Ready-to-use and AI-Powered Graphic Organizers

Teachers can utilize ready to use graphic organizers in Formative. These can be accessed via the Formative section of the Assignment Builder (on the right side of the article's page)

Select a graphic organizer topic from the presented options by clicking on it. You will then be presented with multiple options for individual graphic organizers, scroll through to review the list and make your selection by clicking on your desired graphic organizer.

After making your selection, you will be re-directed to your Formative account, and prompted to save a copy of the graphic organizer within Formative. Click "Copy" to confirm.

Once the copy has been saved to your account, it will be added to your Formatives tab. Locate it on your list and click into it. You will be able to tailor the formative to your liking, and assign it to your students.

AI-Powered Exportable Graphic Organizers allow teachers to generate customized resources based on specific articles in Newsela, that they can download and print, based on articles and teacher input.

1. Click on the 'Generate Graphic Organizers' button

2. Select your preferred template from the presented options. The available options currently include:

   • Main Idea and Details Chart

   • KWL Chart (Know, Want to know, Learned)

   • Compare and Contrast Diagram

   • Anticipation Guide (Agree/Disagree)

   • Context Clues Detective

   • Frayer Model (Vocabulary Four-Square)

3. You can then edit the template, download it as a PDF, and print to distribute with students