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LESSON 3 - BRAINSTORMING
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Writing Process
Descriptive
Essay Narrative Essay
ExemplificationEssay Personal Essay
Common
WritingMistakes
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Writers Prompt:
Describe your perfect day. What are you doing?
What are you seeing?
Where are you? What do you smell? What do you see? What are you feeling?
Write a paragraphdescribing your perfect day.
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Assignments
Read in GW Wuthering
Heights by Emily BrontePage 31
Page 35, do questionsMeaning and Idea #3;Language, Form, Structure
#2 Read LBH Chapter 2 and
do Ex. 2.6, Page 31
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Assignment Review
E.B. White Once More to
the Lake Meaning and Idea - #4
Language, Form, Structure - #3, #4
Read Little Brown Handbook(LBH)Chapter One
Narrow the subject
The Civil War
Teenage Drinking
The History of the Cell Phone
Environmentalism
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E. B. White
New Yorkermagazine essayist
Language lover
Charlottes Web, Stuart Little
The Elements of Style
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To Begin
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And, Whynot?
"Some men seethings as they are
and say 'Why?'I dream things that
never were andsay, 'Why not?'"George Bernard Shaw
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Welcomewhimsy.
Be foolish.
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Dream.
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Have a light bulb
moment.
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Look at things differently.
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Look at both sides of the
picture.
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Waysto Brain Bounce
Freewriting
Brainstorming
Ask critical questions
Keep a journal
Mindmapping
Daydreaming
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FREEWRITING
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Freewriting
Don't stop! Dont edit!
Keep your fingers typing or your
pen moving for your time limit
Dont try to sort good and
bad ideas.
Dont worry about spelling and
grammar.
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Exercise
Freewrite for 10 minutes on
the word which will
appear on the next slide. Just go for it.
Dont hold back
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blue
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BRAINSTORMING
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Brainstorming
Brainstorming means thinking
of as many ideas as possible in a
short amountof time. Write down your ideas so that
you dont forget them.
Every idea is a good idea
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Brainstorming
Write down everything that
comes to your mind; dont worry
about sorting out good andbad ideas.
Dont worry about spelling or
grammar
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Brainstorming
No stopping, no editing (similar
to freewriting)
Note key words or short phrasesin list form under your subject
(instead of free-flowing
paragraph)
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Exampleof
BrainstormingTopic: What would I do with one million dollars?
Travel--Europe, Asia, S. America
Buy a house or two
Share--donate to charities
Get an expensive car
Invest/save and let the interest grow
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Exercise
For next few minutes, get
into groups of two, three,
or four and brainstorm thesubject presented on thenext slide.
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Howwouldyousolvethecurrenteconomic
crisis?
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MINDMAPPING
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Mindmapping
Start with a central word.
As related concepts pop in your
head, indicate them as branches,arrows, bubbles, etc.
You may have an aha!
moment.
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New YorkThe Yankees
Far Away
Vacation?
Law and Order
Movies
911
Cost of Food
Broadway
Hilary
Clinton
Gang warfarePricey
Big Apple
World Series?
Delis
Times
Square
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JOURNAL WRITING
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Keep a Journal
JournalWriting
Why is this important to me?
How does it relate to me?
How do I feel about it? Do I feel good/bad/indifferent
about it? Why?
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JournalWriting
How does this affect me
daily?
How might my connection tothis change in the future?
How did I feel about this in the
past?
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ASK CRITICAL QUESTIONS
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Sleepwalking
Ask
Dictionary definition of _____?
How is the _____ different from
other things?
What are some concrete
examples of the _____?
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COMPARE AND CONTRAST
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Sleepwalking
Compare/Contrast
What is _____ similar to?
What is _____ different from?
Is _____ most unlike (like) what?
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OUTLINING
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Outlining
Outlining is a more organized form of pre-
writing than the others we discussed.
It can be used after you have generated ideasthrough brainstorming, free writing, or other
pre-writing techniques.
It works well for structured types of writingsuch as essays.
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Example OutlineI. Introduction: Eating sushi has its
advantages and disadvantages
II. Advantages
a) easy to cook none requiredb) fun to do with friends and family
III. Disadvantages
a) hard to find sushi restaurantsb) sushi is expensive
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CHARTING
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Charting
Sometimes you will want to
organize your ideas for writing in
a chart. Charting works very well for
comparison/ contrast writing or
examining advantages anddisadvantages.
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Act
silly
.
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Think outside the lines.
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Changeyour focus
Whe
n is a pe
ncil not a pe
ncil?
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Howmanylegsdoesthe
elephanthave?
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Monroeor Einstein?
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Younglady,oldman
orman?
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BeforeanartistnamedEricpaintsthesideof this
building
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Andafter.
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Before:theblankhallwaysof alarge
manufacturer
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Hard work pays off in the future.Laziness pays off now.Stephen Wright
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I intend to live forever
so far, so good.Stephen WrightStephen Wright
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What happens if you get
scared half to death twice?Stephen WrightStephen Wright
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I used to have an open mind
but my brains kept fallingout. Stephen WrightStephen Wright
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Take a trip in your
mind
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