Scenarios
Author:
Bonny Bryan
English
Ideas, like individuals, live
and die. They flourish, according to their nature, in one soil
or climate and droop in another. They are the vegetation of
the mental world.
-Macneile Dixon
Prewriting Activities
Introduction
We recognize the writing process as consisting of
three stages: prewriting, writing, and rewriting. While all three
stages are essential, the more time and energy invested in the
first stage-prewriting-the more accessible and manageable the
latter stages become. This lesson offers explanations for a variety
of prewriting techniques and sample activities to illustrate the
myriad uses of these techniques.
Learning Objectives
Lesson Goal
Familiarize faculty with a variety of prewriting
activities.
Learning Objectives
- To provide explanations of several generative
techniques, including:
- Freewriting
- Listing
- Clustering
- Mind mapping
- Interviewing
- Visuals
- Self-Questioning
- Self-Reflection
- To provide faculty with examples of prewriting
activities that can be adapted to suit any discipline.
