1. GENERATING IDEAS
NOMBRE: Eliana Pinza Tapia

2. “Even the most fluent writers in their
own language need time to generate
ideas and to plan what they are going
to write” (Harmer, J. 2004).

3. The buzz group
Individuals, pairs, and
For and against
groups
GENERATING
IDEAS
Whole group
Note making
discussion

4. ACTIVITIES
The buzz
group
This is where Ss generate
ideas, reactions, or opinions quickly and
informally.It can be created instantly and
frequently leads to successful idea
generation.
Example:
Ask Ss to get into groups and come up with
five erasons why people prefer cars to
public transportation.

5. ACTIVITIES
Individuals, pairs, and
groups
Ss think about a topic individually and then discuss it in
pairs and then in groups.

6. ACTIVITIES
Whole group
discussion
The teacher presents a topic and then students are
asked to share ideas which will be written on the
bored.

7. ACTIVITIES
Note making
Effective making of notes can contribute to the
generation of ideas.
Expose Ss to a variety of making options and
then let them choose the one they find most
useful.
Example:
Spaghetti approach
Spidergram or mind map

8. ACTIVITIES
For and against
It can be used especially when writing is to be
dircursive or will consider different arguments.
Example:
TOPIC: WATCHING TV
The teacher might sepate the class into two groups.
Then the first group has 5 minutes to think as many
ideas as they can about why watching TV is a good
thing and the second group has to give ideas about
why it is a bad thing. Then they need to write their
ideas on the board.

9. REFERENCES
Harmer, J. (2004). How to teach writing.
England: Pearson Education Limited.