Brainstorming and Listing: Techniques that will help the writing process
Writing lists and filling out forms are good ways to begin to develop the writing process for students who are having difficulty in getting started. Using realia, items from everyday living, can be helpful, particularly when you teach reading and writing together in one lesson. This process also helps to transfer classroom activities to the real world, the ultimate goal in improving your student's literacy skills.
- Brainstorming and Listing Exercise: Graphic organizers and other visuals are very helpful during this process. http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/teaching/gentopic/pop4d.cfm
- Clustering: Clustering is a type of prewriting that allows writers to explore many ideas as soon as they occur to them. http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/cluster.html