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Slow Way Home: Unit 1 Lesson 1 - Brainstorming Techniques

In this lesson, students will read Chapter 1 of "Slow Way Home" and explore different brainstorming strategies for prewriting. They will practice generating ideas for a prompt and learn how to develop their own prewriting style.

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Slow Way Home: Unit 1 Lesson 1 - Brainstorming Techniques

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  1. Slow Way Home: Unit I Lesson 1 Slow Way Home Chapter 1 Brainstorming Techniques Milinda Jay, Ph. D

  2. For Teacher only: • For this lesson, be certain to Xerox packets for prewriting relay included as two Word documents unit 1 lesson 1 • Also, please read the notes that are included with slides 5,8,9,10,11,19 and 21. To view these notes, you may either use the preview mode, or go to print preview and choose notes page.

  3. Read Aloud • Chapter 1 of Slow Way Home • Think about how much ten year old Brandon understands about his world. Do you think his mother or her boyfriend are aware of how much Brandon actually does understand? How can you tell?

  4. Today’s Writing • We will brainstorm an FCAT prompt

  5. Sunshine State Standard we will cover today: • Subject Area: Reading/Language Arts • Strand: Writing Process • Standard 1: Prewriting • LA.910.3.1.3: The student will prewrite by generating ideas from multiple sources based upon teacher-directed topics and personal interests

  6. Sunshine State Standard • Subject Area: Reading/Language Arts • Strand: Writing Process • Standard 1: Prewriting • LA.910.3.1.3 The student will prewrite by using organizational strategies and tools to develop a personal organizational style

  7. Student Lesson Objective • To find a prewriting strategy that works for you based on your preferred learning style.

  8. FCAT Writing Objectives To organize personal life experiences and the life experiences of others into functional evidence To develop voice

  9. Consider the Possibilities • Writing Situation: Kids need to have an adult that makes them feel safe. • Directions for Writing: Think of a time you or someone you know has needed to feel safe and loved. • Write to explain why kids need to feel safe and loved

  10. Consider the Possibilities • Writing Situation: • Many times, kids know more than adults think they do. • Directions for Writing: • Think of a time you or someone you know has known more than adults think that you know. • Write to explain why adults think kids know less than they actually do know.

  11. 20 minute Brainstorming Relay: Brainstorm the FCAT prompt • Rules of the game: • 1. Divide class into four groups • 2. Teacher will give each group a brainstorming plan. • 3. Brainstorm as much information as possible using the plan. • 4. At the end of 4 minutes, pass the plan to the group to your left and begin again. • 5. Team with most total brainstorming wins.

  12. Disclaimers: • 3 judges will be chosen by teacher from class to make the final judgments • Brainstorming must follow correct format for each of the four brainstorming plans.

  13. 4 Prewriting Strategies • Which worked best for you? • Listing? • Making a web? • Outlining? • Venn Diagram?

  14. Prewriting Strategies • It is good to know several. While each of us has our favorite, sometimes our favorite doesn’t work. • If your favorite strategy doesn’t work, try a new one.

  15. Personality Type and Individual Writing Strategies • Did you know that your preferred prewriting, planning and drafting strategies are very much based on your personality?

  16. Prewriting • While some love to write an outline before they write, others feel stressed when asked to write an outline.

  17. More • While some feel stressed when asked to “freewrite” to “just get their ideas down quickly without thinking about it first,” others can only prewrite in this way.

  18. And more • While some of you write best after you have “talked your topic out” others of you want to write it first, then talk about it.

  19. If you use • A prewriting strategy that doesn’t work for you • Find another one that does. • You will write better if you do

  20. Your prewriting strategy • May not be your teacher’s or your best friend’s preferred strategy. • That’s ok. • Find the one that works for you.

  21. Homework • Bring a ½ inch binder or a plastic folder with brads and pockets to class tomorrow and notebook paper. • Each day you will be adding at least one story to your notebook, either a personal story of your own, or one you have gathered from friend and family.

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