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From Topic to PresentationAcademir Writing - 2012FALE/UFMG
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FROM TOPIC TO
PRESENTATION: Making
Choices to Develop
Your Writing
Beth L. Hewett
CHOOSING A TOPIC
BRAINSTORMING
TIME TRAVEL
TELEPORTATION
BRAINSTORMING
ATTRIBUTE CHANGE
GAP FILLING
BRAINSTORMING
GROUP Ideation
BRAINSTORMING
MIND MAP
BRAINSTORMING
REVERSE THINKING
CHALLENGER
Writing an initial, or
“zero,” draft
Why ? ? ? A Zero Draft:
1. Encourages brevity and clarity.
2. Frees you to generate ideas first,
before focusing on formal
outlines.
Writing an initial, or
“zero,” draft
Why ? ? ? A Zero Draft:
3. Helps ensure complete content.
4. Captures ideas quickly in case
you are interrupted.
Writing an initial, or
“zero,” draft
Writing an initial, or
“zero,” draft
Put each
main idea on a
separate piece of
paper to allow
greater
flexibility
Writing an initial, or
“zero,” draft
Eliminate
the ideas
that are
unnecessary
Writing a preliminary
draft
Do more research
Writing a preliminary
draft
Make sure you attribute anything you are
putting in your paper to the appropriate
source
to try to express the
informed opinion
through a coherent
assertion
Writing a preliminary
draft
Make revision
choices based
on your
own
thinking
Writing a preliminary
draft
After finished
this draft,
post it for
others to
review.
Using others feedback
to revise
• SPELLCHECKING &
PROOFREADING;
• HELPFUL ADVICE;
Using others feedback
to revise • COMPARE READERS REACTION & AUTHOR INTENTION
(AUTHOR EXPLAINs CHOICES).
Using others feedback
to revise
• DISCUSS DIFFERENT POINTS-OF-VIEW;
Completing a
presentation draft
• THE WAY A GROUP OF PEOPLE CAN
WORK COLLABORATIVELY IN THE SAME
PRESENTATION OVER THE INTERNET.
• EXAMPLES: WIKISPACE, SOCIAL
NETWORKS, MOODLE.
how to make these
processes work for you
how to make these
processes work for you
• Using feedback for revision is always
necessary;
• Try to be able to explain your choices;
• Write the ideas in short expressions;
• Use brief quotations – not plagiarism;
• Organize your ideas in a logical way, using
link words;
• Check spelling, grammar and punctuation.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
• Hewett, Beth L., From Topic to Presentation: Making
Choices to Develop Your Writing
• http://personalexcellence.co/blog/25-brainstorming-
techniques
• http://www.uliveandlearn.com/newsletters/biztips_20
05_26.cfm