Anna O'Connell

This graphic organizer helps my freshmen to understand how the parts of their essays "build" the whole. It provides a visual analogy to a house with the thesis statement as the foundation, body paragraphs as walls, etc.

This graphic organizer is designed to help students organize their notes as they research key information about a civil rights activist. There is room for notes and source information for each section to remind students of the importance of citation. Pictures are included to assist ESL students.

Graphic Organizer helps students organize research to support their arguments while preparing to write a speech. It provides space for notes, source identification, and explanation for how the source supports their claim(s).

Fishbone-style graphic organizer with space for 6 causes and 6 effects, plus details for each. Great cause and effect graphic organizer or advance organizer for social studies.

Encourage your students to fully support their thesis argument. If any evidence is missing, their table will not stand up! I've used this to teach thesis statements in historical writing as well as English class. The 3D manipulative and visual helps the concept stick in students' brains!

These are five thank you note templates I made for my son to fill in after his dinosaur birthday party. They gave him practice writing thank you notes without ALL the labor-intensive writing. Each has a dinosaur picture on the left side and a fill-in-the-blank thank you note on the right - fold them in half and you have a thank you card!

Two options for Claim-Evidence-Reasoning printable foldables - perfect for interactive notebooks! Our biology students love these!