Think Organise Write: Turn Thinking into Writing Using Graphic Organisers

Think Organise Write: Turn Thinking into Writing Using Graphic Organisers will help students plan writing tasks using graphical organisers - visual ways of representing, organising and communicating ideas. The book models how to use this planning to write full, detailed responses across a range of styles.

Features

• An explanation of six levels of thinking skills.
• Clear definition and purpose of each graphical organiser used.
• Illustrations of graphic organisers.
• 25 examples of the writing tasks using the information from the graphic organiser, highlighting key terms and language used.
• A multi skills section: illustrating a combination of thinking levels, giving 7 examples of graphic organisers and writing.
• A writing revision section: giving general guidelines on simple sentences, compound and complex sentences, paragraphs and editing.

Contents 

• Introduction
• Generic planning process using graphic organisers

Part 1: Thinking Skills, Graphic Organisers, Writing Tasks

Lower Order Thinking Skills

Thinking Level 1 - Knowledge [Remembering]

1. Note-taking
2. Story Map
3. Timeline

Thinking Level 2 - Comprehension [Understanding]

1. Concept Map - Spider Map
2. Concept Map - Hierarchical Map
3. Table

Thinking Level 3 - Application [Transferring Information]

1. Flow Chart
2. Persuasion Map
3. Storyboard
4. Y Chart Higher Order Thinking Skills

Thinking Level 4 - Analysis [Breaking Down Information]

1. Venn Diagram
2. Ranking Ladder
3. Sociogram
4. For and Against Chart
5. SWOT Analysis
6. Cause and Effect - Fishbone Map

Thinking Level 5 - Evaluation [Judging Information]

1. PMI Chart
2. Balance Bar/Scale of Bias
3. Effects Wheel
4. Reflective Questioning
5. Socratic Questioning

Thinking Level 6 - Creation [Producing New Information]

1. Reframing Matrix
2. Scamper Chart
3. Lotus Diagram

Multi Skills

A combination of several thinking levels [e.g. remembering, understanding, analysing, synthesising/creating, evaluating/reflecting]

1. Mind Map
2. KWL
3. A-Z Organiser
4. Planning Matrix
5. Issues Map
6. 5W's + H
7. Reflective Journal

Part 2: Writing Revision

General guidelines:

1. Simple sentences
2. Compound and complex sentences
3. Paragraphs
4. Editing

Putting it all together: Writing rubrics