1. Organizational Techniques

2. Basic Essay

3. 1. Graphic Organizers

4. procedure or chain of events.
1. Chronologically
Represents steps in a
procedure or chain of events.
-Narrating an event
-Showing development
of an idea
This pattern is marked by such transitions as:
the following morning, a few hours later,
that Wednesday, by noon, when she was seventeen,
before the sun rose, that April, and so on.

5. Describing a place, scene, or person’s appearance
2. Spatial
Describing a place, scene, or person’s appearance
Illustrate the detail, think 5 senses
Physical Characteristics
Human Characteristics
Insider
Point of View
Outsider

6. - Breaking the topic into parts and subparts
3. Classifying
- Breaking the topic into
parts and subparts
-Sometimes
called an
extended definition
(determining the core of a subject by examining its parts)

7. 4. Drawing Conclusions
-Determining how something came to be or a chain of events that leads you to a conclusion

8. 5. Compare-Contrast
- Uncovers differences & similarities between two subjects or points of view

9. then develops a series of shorter examples to illustrate the concept
6. Main Idea- Detail
Begins with a main idea,
then develops a series of shorter examples to illustrate the concept

10. Effects= the outcome/results
Cause-Effect
Cause= then reason
Effects= the outcome/results

11. Each group- find a window… Design a graphic organizer for an essay on:
Graphic Organizers
6 groups total:
Each group- find a window…
Design a graphic organizer for an essay on:
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