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Brainstorming

Brainstorming. Getting Ideas Before You Write. Getting Started. Writer’s block. “Writer’s block” is a common problem to many students. This happens when ideas for writing do not come very easily. It is easy to get very frustrated when beginning to write.

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Brainstorming

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  1. Brainstorming Getting Ideas Before You Write

  2. Getting Started Writer’s block “Writer’s block”is a common problem to many students. This happens when ideas for writing do not come very easily. It is easy to get very frustrated when beginning to write. Brainstormingactivitiescan help you get ideas for your writing and help you become less frustrated.

  3. Brainstorming Three Activities • Clustering • Listing • Freewriting

  4. Transportation Local Market Interesting places Gaza City Gaza City Poverty Beach Fish market Brainstorming Listing Clustering Freewriting 1. Start with the main topic of your essay. Write that word in the center of your paper. • Clustering 2. Write down any sub-topics that are connected to that main topic. Draw arrows to the sub-topics from the main topic.

  5. View of Trees Sunny Yellow Windows View of Sky Good-Sized Favorite Room Bedroom Comfortable Furniture Soft Bed Big Closet Rocking Chair Quiet Clustering Listing Example #1 Freewriting • Clustering

  6. Activity 1: Brainstorm the following topic using the Clustering technique Pollution

  7. Brainstorming • Listing Listing Freewriting 1. Start with the main topic of your essay. Write that word or words at the top of your paper. Clustering 2. Write down any word or phrase that might relate to your main topic underneath. Don’t worry about spelling or grammar. Your goal is to write down as many ideas as quickly as possible. Why I Want to Become a Nurse

  8. Brainstorming • Listing Listing Freewriting Why I Want to Become a Nurse Clustering Like science Like problem solving Many jobs available in nursing Good salary Like working in a hospital Want to help other people Challenging job Opportunities for promotion Interested in study of diseases Interested in study of human body Flexible hours Will always learn something new

  9. Listing • Listing Example #1 Freewriting How to be a Successful Language Learner Clustering • Ask others to correct you • Look for patterns in your errors • Organize your study time • Use special techniques to remember new words • Ask for help when you don’t understand • Review material regularly • Use a dictionary • Choose a good textbook • Practice speaking with others • Take classes • Guess at the meanings of words • Listen to radio or TV • Observe others • Set reasonable goals • Don’t be afraid to experiment • Study vocabulary in related topics

  10. Activity 2: Brainstorm the following topic using the Listing technique Staying Healthy

  11. Brainstorming Listing Freewriting • Freewriting 1. Start with the main topic of your essay. Write that word or words at the top of your paper. Clustering 2. Freewriting is like talking to yourself on paper. Write as much as you can in connected sentences (not lists) about your topic. Write as quickly as you can without stopping to think about grammar or organization. My Favorite Book

  12. Brainstorming Listing Freewriting • Freewriting My Favorite Book Clustering My favorite book… I don’t know where to start. I read so many books that are interesting that it’s hard to choose just one. I guess I could start by talking about the kinds of books I really like. I like biographies and autobiographies the best. I really enjoy reading about another person’s life. One of my favorite books is called Roots by Alex Haley. How the author was able to trace his family history all the way back to Africa was amazing! Another book I really enjoyed was Carl Sandburg’s biography of Abraham Lincoln. What an incredible president! There are also some very interesting books about leaders like Napoleon, Churchill, and Stalin. Well, I guess that gives me a few ideas about where I can start on my topic.

  13. Freewriting Listing Example #1 • Freewriting A Problem I Have Clustering I have of course many problems in my life like everybody has, but right now I am feeling new problems like the cultural shock. I got out of my country and came to study in the U.S.A. One of the biggest problems is to make friends, to make or have the good old friends I have back home. It’s so hard here- you don’t know how to act, whether you should ask them their telephone number or wait for them to do it, whether you should call them very often or not. Are they bothered by my language problem? Can they not carry on a conversation with me because they always talk about local or national subjects about which I am not informed? This is really hard and sometimes makes me feel like a stranger in a group where everybody is laughing and talking and they supposedly were my friends.

  14. Activity 3: Write freely for 10 minutes about the following topic: The benefits of the internet in university study

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