READING AND WRITING SKILLS

ACTIVITY 3

TECHNIQUES IN SELECTING AND

ORGANIZING INFORMATION

INSTRUCTION/S: Pick one partner in your class and do the brainstorming to answer this
activity. Collab with each other through the use of messenger/call.

BRAINSTORMING
– one of the better and more popular methods of discovering your writing topic. All you need to
do is begin at the top of a sheet paper and list down everything that comes into your mind as fast
as you can for a certain amount of time (say, five minutes, for example). The aim of the
brainstorming exercise is not to produce a logical flow of ideas but to provide yourself with as
many choices for your topic as possible.

Example of Brainstorming List:

 Southeast Asia
 Superheroes: Iron Man,
Captain America, Hulk
 Eating halo-halo on April
Morning
 White Beaches in Boracay
 Taylor Swift, Demi
Lovato, Miley Cyrus
 Patintero
 The Parable of the
Prodigal Son
 Buying my first ever
cellphone
 Fear of cockroaches
 Hatred of Science and
Math
 Jose Rizal dying at Luneta
Park
 Basketball is better than
volleyball
 K to 12 Education in
Philippine High Schools
 Life in Outer Space
 Grandparents who live in
Ilocos Norte
 Tikbalang

After listing all your ideas, browse through them and pick the one that best appeals to
you, or the one you know best. You will be surprised at how broad your selection of topics can
be, about how much you actually already knew. You can also try to connect your ideas, and see
what meaning you can create.

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