Organizing your ideas helps a reader move through your paper in a meaningful way

Oganization

Organizing your ideas helps a reader move through your paper in a meaningful way. Here are some things to keep in mind as you write your paper:

Does my beginning hook my reader?
Is my paper easy to follow? Did I choose the best way to organize my story?
Do my ideas link to a main message?
Do I have a strong conclusion that wraps up the story?

~ Picture books demonstrate different types of organization.

Shaping Organization

	When Sopie Gets Angry - Really, Really AGrey... by Molly Bang (problem/solution scenarios)
	Annie and the Wild Animals by Jan Brett
	The Mitten by Jan Brett
	The Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting
	The Little House: Her Story by Virginia Lee Burton
	The Armadillo from Amarillo by Lynne Cherry
	The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry
	Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin (letters back and forth)
	From Here to There by Margaret Cuyler
	Meanwhile... by Jules Feiffer
	Alphabet Under Construction by Denise Fleming (alphabet format)
	Christina Katerina and Fats and the Great Neighborhood War by Patricia L. Gauch
	I am the Dog / I am the Cat by Donald Hall
	Rocks in His Head by Carol Otis Hurst (repeating refrain)
	Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell (repeating refrain)
	Hog-Eye by Susan Meddaugh
	Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch by Trinka Hakes
	If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
	The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman by Darcy Pattison (written in postcards)
	Snow by Uri Schulevitz
	Dear Mrs. LaRue: Letters from Obedience School by Mark Teague (dog's point of view, letter format)
	The Secret Shortcut by Mark Teague (good use of sequence words)
	The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg
	Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg
	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
	Tuesday by David Wiesner
	June 29th, 1999 by David Wiesner
	A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
	The Toll-Bridge Troll by Patricia Rae Wolff
	The Napping House by Don and Audrey Wood
	Dear Mr. Blueberry by Simon James
	The Money Tree by Sarah Stewart
	Courage by Bernard Waber
	What You Never Knew About Fingers by Patricia Laouber
	The Legend of the Blue Bonnet by Tomie DePaola
	It Could Always Be Worse by Margot Semach
	Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens
	Avalanche by Stephen Kramer
	Under the Sea from A to Z by Anne Doubilet
	Flashy Fantastic Rainforest Frog
	The Milk Makers by Gail Gibbons
	What Do Authors Do? by Eileen Christelow
	Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges (uses a variety of source materials to convey information)
	Starry Messenger by Peter Sis
	Author by Helen Lester
	My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen
	The Flag We Love by Pam Munoz Ryan

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