Semantic+Maps



=__** Semantic Maps **__=

Maps are a visual way to document information. They can be used before reading/ instruction to introduce an idea or to activate prior knowledge. They can be used as guidance for reading and independent study while reading to give a purpose for reading, or they can be used after instruction/ reading for review and summary.

Maps help show the relationship between information. Three common types of relationships are:
 * 1) associations of __class__-- the order of things the concept falls into;
 * 2) associations of __property__-- the attributes that define the concept; and
 * 3) associations of __example__-- exemplars of the concept.

=**__ How can I use it in class? __**=


 * [|Bubble Thinking Map] for characteristics or attributes of a word or concept.


 * [|Brace Thinking Map] for looking at the parts that make up a word or concept.


 * [|Bridge Thinking Map] for creating analogies between words or concepts.


 * [|Circle Thinking Map] for analyzing ideas or words. The main concept or word goes in the middle of the circle. Synonyms or characteristics go in the outer ring. Antonyms or non-characteristic go outside the circle. Students have enough room to even draw connections instead of just writing them.


 * [|Double Bubble Thinking Map] allows you to compare and contrast, but more clearly than a Venn Diagram.


 * [|Flow Thinking Map] documents that steps in a process or the sequence of events. (Also use Cause and Effect Map)


 * [|Cause and Effect Thinking Map] records several events leading up to the main event and then several results from that main event. (Also use Flow Thinking Map)


 * [|Tree Thinking Map] allows you to classify words and ideas.

=__** Resources **__=

[|Semantic Feature Analysis Instructions] [|Feature Analysis Template] [|Mapping Variations] [|Semantic Mapping Lesson] [|Semantic Webbing (Mapping)] [|Sample Word Map 1] [|Sample Map 2] [|Sample Map 3 with visuals] [|Sample Map 4]