[LESSON 2] TECHNIQUES IN SELECTING N ORGANIZING INFORMATION

Technique

• Latin: Technicus

• Means SKILL

Technique

These are the APPROACHES OR METHODS OF A WRITER TO ORGANIZE INFORMATION, to accomplish desired aim in writing, and TO IMPROVE WRITING CRAFT.

Brainstorm

• ALEX FAICKNEY OSBORN MADE THIS.

• Applied Imagination (1953)

Brainstorming in writing

• These sre INDIVIDUAL CREATIVITY TECHNIQUE.

When do we BRAINSTORM WITH OURSELVES?

1. Few ideas

2. Many ideas

3. Confused ideas

Cubing

(6) VIEWPOINTS

1. Describe it

2. Compare it

3. Associate it

4. Analyze it

5. Apply it

6. Argue for it

Free writing

OBJECTIVE: To JUST WRITE WHAT COMES TO YOUR MIND.

Free writing

It is to have a QUANTITATIVE GOAL LIKE COMING UP WITH 500 WORDS OR MORE.

Listing

It is a TECHNIQUE WHERE YOU LIST DOWN WHAT COMES TO YOUR MIND.

Mapping

It is a technique A.K.A. CLUSTERING AND WEBBING.

Mapping

IT IS A TECHNIQUE OR A GRAPHIC FORM, NOT LINEAR

Mapping

This technique ENCOURAGES BRAINSTORMING APPROACH TO GENERATE IDEAS AND CREATE CONNECTIONS THROUGH CIRCLES AND LINES.

Graphic organizers

This technique A.K.A KNOWLEDGE MAP, CONCEPT MAP, STORY MAP, cognitive organizer, advance organizer, or concept diagram.

Graphic organizers

It is a TECHNIQUE TO PROVIDE A VISUAL AID TO FACILITATE LEARNING AND INSTRUCTION.

Graphic organizers

EXAMPLE

1. Concept maps

2. Mind maps

3. Venn diagram

4. Flow diagram

5. Table

6. Pie chart

7. Graph

8. Webs

9. Organizational

Concept maps

It is a technique WHERE RELATIONSHOPS BETWEEN TWO OR MORE CONCEPTS OR SUB CONCEPTS.

Concept maps

This is a technique where CONCEPTS OR SUB CONCEPTS ARE IS LINKED BY WORDS TO DESCRIBE THEIR RELATIONSHIPS

Arrow line

ANATOMY OF A CONCEPT MAP

It is to CONNECT IDEAS

Line

ANATOMY OF A CONCEPT MAP

It is to CONNECT LINKING WORDS

Webs

This technique SHOWS HOW DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF INFORMATION RELATE TO ONE ANOTHER.

Webs

This is a TECHNIQUE WHERE MAIN IDEA OR CENTER IS SURROUNDED BY LEGS.

Mind maps

• CREATED BY TONY BUZAN.

• There is a CENTRAL THEME OR IMAGE SURROUNDED BY CONNECTED BRANCHES OF ASSOCIATED TOPICS OR IDEAS.

Flow diagram or chart

It is a technique A.K.A. SEQUENCE CHART

Flow diagram or chart

It is a SERIES OF STEPS OR EVENTS IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY WILL TAKE PLACE.

Venn Diagram

This is USED TO IDENTIFY SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TWO OR MORE CONCEPTS.

Organizational Chart

This SHOWS THE STRUCTURE OF AN ORGANIZATION.

EXAMPLE: SHS ORGANIZATIONAL CHART

Pie Chart

It is a TYPE OF CIRCULAR GRAPH, WHICH IS DIVIDED INTO SLICES TO ILLUSTRATE A NUMERICAL PROPORTION.

Graphs

It is a technique where LINE GRAPHS AND BAR GRAPHS ARE BOTH VOSUAL WAYS OF REPRESENTING TWO OR MORE DATA SETS and their interrelation.

Table

It is a SYSTEMATIC ARRANGEMENT OF DATA USUALLY IN ROWS and in COLUMNS FOR ready reference.

Outline

It is a GENERAL PLAN OF WHAT YOU INTEND TO WRITE.

• it is AN IDEA OF EACH PARAGRAPH.

Outlines

EXAMPLE

1. Topic Outline

2. Sentence Outline

3. Number letter format

4. Decimal outline format