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  • (-) Organizing & Summarizing

Grades

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  • (-) 9 (8)

Learning Objectives

  • (-) writing genres (8)
  • Comprehension (3)
  • critical thinking (3)
  • inquiry / research (3)
  • literary analysis (6)
  • multimodal literacy (1)
  • phonological awareness (1)
  • reading genres (2)
  • Spelling (1)
  • text structure / story structure (6)
  • Vocabulary (2)
  • writing process (2)

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Crossword Puzzles
Grades
K - 12
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Student Interactive
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Organizing & Summarizing
Crossword Puzzles
This tool allows students to complete crossword puzzles on a variety of grade-appropriate topics, and also create and print their own crossword puzzles.
Compare & Contrast Map
Grades
3 - 12
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Student Interactive
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Organizing & Summarizing
Compare & Contrast Map
The Compare & Contrast Map is an interactive graphic organizer that enables students to organize and outline their ideas for different kinds of comparison essays.
Essay Map
Grades
3 - 12
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Student Interactive
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Organizing & Summarizing
Essay Map

The Essay Map is an interactive graphic organizer that enables students to organize and outline their ideas for an informational, definitional, or descriptive essay.

Bio Cube
Grades
3 - 12
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Student Interactive
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Organizing & Summarizing
Bio Cube

Bio Cube is a useful summarizing tool that helps students identify and list key elements about a person for a biography or autobiography.

Trading Card Creator
Grades
3 - 12
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Student Interactive
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Organizing & Summarizing
Trading Card Creator

This tool provides a fun and useful way to explore a variety of topics such as a character in a book, a person or place from history, or even a physical object. An excellent tool to for summarizing or as a prewriting exercise for original stories.

Alphabet Organizer
Grades
K - 12
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Student Interactive
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Organizing & Summarizing
Alphabet Organizer
Students use this online tool to create an alphabet chart or pages for an alphabet book.
Persuasion Map
Grades
3 - 12
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Student Interactive
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Organizing & Summarizing
Persuasion Map

The Persuasion Map is an interactive graphic organizer that enables students to map out their arguments for a persuasive essay or debate.

Grades
K - 12
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Student Interactive
|
Organizing & Summarizing
Story Map

The Story Map interactive is designed to assist students in prewriting and postreading activities by focusing on the key elements of character, setting, conflict, and resolution.

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