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Graphic Organizer
Graphic Organizer
ORGANIZERS
Graphic Organizer
• A teaching and learning tool that is
used to organize information and
ideas in a way that is easy to
comprehend and internalize.
• By integrating text and visuals, It
show relationships and connections
between concepts, terms, and facts.
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Benefits:
• Help visualize or present information in a way that is
easier to comprehend, by breaking down larger or
complex concepts or ideas into smaller and simpler
parts.
• Provide students the opportunity to actively contribute
and participate in the learning process through the
creation of graphic organizers.
• Help develop cognitive skills such as brainstorming,
critical and creative thinking, categorizing and
prioritizing content, reflection, etc.
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Benefits:
• Help recall prior knowledge about a
subject and quickly connect it to
new information
• Promotes self-learning. By using
graphic organizers for note-taking,
analyzing, studying, etc. students
can familiarize themselves with a
lesson far more easily.
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TYPES OF
GRAPHIC
ORGANIZER
1 Graphic
Organizers
for Writing
Persuasion Map
• an interactive graphic organizer
that helps students familiarize
themselves with the process of
persuasive writing.
• It assists them with outlining and
preparing arguments for their
essays, speeches, debates, etc.
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How to use it:
○ Step 1: Choose a topic of interest for your
essay/debate. Do proper research
around it to collect enough information.
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How to use it:
• Step 1: Identify the steps in the
process or event.
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2 Graphic
Organizers
for Reading
Story Map
• used to identify the different
elements such as characters,
character plots, themes,
techniques, etc. in a book
students are reading.
• It’s a useful tool that teachers can
integrate into the lesson to
improve students’
comprehension.
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How to use it:
• Step 1: Read the book and understand it well.
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How to use it:
• Step 1: Gather as much information you can about
the character you are studying. You can also refer to
online resources, or ask from teachers or experts.
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How to use it:
• Step 1: Get students to brainstorm around the
selected topic and write down everything they know
about it in the K column.
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3 Graphic
Organizers
for Teaching
Learning map
• It visually depict the key takeaways –
skills, ideas, knowledge – students should
get from a lesson.
• It usually provides a high-level view of
the lesson/ unit/ course that is to be
studied and the connection between its
different components.
• Students can also use learning maps in
the classroom for note-taking.
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How to use it:
• Step 1: At the center of the map, write down the topic
(i.e. name of the lesson or unit)
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How to use it:
• Step 1: Select a topic/ concept that the
students already know and is
analogous in certain aspects to the
new topic
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How to use it:
• Step 3: Using an analogy graphic
organizer, ask the students to
brainstorm and write similarities and
differences between the two topics.
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Problem-solving organizer
• Problem-solving graphic
organizers can be used to improve
the problem-solving skills of the
students.
• It helps students identify and
evaluate solutions to problems.
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How to use it:
• Step 1: Identify the problem and write it in
the problem box
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4 Graphic
Organizers
for Learning
Timeline graphic organizer
• shows a sequence of events in
chronological order.
• They come in handy when studying history
as you can use it to display major historical
events that occurred during a period of time
along with important details such as dates
and locations in which they took place.
• In addition, timeline charts can also be used
to show the progress of something (i.e.
growth of a business) or changes. 39
How to use it:
• Step 1: Identify the different events and the
sequence of order in which they took place.
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How to use it:
• Step 1: Draw a T chart and write down the
two areas you want to brainstorm around
on each column head.
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Hierarchy chart
• Visualize the elements of a system,
organization or concept from its
highest position to the lowest.
• Students can use this tool to
understand the superordinate and
subordinate categories of a topic
and the relationship between them.
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How to use it:
• Step 1: Identify the most important element
under the topic you are studying. Write this
down at the top of the hierarchy chart.
• Step 2: List down the second layer of sub-
elements stemming from the first component
you have identified. Add a third and fourth as
necessary.
• Step 3: Connect these with lines to show how
they are connected to each other.
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Star diagram
• It is used to organize the
characteristics of a chosen
topic.
• It can also be used to
brainstorm around new topics.
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How to use it:
• Step 1: Select the topic you want to study and
write it down in the center of the star diagram.
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5 Graphic
Organizers for
Brainstorming
Cluster diagram
• can be used to facilitate a
brainstorming session or
structure idea generation and
even to help with exploring new
topics.
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How to use it:
• Step 1: Pick your topic of interest to explore. This
should be placed in the middle of the diagram.
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How to use it:
• Step 3: Brainstorm around each of the sub-
topics and write down related ideas around
them.
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Mind map
• A tool that helps capture the free flow
of thought and is widely used for
brainstorming around topics.
• Additionally, it can also be used to
organize and group information
about a topic.
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How to use it:
• Step 1: Write down the topic you are
brainstorming around in the center.
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How to use it:
• Step 1: Write down the two ideas/ topics you
are comparing in the two bubbles in the
center.