Many students are accustomed to brainstorming for writing assignments on graphic organizers. For this reason, I usually supply as many graphic organizers as possible for students in the beginning of the year so that they can see what their planning options are moving forward. I do not provide graphic organizers for every assignment throughout the year, but for the first two to three months, I usually give students choices of formats that might help them organize their writing effectively. This teaches students to be metacognitive about their writing processes, and the planning stage is a very important part of the writing process.
For the critical lens essay, I provided you with an outline structure for writing this type of essay. However, I would also provide my middle school and/or high school students with a graphic organizer on which to pre-write their responses. While the response to the prompt might be basic on this planning sheet, it is still a way for students to outline their ideas before starting to write the entire essay. Below you will find the planning sheet that I provide for my seventh through twelfth-grade students when we first start out working on critical lens essays. Perhaps you will find this helpful to use with your students, or you may want to develop your own pre-writing worksheet to use with students. Students that do not think in this format can also be encouraged to develop their own planning pages that match with their specific learning styles.
Name ________________
Do you agree or disagree with the quote?
Critical Lens Essay Writing 
| QUOTE/ Prompt | Agree? Why? | Disagree? Why? |
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Books that Prove This (with examples):
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Literary Elements that Show This (examples):
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