Lesson 3: Textual Aids GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

Greek Literature, Homer works • It structured information visually or in picture.

• Usually, one-page forms with lots of blank areas so it will
Homer be easier for the students to skim before the lesson.

• THE BLIND POET OF GREECE

• “THE POET” PERSUASION MAP
• THE ILIAD AND THE ODYSSEY
• Ionia, Smyrna or, on the coast of Asia Minor or the island • An interactive graphic organizer that helps students
of Chios familiarize themselves with the process of PERSUASIVE
• 750 BC all the way back to 1200 BC, WRITING.
• It assist them with outlining and preparing arguments
Textual Aids (Advance Organizers, Non-Linear Illustrations & for their essays, speeches, debates, etc.
titles)

WHAT IS TEXTUAL AIDS?

• Refer to non-textual elements that help readers
understand the content of the text.
• They also refer to elements that stand-out from the main
text such as titles and subtitles, bold, italicized, and
underlined texts.
• Non-textual elements include illustration, maps, tables,
graphs, and charts.

FUNCTIONS OF TEXTUAL AIDS

• To direct readers’ attention to important ideas in the

text.
• To provide more information as supplement to what is
already written.
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• A tool that helps visualize the order of steps of a process or • Is used for gathering
a timeline of events, etc. information from
student’s prior
• It can also be used for note-taking, lesson planning, and knowledge or
essay writing. experience.

TIMELINE GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

• a type of graphic organizer that shows a sequence of events

in chronological order.
STORY MAP • used to show the progress of something (i.e. growth of a
business) or changes.
• Can be used to identify the different
elements such as characters, character
plots, themes, techniques, etc. in a
book students are reading.
CAUSE AND EFFECT GRAPHIC ORGANIZER TABLES

• shows the causes and

effects of an event.

MIND MAP

• is a tool that helps BAR GRAPH

capture the free flow of
thought and is widely used for
brainstorming around
topics.

VENN DIAGRAM

• helps you visually represent a

comparison of differences and
similarities between two subjects
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PICTOGRAPH

LINE GRAPH