This graphic organiser, ‘Recipe’ helps students understand the process of procedural writing through the use of a recipe scaffold. This resource gives students the opportunity to develop their understanding of the structure of a recipe and sequence ideas using the appropriate language of instruction. It is a great foundation to more complex procedural writing.
This graphic organiser, ‘Recipe’ helps students understand the process of procedural writing through the use of a recipe scaffold. This resource gives students the opportunity to develop their understanding of the structure of a recipe and sequence ideas using the appropriate language of instruction. It is a great foundation to more complex procedural writing.
This graphic organiser, ‘Report Planner’ is a great planning tool that encourages students to brainstorm questions that can lead to research. This table helps students to visualise connections between what is already known about a chosen topic and new research findings from various sources. Planning is an important aspect to research and enables students to …More
This graphic organiser, ‘Science Experiment’ helps students understand the process of procedural writing through the use of a science experiment graphical scaffold. This resource gives students the opportunity to recognise the structure of an experiment and sequence ideas using the appropriate language of instruction. It is a great foundation to more complex procedural writing.
This graphic organiser, ‘Similarities’ provides a blank mind map to assist students in organising the similarities between two concepts. Having students evaluate and analyse ideas and then organise these ideas visually, provides a scaffold for all students to engage with higher-order thinking skills. It can be used as a whole class pre-writing activity or individually …More
This graphic organiser, ‘A Slice of a Secret Pal’s Pie’ encourages students to write a friendly letter including details about themselves.
This graphic organiser, ‘Stamping Out Letters’ supports students in planning writing using prewriting strategies to categorise information.
This graphic organiser, ‘Stamping Out Letters for My Secret Pen Pal’ supports students in planning letter writing using prewriting strategies to categorise information.
This graphic organiser, ‘Step-by-Step’ asks students with to record a sequence of steps for completing a task to help structure their draft writing.
This graphic organiser, ‘Story Circle’ consists of three circles within each other and is a great resource to model the complex elements of the narrative structure. Within the two inside circles students are prompted to summarise the title, characters, setting, conflict and solution. Within the outside circle students are given the opportunity to explore the …More
This graphic organiser, ‘Story Map’ is a great resource to model the structure of a narrative. Students are prompted to identify the title and author, the main and supporting characters and the setting, problem and solution. This blank scaffold can be used during a whole class pre-writing brainstorm or during post-reading comprehension activities.
This graphic organiser, ‘Story Structure’ provides students with a scaffold to logically order parts of a story. Understanding the need to sequence events for accurate comprehension can be a challenging concept for some students. This resources segments the story into plot sections with prompts of, beginning, middle and end so that students can recognise the …More
This graphic organiser, ‘Storyboard’ combines skills in brainstorming and mind mapping to visually represent the relationship between sequential events. It can be used as a pre-writing task, to logically organise ideas, or a post-reading comprehension activity.
This graphic organiser, ‘Storyboard’ encourages students to visually represent the relationship between sequential events using four illustrations. This resource is particularly useful when working with younger or lower ability levels and can be a great tool when exploring a sequence of events with students learning English as their second language. It can be used as …More
This graphic organiser, ‘Take Action’ supports students in developing problem and solution scenarios to make their writing interesting.
This graphic organiser, ‘Take Family Action’ supports students in developing problem and solution scenarios to make writing about their family interesting.
This graphic organiser, ‘Take One’ supports students in developing their writing skills by identifying introductory words and clauses in expository writing.
This graphic organiser, ‘Take One Treasure Hunt’ supports students in developing their writing skills by identifying introductory words and clauses in their own expository writing.
This graphic organiser, ‘Text to Self Connections’ assists students in developing comprehension and critical reflection skills. The use of a T-chart creates visual connections between features of the text and personal experiences. Being able to make connections is important when engaging with what is read and through using the Text to Self Connections resource, teachers …More
This graphic organiser, ‘Text to Text Connections’ assists students in developing comprehension and critical reflection skills. The use of a T-chart creates visual connections between features of the text studied, and features of related texts. Being able to make connections is important when engaging with what is read and through using the Text to Text …More
This graphic organiser, ‘Text to World Connections’ assists students in developing comprehension and critical reflection skills. The use of a T-chart creates visual connections between features of the text and world events. Being able to make connections is important when engaging with what is read and through using the Text to World Connections resource, teachers …More
This graphic organiser, ‘The Animal Information Station’ supports students in developing their writing skills, focusing on sentence and paragraph structure as they write an informational piece about animals.
This graphic organiser, ‘The Envelope, Please’ provides the opportunity for students to practise writing addresses for friendly letters.
This graphic organiser, ‘The Family’s Strongest Word’ supports students in editing and revising their family writing draft, focusing on their use of verbs to create stronger meanings.
This graphic organiser, ‘The Information Station’ supports students in developing their writing skills, focusing on sentence and paragraph structure.
This graphic organiser, ‘The Strongest Word’ supports students in editing and revising their writing, focusing on their use of verbs to create stronger meanings.
This graphic organiser, ‘The Topic at Hand’ supports students in developing their writing skills, focusing on topic sentences and paragraph structure.
This graphic organiser, ‘The Topic at Hand for the Animals’ supports students in developing their writing skills, focusing on topic sentences and paragraph structure in their animal drafts.
This graphic organiser, ‘Think Pair Share’ is a fantastic resource to differentiate teaching instruction. It offers a less threatening environment that values individual input in class discussions. By outlining ideas in this table students can share their own thoughts, learn how to listen to others’ and then summarize both of their understandings in order to …More
This graphic organiser, ‘Wash Day’ supports students in editing and revising their writing, looking at different sentence types to ensure variety in their writing.
This graphic organiser, ‘X Marks the Spot of the Treasure’ gives students the opportunity to evaluate their treasure hunt writing pieces, through peer review and feedback.