Tools for Thought: Graphic Organizers for Your Classroom
(Paperback)
| Author(s): |
Burke, Jim |
| Page Length: |
184 pgs |
| Copyright: |
2002 |
| Weight: |
1.12 lbs. |
| Item Code: |
204273 |
| ISBN: |
9780325004648 |
| ISBN-10: |
0325004641 |
Many teachers find that their students can more easily understand, evaluate, and write about literature when graphics are involved. In Tools for Thought, the author presents many handy visual techniques to spark student thinking. Examples; a problem is broken down into solutions, consequences, and pro and con arguments on a convenient chart; a continuum creator determines categories or degrees of importance; a spreadsheet allows students to compare themselves to characters in books. Approximately 40 different reproducible visuals make using this workbook suitable for nearly all types of reading in middle and high school.