Graphic Organizers
Organizer
Descriptive
Organizer
Purpose
Basic Example
To gather facts
about a topic. The
facts do not need
to be in a specific
order.
Fact
Fact
Fact
Topic
Fact
Time
Sequences
Pattern
Organizer
To organize
information in
chronological or
sequential order.
Process /
CauseEffect
Patterns
To organize
information that
leads to an
outcome, or show
steps to an end
result.
Episode
Pattern
To combine
multiple ways of
organizing
information about
a specific event.
Fact
Event
Duration
Place
Time
Cause
Episode
Effect
Person
Person
Person
son
son
son
Adapted from Marazno, Pickering and Pollock (2001)
Organizer
Purpose
Basic Example
Generalization To organize
/Principle
Patterns
information
about principles
using
statements.
Generalization Principle
Example
Example
Example
Concept
Pattern
To organize
information.
Example
Characteristic
Concept
Characteristic
Characteristic
Example
Example
Example
Example
Example
Example
The following pages are blank copies of the organizers mentioned above. They were adapted by Juliet
Safier using Microsoft Word 2007 and Smart Art.
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