Ideas or Seeds Ideas or Seeds

Essential Question:How do writers find their topics?

Essential Question:How do writers find their topics?

Brainstorming Ideas for Selecting a Topic

1. Pick topics you know a lot about.

2.Pick topics that you have strong feelings or care deeply about.

3.Pick topics that your reader will find interesting too.

Real writing has its roots in everyday experiences. Often the best idea lies within you.

Create an Authority ListCreate an Authority List•Do you see the small word “author” tucked inside of it? Having some authority on a subject suggests you could write about it.

•To be an authority means you know something about that subject. You don’t have to know everything about it.

•You could ask yourself a few questions:What am I good at? What are some things I know how to do?

•Do you see the small word “author” tucked inside of it? Having some authority on a subject suggests you could write about it.

•To be an authority means you know something about that subject. You don’t have to know everything about it.

•You could ask yourself a few questions:What am I good at? What are some things I know how to do?

Authority List

• being a middle child

• saying good-bye to a pet

• growing a butterfly garden

• collecting rocks

• hiking along trails

Heart MapHeart MapThe rule is simple. The more important a thing, person or idea is to the writer, the closer to the middle of the heart it is placed.

The rule is simple. The more important a thing, person or idea is to the writer, the closer to the middle of the heart it is placed.

Here is an example:

What’s special in your life? Fill this heart with people, places and memories that are most important to you.

http://www2.scholastic.com/content/collateral_resources/pdf/h/HPLesson1_Final.pdf

Writer’s EyeStart a collection of the people, places,

games, hobbies, interests that you know well.

Create a poster of your writing ideas for your own Writer’s Notebook using the following websites:Create a poster of your writing ideas for your own Writer’s Notebook using the following websites:

http://www.wordle.net/http://www.wordle.net/ http://www.tagxedo.com/app.htmlhttp://www.tagxedo.com/app.html

Write aboutwhat makes

you different.

~Sandra Cisneros