Brainstorming or Mind-mapping
Brainstorming or mind-mapping can be used to organize ideas. It can also be used to record discussions.
Mapping will help a writer:
- think of details
- organize ideas and details before and during writing
- know where to start, which information to give first
- Ask the learner to choose a topic of interest. Discuss the topic. Write it in the
centre of a piece of scrap paper. Draw a circle around it. If you are working
with a beginning
writer, you may wish to do most of the writing during
the mapping. More experienced writers will likely be able to do the writing
themselves once they are familiar with the activity.
- As you discuss the topic, write down each idea as it is discussed. Write the ideas
around the original idea and join them to it with a line.
