SELECTING AND

ORGANIZING
INFORMATION
READING AND WRITING SKILLS
SECOND SEMESTER SY 2023-2024
 “Write it
fast”
The first The winning
team calls out
Each The The teams team to
their answers.
Class is then share stand and
group teacher words that shout And the rest
divided of the team
into holds a gives a belong to “STOP” will crashed out
paper and the category be
groups category and write considered
the answer
a pen. . them down. the winning
that was
already
team. mentioned.

The team which has the most

numbers of words left on their
paper will be declared the
REAL WINNER.
 CATEGORY
FILIPINO CELEBRITY
INTERNATIONAL SINGERS/BAND
MARVEL/DC HEROES
CHEMICAL ELEMENTS CDNHS STAFF
 Analysis
1. Did your members contribute their own ideas to the
categories being required? How?
2. If you are going to choose, would you like to generate
ideas alone or with others? Why?
3. How were you able to organize the information?
Objectives:
 define brainstorming
 enumerate the different methods of
brainstorming
 appreciate the importance of the use of
different brainstorming methods
 practice brainstorming methods
 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.Cubing
4.Free Writing
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.
 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
Try it!

List down reasons why

students fail in school.
 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
2. Idea map (example) Lack of money

Effects Emotional
problems
Unemployment

Family
Causes problems

Lack of jobs Layoff

Lack of
motivation
Try it!

Illustrate an Idea Map about your chosen topic.

MUSIC SCIENCE
ARTS MATHEMATICS
P.E. SOCIAL ISSUES
HEALTH POLITICS
 Methods in Brainstorming

3. Cubing
- brainstorming strategy that deals with examining ideas
from six distinct points.
• Describe it! • Analyze it!
• Compare it! • Apply it!
• Associate it! • Argue for or against it!
Describe it – How would you describe this topic, challenge
or issue, including characteristics, definitions and parameters?
Compare it – What is it similar to? Different from?
Associate it – How does the topic connect to other issues
you’ve dealt with before?
Analyze it – What smaller parts make up the whole? Is it
possible to break down the issue?
Apply it – How is it used? Who uses it?
Argue for or against it – Explain your position for
supporting or not supporting it.
 Methods in Brainstorming
4. Free writing
- setting 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 reign.
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
break-up
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 rainy days; gets cold easily
Confident and likes to laugh, but is not very witty and not very good at telling jokes
STEPS IN FREE WRITING
 Expressing Ideas with Clarity
1. Avoid the use of too many details in a single sentence.

◦It was already getting dark, and we had to

hurry up; so Jean and I tried to get a taxi, but it
was rush hour and it was very difficult to get a
ride.
…continued
Break the sentence into several parts to improve.

◦It was already getting dark, and we had to

hurry up. Jean and I tried to get a taxi, but
it was rush hour. It was very difficult to get
a ride.
…continued
2. Avoid redundant expressions
◦Her new shoes are blue in color.

To improve…
◦Her new shoes are blue.
…continued
3. Avoid circumlocution or talking around the
point.

◦ She accepted the gift with exuberant joyfulness.

To make this clear, simply say –

She accepted the gift happily.
…continued
4. Avoid putting emphasis on unimportant details.

It is Saturday. As usual, Mother goes to the market

to buy the family needs for the week. She wears her
polka red skirt and white blouse. She also put up her
hair neatly in a bun.
 …continued
5. Avoid verbosity or using many words when a few words
would do.
My most amiable and esteemed friend gifted me with this
beautiful dazzling bracelet.
Just say…
My best friend gave me this beautiful bracelet.
 GROUP ACTIVITY
•Come up with your own fictional story by following the steps in free
writing.
•Don’t limit your imagination but observe clarity by using appropriate
words in writing your story.
•Construct 5-item quiz about your story.
FINAL OUTPUT
◦ Fictional Story with:
CLARITY = 20 points
 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.