Preparing to write ii bim
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Pre-writing activities such as clustering, brainstorming, asking questions, and taking focused notes can help writers develop their ideas before drafting. These techniques help writers (1) think through their topic, (2) organize their ideas in an outline, and (3) produce better writing with supported ideas. Specific strategies are suggested, such as creating a web of related ideas in clustering, freely listing all thoughts in brainstorming, questioning to explore different perspectives, and engaging actively with a reading by taking notes to support one's own opinion. Pre-writing saves time and leads to clearer, better structured writing.
Preparing to write ii bim
- 1. PREPARING TO WRITE Lic. Cristina Morocho
- 2. Pre-writing activities • Merriam-Webster Dictionary: “The formulation and organization of ideas preparatory to writing” • Prewriting can help you: • 1. Think. Writing → creative act of communication. – something to say implies thinking – putting your ideas down on paper (or the computer) helps you collect and develop your ideas. • 2. Have well-organized, clear writing. – To come up with ideas, organize those ideas and develop a plan for your paper. – Having a plan will lead to a well-structured writing assignment.
- 3. • 3. Save you time. – Ideas on paper → you have something to work with → an outline (first draft easier) – Revise and edit your final paper. • 4. Produce better writing. – think and generate support for your ideas. – Better supported ideas = better piece of writing.
- 4. Clustering • See your ideas and their connection. • Also called mind mapping or idea mapping. • Clustering is especially useful in determining the relationship between ideas. – distinguish how the ideas fit together. – where there is an abundance of ideas.
- 5. • Put the topic in the center of a page. Circle or underline it. • Link the new ideas to the central circle with lines. • As you think of ideas that relate to the new ideas, add to those in the same way. • The result will look like a web on your page. – Locate clusters of interest to you, and use the terms you attached to the key ideas as departure points for your paper.
- 6. Brainstorming • Helps you to activate your own knowledge and ideas related to the assigned topic. • Write down everything about your topic (no sentences) • Don’t worry about the order of the ideas, or whether some ideas are general and others are details • Don't try to connect your thoughts.
- 7. • In general the brainstorming process is the following: • Pick a word, idea, or concept • Quickly list all the words and phrases that the target brings to mind (Don’t pause when writing) • Don't stop writing until you run out of associations. • Group the items that you have listed according to arrangements that make sense to you. • Give each group a label. Now you have a topic with possible points of development.
- 8. Asking yourself question • Questions that a person might have about your topic. • Answering these questions will help the writer to supply the details a reader may find necessary to understand the topic. • Writer can get a different slant on the topic. • Who is X? • What is X? • When is X? / when was X? / when will X be? • Where is X? • Why is X ? • How is X?
- 9. Taking notes from a Reading • Decide what your opinion on the topic will be. • Take notes on the parts that show that your opinion is the correct one. • Reading is a two-way communication process between you and an author. To be an active reader, learn to "talk" directly to the author in your mind and in your notes. • One problem students write down ideas without a focus. – Discard anything that doesn't directly help you in developing your thesis.
- 10. THANK YOU!