Choosing Your Pre-writing MethodMs. SmithEnglish 111

Before watching this slidecast● You should have:

○ watched the video on pre-writing methods in the Blackboard class shell

● For additional information, use your textbook for help.

Enokson: Writing Assignment: Pre-writing

To successfully pre-write:

● Do know why it's helpful to pre-write● Don't worry about spelling● Don't worry about grammar

● Tip: Pre-writing is about getting the information down, not worrying about writing it perfectly.

To review:3 Types of pre-writing:

● Brainstorming● Free-writing● Clustering

Tim Lewis: Writing Santa

Brainstorming● Can also be called "listing"● Think about bullet-points

Chinwag.com: SMWLDN Brainstorm

Free-writing● Need a timer● Writing without stopping

for 3-5 minutes● Looks like one BIG

paragraph

PhotoSteve101: Metallic Ballpen Tips

Clustering● Visual Map● Circle in middle of page● Other circles branch off

that main circle in clusters

● Also called "mind mapping"

Sami Keinanen: Writing Cards

How to choose the best method for you● Think about:

○ how you learn○ how you process

information○ how you take notes

Rennett Stowe: Tapping a Pencil

Brainstorming checklist:1. Do you like writing lists?2. Do you take a shopping list to the grocery store?

Jeanbaptisteparis. Aix Brainstorming.

Free-writing checklist:1. Do you write about your day?2. Do you write to figure things out?3. Do you like to write really quickly?

Matthew Ragan: Feb. Challenge Day 20

Clustering checklist:1. Are you a "visual learner"?2. Do you like to "see" how something works to

understand it?3. Do you like visuals and diagrams?

Jonny Goldstein:. About Me Mind Map.

Good news!● Easy to try more than one● Try them out for size, and see which one fits you best!

Elvert Barnes: Hands Pen Paper

To review:● Listmaker Brainstormer

● Quick writer Free-writer

● Visual learner Clusterer

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