Students begin by determining their goal or thesis. ‘The Persuasion Map is an interactive graphic organizer that enables students to map out their arguments for a persuasive essay or debate. Students identify and record concepts that can be placed in one of the circles or in the overlapping areas, allowing them to organize their information logically.’ ‘This interactive tool allows students to create Venn diagrams that contain two or three overlapping circles. ‘This interactive graphic organizer helps students develop an outline for one of three types of comparison essays: whole-to-whole, similarities-to-differences, or point-to-point.’ ‘This interactive graphic organizer helps students develop an outline that includes an introductory statement, main ideas they want to discuss or describe, supporting details, and a conclusion that summarizes the main ideas.’ This mapping of plot structure allows readers and writers to visualize the key features of stories.’
‘The Plot Diagram is an organizational tool focusing on a pyramid or triangular shape, which is used to map the events in a story. Links and reviews of the tools are under the visual. We invite you to check them out and share with your colleagues. The tools are easy and simple to use and anything created on them can be printed and shared with others. They can use them to brainstorm ideas, develop an outline, take notes, map events in a story, organize information logically and many more. These are tools to help students with their writing. Below is a collection of some good student interactives from ReadWriteThink.