Brainstorm Web

My favorite way to Brainstorm is to come up with a Brainstorm Web. You come up with as many ideas as you can about one broad topic. This is how you pick out a topic that's not too specific and not too broad .

Here you can see that the student thought about one topic , and then wrote out different ideas about that topic. Let's Try it Now !

Here's a completely finished Brainstorm Web. The smallest circles on the outside can actually be used in the essay paragraphs .

Before working on your writer's Notebook

• Create a brainstorm web on a piece of paper to decide on 2 TOPICS

• THEN FILL OUT THE 2 TOPICS ON YOUR WRITERS' NOTEBOOK