2. Goal
• To learn how to brainstorm ideas for
writing
• Language Focus: Identifying verbs in
sentences
3. Brainstorming
• Write quickly all the thought that come
into your head
• Don’t think whether the idea is good or
not
• Simply write to get your ideas on paper
• Storm of ideas
Page 29
4. The Importance of Brainstorming
Brainstorm by…
• Thinking about the topic first and then
• Writing words and ideas
• The first step in writing is THINKING
Page 30
5. How Brainstorming Works
• It’s not a linear or a consecutive process
• Messy process
• Move from one idea to another
• Cross out words, draw lines to make connections,
and change their minds
• Cycle with steps that repeat continually
• Associating ideas, one idea produces another
• List, cluster
• Visualize the paragraph
Pages 30-31
6. Topics A-C
• Choose a topic you would like to write
about and brainstorm ideas
• 3 minutes
Pages 31-33
7. Subject-Verb Agreement
• All sentences in English contain a verb
• The regular present tense has two forms:
the base form and the ‘s’/ ‘ies’ form
• For example
− Prepare I prepare. They prepare.
− Prepares He prepares.
• 3rd person singular (he, she, it) uses the
‘s’ form
8. Tips
• The form of the verb depends on the
subject of the sentence.
• First find the subject, then you can write
the verb correctly.
• A prepositional phrase includes a
preposition (for example ‘for’, ‘at’,
‘from’, ‘by’, ‘with’, ‘without’, ‘in’, ‘of’)
and the noun or pronoun that follows
− The owner of these restaurants is Italian.
-Preposition (of); Noun (restaurants)
9. Language Focus
1. Live (most people)
2. is (a pair)
3. Carries (Joseph)
4. is (main method)
5. are (trees)
6. revolves (earth)
-for more info…
List location or contact for detailed schedule (or other related documents)
10. Activity 4, pp. 36–37:
Paragraph 13, p.36:
• she really doesn’t,
• class begins,
• she usually arrives,
• she has to tell,
• Her young students keep,
• there are some problems,
• Charlotte’s young students do not always
listen
11. Building Better Sentences
• Page 229-230
• Practice 3, pp. 232-233:
• A. Charlotte is a kindergarten teacher at
King Elementary School.
• B. She teaches twenty-two very young
children.
• C. After school, Charlotte must attend
meetings and create new lessons.
