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Common Core ELA graphic organizer crosswalk
These links help you find organizers that can support practice related to a Common Core ELA skill. They are not a claim that one worksheet fully teaches, assesses, or guarantees alignment with a standard.
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21 mapped printables
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K–2 · 3–5 · 6–8
Printable Story Map Template →
RL.3.3RL.4.3RL.5.3
- Describe characters and how their actions contribute to events
- Describe a character, setting, or event using text details
- Compare and contrast characters, settings, or events
3–5 · 6–8
Main Idea and Details Graphic Organizer →
RI.3.2RI.4.2RI.5.2
- Determine the main idea and key details
- Determine the main idea and explain support from key details
- Determine two or more main ideas and summarize
3–5 · 6–8
Compare and Contrast Graphic Organizer →
RL.5.3RI.5.5RI.5.9
- Compare and contrast characters, settings, or events
- Compare and contrast the structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information
- Integrate information from several texts on the same topic
3–5 · 6–8
Cause and Effect Graphic Organizer →
RI.3.3RI.5.5
- Describe relationships among events, ideas, or steps
- Compare and contrast structures including cause/effect
K–2 · 3–5 · 6–8
Sequence of Events Graphic Organizer →
RL.3.3RI.3.3RI.4.5
- Explain how character actions contribute to a sequence of events
- Describe the relationship between a series of events or steps
- Describe the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information
3–5 · 6–8
Opinion Writing Graphic Organizer →
W.3.1W.4.1W.5.1
- Write opinion pieces supporting a point of view with reasons
- Write opinion pieces supported by reasons and information
- Write opinion pieces with logically ordered reasons and facts
3–5 · 6–8
Informational Writing Graphic Organizer →
W.3.2W.4.2W.5.2
- Write informative/explanatory texts that develop a topic
- Organize related information and develop a topic with facts and details
- Group related information and develop a topic with facts, definitions, and details
K–2 · 3–5 · 6–8
Narrative Writing Graphic Organizer →
W.3.3W.4.3W.5.3
- Write narratives with event sequences, details, and closure
- Develop real or imagined experiences using effective technique and sequence
- Develop narratives with clear event sequences and descriptive details
3–5 · 6–8
Inference Graphic Organizer →
RL.4.1RI.4.1RL.5.1 / RI.5.1
- Use details and examples when drawing inferences
- Use details and examples when drawing inferences from informational text
- Quote accurately when drawing inferences
3–5 · 6–8 · 9–12
Text Evidence Graphic Organizer →
RL.4.1 / RI.4.1RL.5.1 / RI.5.1W.5.9
- Refer to details and examples to support explanations and inferences
- Quote accurately from a text to support analysis
- Draw evidence from literary or informational texts
3–5 · 6–8
Summary Graphic Organizer →
RL.4.2RI.4.2RL.5.2 / RI.5.2
- Determine theme and summarize literary text
- Determine main idea and summarize informational text
- Determine central ideas or themes and summarize
3–5 · 6–8 · 9–12
Claim Evidence Reasoning Graphic Organizer →
W.5.1W.6.1WHST.6-8.1
- Write opinion pieces supported by reasons and information
- Write arguments supported by clear reasons and relevant evidence
- Write discipline-specific arguments focused on evidence
3–5 · 6–8
Theme Graphic Organizer Printable →
RL.4.2RL.5.2RL.6.2
- Determine a theme from details and summarize
- Determine theme, including character response to challenges
- Determine theme and explain how details convey it
3–5 · 6–8
Point of View Graphic Organizer Printable →
RL.4.6RL.5.6RL.6.6
- Compare first- and third-person points of view
- Describe how point of view influences event descriptions
- Explain how an author develops narrator or speaker point of view
3–5 · 6–8
Context Clues Graphic Organizer Printable →
L.4.4aL.5.4aL.6.4a
- Use context as a clue to word or phrase meaning
- Use sentence and paragraph context to determine meaning
- Use overall sentence or paragraph meaning and word position as clues
3–5 · 6–8
Compare Two Texts Graphic Organizer →
RI.4.9RI.5.9RI.6.9
- Integrate information from two texts on the same topic
- Integrate information from several texts on the same topic
- Compare and contrast one author’s presentation with another’s
3–5 · 6–8
Author's Purpose Graphic Organizer →
RI.6.6RI.7.6RI.8.6
- Determine an author’s point of view or purpose and how it is conveyed
- Determine author point of view or purpose and analyze contrasting viewpoints
- Determine author point of view or purpose and analyze conflicting evidence or viewpoints
3–5 · 6–8
Informational Text Structure Graphic Organizer →
RI.3.8RI.4.5RI.5.5
- Describe logical connections such as comparison, cause/effect, and sequence
- Describe the overall structure of events, ideas, concepts, or information
- Compare and contrast overall structures such as chronology, comparison, cause/effect, and problem/solution
3–5 · 6–8
Character Change Graphic Organizer Printable →
RL.4.3RL.5.3RL.6.3
- Describe a character in depth using specific details
- Compare and contrast characters using specific details
- Describe how a story’s plot unfolds and characters respond or change
6–8 · 9–12
Essay Outline Printable →
W.6.4W.6.5W.7.4 / W.8.4
- Produce clear writing appropriate to task, purpose, and audience
- Plan, revise, edit, rewrite, or try a new approach
- Organize clear writing appropriate to task, purpose, and audience
6–8 · 9–12
Research Notes and Source Organizer Printable →
W.6.7W.6.8W.7.8 / W.8.8
- Conduct short research projects to answer a question
- Gather relevant information from multiple sources and assess credibility
- Gather, evaluate, quote or paraphrase source information while avoiding plagiarism