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Nonfiction Graphic Organizer Lessons for Comprehension

Reading comprehension graphic organizers for fiction, folktales and nonfiction, including story maps, character webs, plot triangles, KWL charts, timelines and cause-and-effect charts, each paired with a lesson.
Grades
Grades 1–5, Elementary
Pages
106
File type
PDF
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Updated Oct 02, 2026

Subject
ELA, Reading
Topic
reading, comprehension
Resource types
Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables
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What's inside this resource

Graphic organizers are the building blocks of comprehension for visual learners. This resource is made up of 30 graphic organizers that focus on story structure, characters, setting, plot, and language. Students will be able to understand relationships and make inferences with the use of these graphic organizers. The following comprehension skills are achieved through the use of this resource: analyzing, comparing, contrasting, sequencing, asking questions, cause and effect, and summarizing.

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Map a story's beginning, middle, end, setting and plot
  • Compare characters or books with Venn diagrams and T-charts
  • Sequence events and steps with timelines and cycle organizers

Teaching tips

  • Lessons and templates are organized by section, so a single organizer, such as the Plot Triangle, can be pulled for one text without running the whole sequence.

Skills covered

  • Character analysis — completing character webs and character comparison organizers
  • Cause and effect — charting what happened and why in a text
  • Nonfiction questioning — recording what students know and what they learned on a KWL chart

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Story structure
  • Character analysis
  • Compare and contrast
  • Cause and effect
  • Nonfiction text features

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