Brainstorming
Overview
Writing is a time-honored tradition. It can be so much more than a few paragraphs about what you did this summer. What are some of your favorite stories? Movies? Songs? Websites? All of these were written by someone. But, few were written in one fell swoop. Brainstorming is a widely used practice for generating ideas. In this lesson we will be letting our imaginations run wild. One of the most important aspects of writing is knowing what you are going to write about.
Storm the Gates
For five minutes, record every idea that comes to mind in the far right column of the worksheet. Then choose titles for 4 categories and add each subject on the brainstormed list of topics to the corresponding column. Lastly, delegate each topic into the prose or poetry column based on which medium you would rather use to write about that topic.
For five minutes, record every idea that comes to mind in the far right column of the worksheet. Then choose titles for 4 categories and add each subject on the brainstormed list of topics to the corresponding column. Lastly, delegate each topic into the prose or poetry column based on which medium you would rather use to write about that topic.