Using Graphic Organizers to Understand Text

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Using Graphic Organizers to

Understand Text

By

Barbara Noel


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2 Types of Text

Narrative

Expository

Sample text

Primary Sources: Lewis and Clark Journals

Primary

sources: http://www.campusschool.dsu.edu/lofti/primary.htmFollow in the Footsteps of Lewis and Clark

http://www.sierraclub.org/lewisandclark/

Secondary Sources:

From: http://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers

Retrieved June 3, 2007
http://www.campusschool.dsu.edu/lofti/primary.htmhttp://www.sierraclub.org/lewisandclark/http://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers/http://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers/http://www.sierraclub.org/lewisandclark/http://www.campusschool.dsu.edu/lofti/primary.htm


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Narrative

Setting

Where &When

Problem

Event #2

Event #1

Event #3

Beginning

MiddleEnd

Characters


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Expository

1. Enumeration

2. Description

3. Sequence4. Comparison and contrast

5. Cause and Effect

6. Problem and Solution


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Enumeration

Lists information that

is connected such as:

Steps

Ideas

Signal / Cue Words

the following

Then

in addition another

furthermore finally

From: http://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers/
http://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers/http://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers/


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Sample Enumeration

Preparing and preserving plants is a time-

consuming and demanding process. A

specimen has to be spread out properly,

then pressed between two sheets ofblotting paper. The paper soaks up the

moisture from the specimen, drying it

out. The specimen must be removed,aired, and placed between fresh sheets

until it is completely dry, so it won't rot.


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Sample Description

"..... in my walk I Killed a Buck Goat of this Countrey,about the hight of the Grown Deer, its body Shorter theHorns which is not very hard and forks 2/3 up one prongShort the other round & Sharp arched, and is imediately

above its Eyes the Colour is a light gray with blackbehind its ears down its neck, and its face white round itsneck, its Sides and rump round its tail which is Short &white: Verry actively made, has only a pair of hoofs toeach foot, his brains on the back of his head, his

Norstrals large, his eyes like a Sheep he is more like theAntilope or Gazella of Africa than any other Species ofGoat." Lewis and Clark As Naturalists
http://web4.si.edu/lewisandclark/index.html?loc=/lewisandclark/journal.cfm?id=981http://web4.si.edu/lewisandclark/index.html?loc=/lewisandclark/journal.cfm?id=981


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Sequence

Shows a series of events

Signal / Cue Words

First second third

Until while by last soon

then after at that time

now during

From:

http://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers
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Sample Sequence

By early 1803 Lewis was in Philadelphia. He

took crash courses in medicine, botany, zoology,

and celestial observation. He studied maps and

journals of traders and trappers who had alreadyreached as far up the Missouri River as the

Mandan villages in North Dakota. By the time he

left Washington he knew as much about the

West, and what to do when he got there, as anyman in America. Lewis and Clark: Preparations
http://www.lewis-clark.org/journal_prep.htmhttp://www.lewis-clark.org/journal_prep.htmhttp://www.lewis-clark.org/journal_prep.htmhttp://www.lewis-clark.org/journal_prep.htmhttp://www.lewis-clark.org/journal_prep.htm


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Comparison/ Contrast

Describes the

characteristics of

something as they are

similar or different to

something else.

Signal words

however even though

but on the contrary

yet otherwise

despite in comparison

still on the other hand



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Sample Comparison/Contrast

In temperament Lewis and Clark were

opposites. Lewis was introverted, melancholic,

and moody; Clark, extroverted, even-tempered

and gregarious. The better educated and morerefined Lewis, who possessed a philosophical,

romantic and speculative mind, was at home

with abstract ideas; Clark, of a pragmatic mold,

was more of a practical man of action. Eachsupplied vital qualities which balanced their

partnership. Biography of Lewis and Clark
http://lewisclark.net/biography/index.htmlhttp://lewisclark.net/biography/index.html


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Cause/Effect

Shows several reasons why somethinghappened

Signal / Cue Wordsfor this reason thus

in order to as a result

because consequently

so that on account of

therefore accordingly

From:http://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers


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Problem and Solution

To identify a problem

and give possible

solutions

Signal Words problem

solution

because

causesince

as a result

so that



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Sample Problem

On June second they arrived at a major fork in the river,in north-central Montana, an estimated 465 river milesupstream from the mouth of the Yellowstone. It shouldn'thave been there. No Indian informant had mentioned it.There was not even a hint of it from anybody. Yet it

posed the most significant geographical question of theentire Expedition. Which of these rivers was theMissouri? The issue was fraught with danger. Theyneeded to reach the Rockies, find the Shoshoni Indians,get some horses, portage to the head of the Columbia,

and reach the Pacific before winter closed in. To choosethe wrong route would consume twice the time it wouldtake to correct the mistake, and would, Lewis declared,not only lose them the whole of the present travelseason, but "would probably so dishearten the party thatit might defeat the expedition altogether." Decision at

the Marias
http://www.lewis-clark.org/journal_apr26-1805.htmhttp://www.lewis-clark.org/journal_apr26-1805.htmhttp://www.lewis-clark.org/journal_apr26-1805.htmhttp://www.lewis-clark.org/journal_apr26-1805.htm


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From:http://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers


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Websites

Education Placehttp://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/

Index of Graphic Organizershttp://www.graphic.org/goindex.html

SCOREhttp://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/torganiz.htm

Graphic Organizer Makers http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/graphic_org/

Write Design Graphic Organizers

http://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers/Graphic Organizershttp://www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/biography/index.shtml(need to be a member)
http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/http://www.graphic.org/goindex.htmlhttp://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/torganiz.htmhttp://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/graphic_org/http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/graphic_org/http://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers/http://www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/biography/index.shtmlhttp://www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/biography/index.shtmlhttp://www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/biography/index.shtmlhttp://www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/biography/index.shtmlhttp://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers/http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/graphic_org/http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/graphic_org/http://teachers.teach-nology.com/web_tools/graphic_org/http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/torganiz.htmhttp://www.graphic.org/goindex.htmlhttp://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/

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