While watching a child struggling to write a story the following thought hit me! Show the child how to make a simple graphic organizer using a single column table in Google Docs. Creating a simple table gave the student the tool they needed for proceeding to write independently.

Turn a Table Into a Graphic Organizer

• Open a Google Doc
• Click Insert
• Select Table
• Insert 1 column by 4 rows
• Label each row
  • Title
  • Introduction
  • Details
    • remember to support your claim
  • Conclusion