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
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- ELA, Reading
- Topic
- reading, comprehension
- Resource types
- Worksheets, Worksheets & Printables
- Preparation
- Print ready
About this resource
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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