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Brainstorming Map Clusters OrganizerBrainstorming Map Clusters Organizer
Publisher
Do2Learn
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3rd - 12th
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Classroom Support
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Graphic Organizers
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Organizer

Brainstorming Map Clusters

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Get your class thinking with a graphic organizer made for brainstorming. Pupils note down a topic in the middle and then branch out to write down more ideas in each of the three circles that form the cluster around the topic.

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Concepts

brainstorming, concept mapping

Additional Tags

classroom support

Instructional Ideas

  • Have learners brainstorm for writing an essay with three body paragraphs using this organizer; each large circle can be a topic, and the three smaller circles inside each larger circle can be for evidence
  • Invite pupils to use the white space around the cluster map to draw pictures or make additional notes on their topics

Pros

  • Since the graphic organizer is generic, you can use it for just about any purpose that you can think of that fits the shape of the organizer

Cons

  • There isn't much space for students to write directly inside of the circles provided

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