Inspired and adapted from work by Jim Burke,"Tools for Thought" is a collection of graphic organizers that help students generate, organize and think through topics and texts. Forget yours? Print them out if you need them!
Reading Tools
Graphic Organizer
Sample(s)
Episode Notes (3 Cells)
Episode Notes (6 Cells)
Timeline Notes
Article Notes
Article Notes Sample
Poetry Notes
Poetry Notes Sample
Photo Notes
Vocabulary Squares
Roundtable
Character Notes
"Tabletop" Notes
"Tabletop" Notes Sample
Writing Tools
Rubric
Expository Rubric
Narrative Rubric
Literature Response Rubric
Persuasive Rubric
Blank Rubric
General Six Traits
Other Tools
Worksheet
Sample(s)
Character Traits
Personality Vocabulary
J. George 2004
Special thanks to Jim Burke for Ideas and Inspiration
