Text-Based Response Graphic Organizer

This graphic organizer is designed to help students learn and practice writing responses that incorporate information from a text. This includes introducing the quote, explaining/paraphrasing the information, and responding to the investigative/essential/guiding question. Students then use their notes to craft a written response.

This format can also be easily modified to work with interactive notebooks or general notetaking by setting up four column notes on a piece of binder paper and copying the graphic organizer headings.

This method can be used for almost any text, so long as there is some sort of guiding or essential question for students to respond to. Or, as an extension, students can create their own guiding/essential questions.

This can also be used to compare/contrast different authors or perspectives on a topic. It can also serve as the basic building block for longer writing pieces, or can be used to produce informal reflections at the end of a lesson.