GRAPHIC ORG.

• Reading experts suggest that learners are able to maximize the use of their content schema by using graphic organizers.
• Graphic organizers are visual presentations of overall related concepts, which are based on how a reader makes sense of a reading material.
• Through the use of these organizers, a reader is able to examine his/her understanding of the text.
• It is to be expected that if a material is familiar to a reader in content and in structure, reading comprehension would be better.
• The use of graphic organizers develops the important skill of evaluating given information.
• Types of Graphic Organizers

  • T-chart
  • Sequence chart
  • Venn diagram
  • Fish bone
  • Main idea Web
  • Triple Venn diagram ● Concept map ● Semantic Feature Analysis Chart
• A T-Chart helps organize ideas into two columns and examine two components of an object, concept, or event.
• For instance, T-charts can be used in any content area to examine the pros and cons of something, advantages, and disadvantages, or facts and opinions.
• Students can select two things to compare (ideas, characters, events, etc.) and write them as headings for the two columns.
• From there, comparisons or contrasts can be made in both columns.
• A concept map shows relationships between the main idea and other information.
• Concepts or ideas are represented in circles or boxes and are linked to related ideas with arrows.
• Another feature of a concept map is the inclusion of cross-links to demonstrate relationships between sub-ideas in different segments of the concept map.
• The main idea web starts with a central idea and branches out into related ideas and details (or sub-ideas).
• Sometimes referred to as spider, light bulb, or semantic maps, this type of graphic organizer is used primarily for brainstorming and generating ideas for planning or writing purposes.
• A sequence chart (or flow diagram) presents a series of steps or events in order.
• Many learners need a visual aid to help clarify a sequence of events in a story or to come to conclusions about different cause and effect (or problem and solution) relationships between multiple events in a text.
• A fishbone diagram (also known as an Ishikawa Diagram) is a visual way to look at cause and effect.
• Its structured, visual layout can help with brainstorming possible causes of a problem. 
• The Semantic Feature Analysis strategy engages students in reading assignments by asking them to relate selected vocabulary to key features of the text.
• This technique uses a matrix to help students discover how one set of things is related to one another.
• What does a concept map shows?

  The relationship between main ideas and others information
• This technique uses a matrix to help students discover how one set of things is related to one another.

  Semantic Feature Analysis Chart