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Learn English ‘GENERATING IDEAS’

5 WAYS OF GENERATING IDEAS from Musa Sinnan

1) USE PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

-you may have ur own experience related to a given topic in the continuous writing. Based on ur personal experience modifly the ideas to match the topic given.

e.g : Students should be allowed to bring handphones to school. Do you agree?

Based on ur experience having ur own handphone, make a general statement or idea on behalf other students whwther u would want to bring ur handphone to school or not.

2) USE BRAINSTORMING SESSION

- This can be done by playing two roles at the time. Based on the topic given, u ask several questions as generated in ur mind. Then, force ur mind to think of several answers which then u jot them down. Choose and arrange ur own brainstormed answer forming the main ideas or supporting details

Ouestion:

Should i agree?

Is it an important item whwn we are in school?

Why is it necessary fruit to be brought to school?

Am i really desperate it to bring it to school?

Will there be a problem if everyone brings theirs?

For emengency cases,it is helpful?

Will the students be misusing the handphone?

Is it harmful if they are misused?

Will the teachers be able to control its abuse?

Can we have a peaceful mind without the handphone?

Am i too busy requiring me to contact others while schooling?

Will there be any gap between the rich and poor students?

Is it troublesome if someone lost his/her handphone?

3) PLAN AND ORGANISE UR IDEAS

This can be done using planning strategies such as mind-map,outling or preparing flow chart

e.g: Seaside

                                          Fish

                             Smell      Salt              Gentle

                                          Waves             Roar

seaside                 Sight     people        children playing

                                                             Little

                           Sounds     waves          large

4) THINK OF RELATED WORD

- try to list down as many word as possible related to the topic or issue given especially in the continuous writing. If we take the example mentoned earliest ‘ seaside’, i am sure there are others words that u can thinks of to describe it.

E.g:

Picnic

Aldult

Sand

Motor-boats

Umbrellas

Dustbins

Chatting

Shells

Rocks

Sandcastles

Sunglasses

Signboaads

 Coconut tress

Swimming

Ships

Beach

lifeguard

 

5) USE COMPARISONS

- sometimes u may not be able to find a word that will describe exactly what u want to say. When this happens, u may use a comparison. We compare the thing we want to describe with something else we know that looks, smells, sounds, tastes or feels like it.

e.g:

The golden sand                       -           the sand looks like gold

The water was cold                  -           the water was as cold as ice

The children were happy          -           the children were as happy as birds

The air smells nice                   -           the air smells as fresh as newly-cut grass