Techniques in Selecting and

Organizing Information

PREPARED BY:
JENNALYN R. ADATO
 Motivation “Write it fast”

 Class is divided into 4 groups

 Each group holds an illustration board and chalk
 The leader of each group goes in front, one of them picks a
 category.
 The leaders go back to their teams and tell them the
 category
 The teams then brainstorm words in the category and write
 them down.
 The first team to finish shouts “STOP”
 The winning team calls out their answers. And the rest of the
team crashed out the answer what was mentioned.
 Objectives

 define what is brainstorming

 enumerate the different techniques
of brainstorming
 appreciate the importance of the use
of different brainstorming techniques
 practice brainstorming techniques
 Activity 1 “Five Things That….”

a. Each group must have 5 members.

b. Teacher calls out one of the categories and
the students then brainstorm and write down
five answers.
c. Each team gets a corresponding point for
each answer that matches the survey’s
answer.
d. The team with the most points at the end of
the game is the winner.
 Analysis

1. What did you do to find out what is being ask?

2. Did your members contribute their own ideas
to the categories being required? How?
3. If you are going to choose would you like to
brainstorm ideas alone or individual? Why?
4. How were you able to organize the information?
5. What is brainstorming?
6. How is brainstorming important to you as a
student?
 Brainstorming

• an informal way of generating topics to write

about, or points to make about your topic.
• is an individual or group activity.
• Using this technique, efforts are made to
make a solution to a particular problem
• Ideas are gathered and listed from the input
of every member.
 Methods in Brainstorming

1. Idea list
2. Idea map
3. Free Writing
4. Cubing
5. Researching
 Methods in Brainstorming

1. Idea list
- simply involves listing ideas about a
particular topic. It also helps you find the
main idea and supporting details.
- is appropriate to textual people, or those
who are more comfortable in processing
words than visuals.
-simply requires you to write the main topic
and them write down all related concepts
below it.
 Methods in Brainstorming

1. Idea list (example)

Topic - Unemployment
1. Jobs
2. Poverty
3. Salary
4. Lack of education
5. Lack of jobs
6. Low salary
7. Lack of money
8. Fresh graduates
 Methods in Brainstorming

2. Idea map
- also called webbing or clustering
- is a visual representation of ideas and
their connections with one another.
- more structured and is able to show
how one idea subordinates another idea.
 Methods in Brainstorming

3. Cubing
- an idea is examined from six distinct
viewpoints.
 You describe the topic (what is it?)
 Compare and contrast it (what is it like or unlike?)
 What do you associate it with(what does it remind you
of?)
 Analyze it (what are its parts?)
 Apply it (in what ways can it be utilized)
 Argue for or against it (in what ways can you support or
oppose it)?
 Methods in Brainstorming

3. Cubing
 Methods in Brainstorming

3. Cubing example Too much money is spent on toys

 Methods in Brainstorming

4. Free writing
- set a time limit and number of words
or pages. Just write. Do not edit yourself.
- it allows someone to work without
inhibitions.
- you turn off the editor in you and
allow the writer in you free rein
 Methods in Brainstorming
 4. Free writing
Sample Free Write about a name
Cassandra
She is a fashionista.
A Grade 11 student, Senior High, with moderately good grades. Moderately popular, has a
good group of friends and is generally well-liked
Comes from a nuclear family: parents still together and an older brother
The older brother is the black sheep of the family, the rebel,
the trouble-maker
Allergic to both cats and dogs
Recently dumped by her highschool sweetheart
Light brown hair with purple highlights running through it; a chic
bob that comes to her chin, cut to that length after her breakup
Has had the same best friend since the second grade, Erika,
whom she first met at a neighborhood-wide birthday party for
Erika and her twin brother, Steven
Unaware of Steven’s long-term crush on her
Loves the rain, especially in the summer, but hates the rainydays; gets cold easily
Confident and likes to laugh, but is not very witty and not very good at telling jokes
 Methods in Brainstorming

5. Researching
- you go to the library or check out websites
on the internet. Make a list or map of the new
ideas.
- is appropriate to textual people, or those
who are more comfortable in processing words
than visuals.
-simply requires you to write the main topic and
them write down all related concepts below it.
 Small Group Discussion

GROUP 1: List Down causes that are worth

fighting for (Idea List)
GROUP 2: Use Mapping to write about OPM
(Idea Map)
GROUP 3: Writing about Kto12 (Cubing)
GROUP 4: Do a five minute example of free
writing on the subject about your plans on 2019
in 100 words(Freewriting)
GROUP 5: Research on KPOP(Researching)
GROUP 1
GROUP 2
GROUP 3
RUBRIC FOR THE GROUP BRAINSTORMING
LIST

CRITERIA VERY GOOD AVERA NEEDS

GOOD(10 (6) GE IMPROVEME
) (4) NT
(2)
THE GROUP MEMBERS
COOPERATIVELY
CONTRIBUTED THE IDEAS
THE MAIN TOPIC AND THE
SUBTOPICS WERE CAREFULLY
CHOSEN FROM THE
BRAINSTORMING LIST
THE BRAINSTORMING LIST
CAREFULLY WRITTEN AS A
PRODUCT OF TEAMWORK
TOTAL POINTS: SCORE RATING:
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