| Graphic Organizers and More |
| ABC Brainstorming: Fun sheet for coming up with ideas. |
| Blank Monthly Calendar: This blank calendar can be completed by students. It’s good for young kids just starting to learn their months and holidays, older students learning a foreign language, or for filling in and displaying in a classroom to show field trips and test days. | Blank Monthly Calendar Version 2 |
| Click here for one-page blank printable monthly calendar pages for specific months (such as June, 2010). |
| Citations: Guide to Writing Cited Essays and Research Papers |
| Classroom Weekly Newsletter Template: Version 1 (DOCX | PDF) has boxes with entries for items such as "birthdays." | Version 2 (DOCX | PDF) has blank boxes. |
| College/High School Course Assignment Planner: This is best used by students operating under a syllabus. For each class, the student lists all individual assignments due for the semester/term. A row might read "Read chapter one of Far from the Madding Crowd," "3/3/2010," "__." The next line might read "Answer chapter one questions on Far from the Madding Crowd." The idea is to go in sequential order and to be very specific. Students who lump "read chapter one and answer the questions and come up with topic for paper" tend to forget to do at least one of these items. This can lead to a feeling of being overwhelmed and cause students to fall behind. By listing assignments line-by-line, as these items are checked off as complete, the student feels a real sense of progress. Students are recommended to keep a sheet for each course. Every weekday, the student aims to check off at least one item on each list. The average college course boils down to around 30 small assignments. This equates to six weeks of "homework" (one assignment row per day, five days per week) and a student being ahead of the class. Use of this type of planning technique is proven (including by our own experiences) to keep students on track. Remember to look at the syllabus as an apple, with the individual assignments in their tidy little rows as bites you can chew. PDF Version | Microsoft Word 2007 Version |
| Concept Circles: Concept maps in the form of a circle divided into four equal sections. |
| Cycle/Circular Flow Chart: Boxes, formed into a circular pattern with arrows flowing from one box to the next (one-page printable with 5, 6, or 7 boxes). Five | Six | Seven |
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Family Tree:
Horizontal formatting.
With Labels |
Without Labels for Non-Traditional Families Family Tree: Vertical formatting. Blank family tree chart (genealogical ancestry from student through great-grandparents) in vertical layout - Version: PDF | DOCX |
| Five-Paragraph Essay Organizer: Line-by-line color-coded organizer to familiarize students with the nuts and bolts of basic essay-writing and organization. |
| Five Ws and How: Who, what, why, when, where, how. |
| Graph Paper: Quarter-inch graph paper with gray lines. Word 2007 Version | .pdf Version |
| KWL Chart: Know, Want to Know, Learned |
| Organize the Facts Worksheet: Teachers give students topics to research (using notes, textbooks, etc.) and students complete the boxes labeled for who, what, why, when, where, and how. |
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Organizing Information - The Outline: This
sheet is designed to introduce students to the concept of organizing
information for writing by placing facts into an outline. HANDOUT: Sample Outline with George Washington As Topic HANDOUT: Sample Outline with My Life As Topic HANDOUT: Sample Outline with Three Sub-Topics (Blank) |
| HANDOUT: Ten steps of a process. Numbered arrows lead from one step to another, with plenty of room for students to describe each step. |
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Pros and Cons Table:
Students are given choices ("Should Congress pass this law, yes or no?"
"Should the United States go to war, yes or no?") and asked to weigh the
pros and cons. For more advanced students, teachers may give several
options ("Continue sending supplies to Britain," "Discontinue sending
supplies to Britain," "Declare war on Germany," etc.).
High school students enjoy
thinking of options as a whole group, then discussing the pros and cons
of each choice in smaller groups.
Pros and Cons Chart for Two Choices |
| Puzzle Grid: This is a graphed word search puzzle grid for having students to create their own puzzles with a given list of vocabulary terms. |
| Pyramid Charts: Printable pyramids, with total levels from three to nine, for illustrating a hierarchy. |
| Reference Citations Chart: This chart is designed to help students learn how to cite references within an essay. It is an easy alternative to old-fashioned index cards. Includes complete directions. |
| Semantic Map: Horizontal Radiating Circle |
| Semantic Map: Vertical Radiating Circle |
| Story Elements: "Children Should Play Every Saturday Morning" mnemonic device for remembering the story elements: characters, setting, problem, events, solution, and moral - Alphabetic table chart for taking notes on these elements while reading a text |
| Think, Pair, Share: Sheet for note-taking during partnered discussions. |
| Venn Diagram: Horizontal Venn Diagram for Comparing and Contrasting Two Items |
| Venn Diagram: Vertical Venn Diagram for Comparing and Contrasting Two Items |
| Venn Diagram: Venn Diagram for Comparing and Contrasting Three Concepts |
| Vocabulary Handout: Vocabulary List Definitions and Sentences Blank Form |
| Weekly Planner: Dated planner (with holidays) for every week of the 2009-2010 academic year. Useful for teachers, students, or anyone. |
| Weekly Planner: Dated planner (with holidays) for every week of the 2010-2011 academic year. Useful for teachers, students, or anyone. |
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