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EAL Nexus resource
Graphic organisers
Ranking: A KWHL chart
Subject(s):
Any subject
Age group(s):
8-–11, 12–14, 15–16
Topic:
Key visuals
Licence information | This resource is free to use for educational purposes. ©British Council 2015
Source | This resource was originally developed by Nerissa Lea and has been adapted by EAL Nexus.
Visual diagrams can help us to:
- understand information
- structure writing.
Ranking organisers
A KWHL chart can be used
to organise information in a
hierarchical order.
This is a KWHL chart
What I What I How I What I
Know
want to am
have
know
going to learned
find out
An example
London 2012 Olympics
What I What I How I What I
Know
want to am
have
know
going to learned
find out
A KWHL
chart can
be used
...
... to
practise
research
skills.
This is a KWHL chart
What I What I How I What I
Know
want to am
have
know
going to learned
find out
A KWHL
chart can
be used
...
... to
practise
research
skills.
London 2012 Olympics
What I What I How I What I
Know
want to am
have
know
going to learned
find out
Go on the
The
London
internet.
impact
hosted
Contact
of the
the 2012
the
Games on
summer
British
the next
Olympic
Olympic
generaGames.
Association
tion
The
Games
inspire
young
people
to ...
A KWHL
chart can
be used
...
... to
practise
research
skills.
London 2012 Olympics
What I
Know
What I How I What I
want to am
have
know
going to learned
find out
Go on the
The
London
internet.
impact
hosted
Contact
of the
the 2012
the
Games on
summer
British
the next
Olympic
Olympic
generaGames.
Association
tion
The
Games
inspire
young
people
to ...
A KWHL
chart can
be used
...
... to
practise
research
skills.
Writing
practice
London 2012 Olympics
London ______ the 2012 Summer Olympics. To
prepare for the Games, youngsters ____ ______
together to work on various projects. ________,
they ______ important life skills such as how to
work cooperatively with other people.
The Games ________ young people to pursue
their interests in different sports and not just to
dream about it.
as a result, brought, hosted,
inspired, learned, were
Check your
work
London 2012 Olympics
London hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics. To
prepare for the Games, youngsters were brought
together to work on various projects. As a result,
they learned important life skills such as how to
work cooperatively with other people.
The Games inspired young people to pursue their
interests in different sports and not just to
dream about it.
Your next task:
Ranking (Expressing and justifying an
opinion)
Can you use any of these sentence
starters for your task?
The most important ... is/was …
The best things are/were …
I think ... the best way to ... is …
As a result ...
In my opinion ...