Graphic Organizers for Comprehension Perspective Taking and Figurative Language

These graphic organizers can be used in all subject areas to support skills such as reading comprehension, critical thinking, comprehension of language and concepts in the curriculum, complex/compound sentence building, organization for written and oral narratives, social perspective-taking, figurative language, and much more.

⭐️ For a step-by-step guide about how to use this resource, watch this video. ⭐️

WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE?

• 1 Categories graphic organizer with Clue Words that helps students talk about how they've categorized items
• 4 Cause & Effect graphic organizers with Clue Words that help students use complex and compound sentences to talk about cause and effect relationships
• 1 Feel/Think/Say graphic organizer that helps students with perspective-taking and point of view
• 1 Main Idea & Details graphic organizer that helps students organize their thoughts and information
• 1 Problem & Solutions graphic organizer that helps students identify and problem and then formulate a Plan A, Plan B, etc.
• 1 Sayings graphic organizer that helps students understand figurative and nonliteral language
• 1 Timeline graphic organizer with Clue Words that helps students organize a sequence of events and to generate a chronological narrative
• 1 Venn Diagram graphic organizer with Clue Words that helps students compare and contrast items and to use language to do so
• Instructions, inlcuding video instructions
• Supporting research

These visual supports are incredibly useful tools on their own, and are also key components of StoryWhys, a research-based system of book companions for both individuals and mixed groups who are working on higher-level language and thinking skills.

StoryWhys is a one-of-a-kind, literature-based system that combines high-quality storybooks with book companions that contain a set of clear and consistent visual/graphic supports, and that targets the following skill areas:

✔️Comprehension and use of Tier 2 vocabulary

✔️Critical thinking and higher-level comprehension (categories, cause & effect, compare/contrast, main idea & details, etc.)

✔️Perspective-taking/social inferencing with specific feelings/emotion vocabulary

✔️Comprehension of figurative language

✔️Morphological knowledge

✔️Complex/compound sentence building

✔️Sequencing and formulation of organized narratives

And, the best part is, the more you use StoryWhys, the better it works!

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