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How brainstorming works From the diagram, you can see that the writer wrote many ideas and crossed out some of them. Brainstorming is not a linear or a consecutive process. Writes do not think of one thing, write it down, then think of something else, write it down, and so on. Instead, brainstorming can be a messy process. Writers move from one idea to another, then back to an earlier idea, then forward again to a new idea, and so on. They cross out words, draw lines to make connections, and change their minds. Brainstorming is a cycle with steps that repeat continually.

Brainstorming involves associating ideas- one idea produces another. Some writer brainstorm in lists. Other cluster or connect their ideas in some other way. Brainstorming can help writers visualize the paragraph.

Activity 2 Brainstorming Practice Follow these steps for each of the example topics: 1.Read the topic 2.Brainstorm about the topic in the box. Make a list od ideas or use the diagram on page 32 as an example of how to connect ideas. 3.Circle the ideas that you think are the best ones to include in a paragraph. 4.Compare and discuss your ideas with a partner. When you compare your notes, be prepared to say why you keep some ideas and why you want to take out of others. What information will be in the final paragraph?

Topic A: Terrifying Events Brainstorm area: Topic B : Important inventions Brainstorm area: Topic C : Ideal Travel Destination Brainstorm area:

ACTIVITY 5 : PRACTICE SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT –P. 41

ACTIVITY 6 : CORRECTING SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT ERRORS

Original Student Writing - page 44 Activity 7 WRITNG A PARAGAPH FROM BRAINSTORMING Choose a topic from activity 2 page 36 – 38. Use the ideas that you brainstormed about that topic for the sentences for your paragraph. Write five to twelve sentences. Include the four features of a good paragraph in this check list from page 12

In your opinion, is English easy or difficult to learn? Why do you think so? Give two or three strong reasons to support your opinion. Take out a piece of paper. Then read the writing prompt below this paragraph. Spend 5 minutes on brainstorming ideas about this topic. You must then write a short paragraph ( perhaps 6 to 10 sentences) about it. You have 25 minutes to write your paragraph. At the end of the 25 minutes, your teacher will collect your work and return it to you later.