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• Techniques of selecting and organizing information:

  • Brainstorming:
  • Informal way of generating topics or points to write about
  • Can be an individual or group activity
  • Used to find solutions to problems
  • Ideas are gathered and distilled from the input of every member in group brainstorming
• Brainstorming types:

  • Idealist: involves listing ideas about a specific topic, helps find main idea and supporting details
  • Appropriate to textual people, requires writing main topic and related concepts below it
  • Idea map: visual representation of ideas and their connections, shows how ideas subordinate or branch out
  • Cubing: involves six distinct points - describe the topic, compare and contrast, associate it with something, analyze its parts, apply it, argue for or against it
• Free writing technique:

  • Set a time limit and number of words or pages.
  • Write without editing, allowing any thoughts to flow.
  • Helps work without inhibitions, focusing on writing rather than editing.
  • Encourages continuous writing without worrying about correctness.
• Freewriting allows working without inhibitions, focusing solely on writing without the need for editing.
• Pre-writing helps identify everything known about a topic and gaps in knowledge, guiding towards areas that need further research.
• Pre-writing reduces writing anxiety, allowing free writing without worrying about accuracy or completeness.
• Graphic organizer types:

  • T-chart: Organizes ideas into two columns to examine two components.
  • Concept map: Represents a hierarchy structure with general concepts at the top and specific sub-ideas below.
  • Main idea web: Starts with a central idea branching out into related ideas and details.
  • Venn diagram: Compares and contrasts two or more groups of things.
  • Sequence chart: Presents a series of steps or events in order.
• Graphic organizers visually represent facts, relationships, terms, or ideas of a learning task or subject matter.
• Topic outline:

  • Arranges ideas in hierarchy or sequence.
  • Shows the main topics and how they relate to each other.
• Sentence outline:

  • Includes complete sentences for each mini topic.
  • Expresses specific and complete ideas with explanations.
• Brainstorming is the act of coming up with ideas, commonly done by a team but can also be used by an individual, especially in writing
• Making a brainstorming list involves listing a main topic and ideas about it, with a selection process of ideas to be used
• A word storm starts by writing down the first word that comes to mind when seeing the main topic, creating a random and subjective chain of words
• In a word storm, there are no wrong ideas as long as you see and understand the relationship between them
• An idea map is an organized visual representation that helps add, sort, and connect ideas clearly
• For visual thinkers, the idea map is the best brainstorming list style to use, but it can generate too many ideas; to avoid this, identify the most helpful ideas for explaining the main topic