write Design: Graphic Organizers: Analyze

For Students 9th - 10th
Lists and describes several types of graphic organizers which fall under the "analysis" mold, including fishbone, spider maps, Venn Diagrams, and more.
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North Central Regional Educational Laboratory

North Central Regional Educational Laboratory: Graphic Organizers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explanations and diagrams of nine graphic organizers: spider map, series-of-events chain, continuum scale, compare/contrast matrix, problem/solution outline, network tree, human interaction outline, fishbone map, and cycle.
Graphic
Curated OER

Write Design: Graphic Organizers: Analyze

For Students 9th - 10th
Lists and describes several types of graphic organizers which fall under the "analysis" mold, including fishbone and spider maps.