L3

• Techniques for selecting and organizing information

  • Brainstorming
  • Graphic Organizer
  • Topic Outline
  • Sentence Outline
• Brainstorming is an informal way of generating topics to write about or points to make about your topic
• Brainstorming is an individual or group activity
• Brainstorming involves efforts to make a solution to a particular problem
• Ideas are gathered and listed from the input of every member during brainstorming
• Idea List simply involves listing ideas about a particular topic and helps find the main idea and supporting details
• Idea List is appropriate for textual people or those more comfortable processing words than visual
• Idea Map, also known as webbing or clustering, is a visual representation of ideas and their connections
• Cubing involves examining an idea from six distinct viewpoints
• Freewriting involves setting a time limit and number of words or pages and writing without inhibitions
• Researching involves going to the library or checking online, making a list or map of new ideas
• Graphic Organizer is a visual and graphic display that depicts relationships between facts, terms, and ideas within a learning task
• Graphic Organizer is sometimes referred to as knowledge maps, concept maps, story maps, cognitive organizers, advance organizers, or concept diagrams
• Graphic Organizer helps organize ideas into two columns and examine two components of an object, concept, or events
• Types of Graphic Organizer

  • T-Chart
  • Concept Maps
  • Main Idea Web
  • Venn Diagram
  • Sequence Chart
• 1. Chart


  1. Helps organize ideas into two columns and examine two components of an object, concept, or events

  2. Can be used to examine the pros and cons of something, advantages and disadvantages, or facts and opinions
• Concept Maps


  1. Shows relationships between the main idea and other information

  2. Concepts or ideas represented in circles or boxes and are linked to related ideas with arrows
• Main Idea Web


  1. Starts with a central idea and branches out into related ideas and details (or sub-ideas)

  2. Used to compare and contrast two or more groups of things by visually displaying their similarities and differences
• Venn Diagram


  1. Presents relationships between concepts or ideas represented in circles or boxes with arrows linking related ideas

  2. Used to compare and contrast two or more groups of things by visually displaying their similarities and differences
• Sequence Chart


  1. Presents a series of steps or events in order

  2. Helps clarify a sequence of events in a story or to come to conclusions about cause and effect relationships between multiple events
• Ways to organize information

  • Brainstorming lists
  • Graphic organizers
  • Topic outlines
  • Sentence outlines
• Methods like brainstorming lists, graphic organizers, topic outlines, and sentence outlines help organize information
• Brainstorming Phase


  Create a list of ideas, questions, and subtopics related to the chosen topic without worrying about structure
• Visualization Phase


  Take the brainstorming list and visually organize it using a mind map, flowchart, or simple categories on paper
• Organization Phase


  Develop a simple outline using main topics and subtopics to organize ideas hierarchically
• Detailing Phase


  Expand the outline into a detailed plan with complete sentences describing each main idea and subtopic