Techniques in

Selecting and Organizing

Information
Target Outcomes
 Identify the main idea and its supporting
through brainstorming listing;
 Apply different techniques in selecting
and organizing information;
Target Outcomes
 Illustrate information in a written text
through an appropriate graphic organizer;
 Construct a topical and a sentence outline
of the information in a written text.
TURN UP YOUR
KNOWLEDGE
TASK
Think of your activities in a single
day. Then enter each activity in the
appropriate quadrants on the graph
below.
Quadrant I: Urgent and Important Quadrant 11: Urgent and Not Important

Quadrant III: Not urgent and Important Quadrant IV: Not urgent and Not Important
 QUESTIONS
 In which Quadrant was the majority of your
time spent during the past 24 hours?
 If you were to manage your time in a way
that would allow you to achieve your goals,
in which of the four Quadrants would you
spend the majority of your time? Why?
 Techniques in
Selecting and Organizing
Information
 FOUR (4) TECHNIQUES IN
SELECTING AND
ORGANIZING INFORMATION
BRAINSTORMING LIST
Brainstorming list means just
what its name suggest – a list of
what you have brainstormed.
TIPS
 SET DIRECTION
 STAY FOCUSED
 INVOLVE EVERYONE
 INVITE WILD IDEAS
TIPS
 SUSPEND JUDGMENT
 ALLOW REPETITIONS
 DON’T STOP
 DISPLAY IDEAS
GRAPHIC ORGANIZER

Show the relationship

between and among facts,
or ideas.
EXAMPLES OF
GRAPHIC
ORGANIZERS
CONCEPT MAP
Shows relationships
associated with the
concept you are studying.
STORY MAP
May summarize the
beginning, middle, and
end of the story.
SERIES–OF–EVENTS CHAIN

Shows the
arrangement of events
in chronological order.
FLOW CHART
Displays the steps or
stages in a process.
T-CHART & VENN DIAGRAM
Show the similarities and
differences between two
things, people, events, or ideas.
 DISCUSSION WEB
Allows you to give the meaning
of what you read. It also
privileges you to polish your own
interpretation against another.
 TOPIC OUTLINE
Arranges your ideas
hierarchically in the sequence
you want, and shows what you
will talk about.
SENTENCE OUTLINE
Formatted exactly as topic
outlines are, but whole
sentences replace the brief
headings.