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Leveled graphic organizers for each text type help students organize their initial ideas before creating a draft. Since writers often continue to plan while writing, students learn that additional ideas and details not included on the graphic organizer can be used in their writing, and ideas and details that no longer work can be left out.

General graphic organizers are also provided to support writing in a variety of skill areas, including main idea and details, compare and contrast, and cause and effect. The organizers are divided into two groups: primary (beginning and early developing levels) and intermediate (developing and fluent levels).

GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS	DESCRIPTION
GENERAL	primary and intermediate organizers that provide support in organizing writing utilizing a variety of skill areas, including cause and effect, compare and contrast, and main idea and details
EXPOSITORY	a genre of writing that informs, describes, or explains with text types that include: autobiography, biography, descriptive, essay, experiment, informational report, and media article
NARRATIVE	a genre of writing that entertains or tells a story with text types that include: adventure, fairy tale, fantasy, historical fiction, mystery, personal narrative, realistic fiction, and science fiction
PERSUASIVE	a genre of writing that attempts to convince readers to embrace a particular point of view with text types that include: advertisement, editorial, persuasive essay, political cartoon, pro/con, and review
PROCEDURAL	a genre of writing that explains the instructions or directions for completing a task with text types that include: experiment, how to, and recipe
TRANSACTIONAL	a genre of writing that serves as a communication of ideas and information between individuals with text types that include: business letter, friendly email, friendly letter, interview, invitation, postcard, speeches, and weblog entry