TECHNIQUES IN

ORGANIZING
INFORMATION
CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE!

Write the ideas that would occur

in your mind about “gadgets”.
CHECK YOUR KNOWLEDGE!

How do you organize your

ideas?
 READING AND WRITING
SKILLS

Techniques are approaches or

methods you as a writer may use
to organize the information you
have gathered, to accomplish your
desired aim in writing and
to improve your writing craft.
 READING AND WRITING
SKILLS

BASIC TECHNIQUES
IN ORGANIZING
INFORMATION
 A. BRAINSTORMING

It is a group creativity technique by

which efforts are made to find a conclusion
from a specific problem by gathering a list
of ideas spontaneously contributed by its
members.
 A. BRAINSTORMING

The term was popularized by Alex

Faickney Osborn in the 1953 book Applied
Imagination. (Wikipedia.org). He developed
this technique when he got frustrated that
his employees could not come up with
useful techniques as they worked
individually.
FOUR BRAINSTORMING
TIPS SUGGESTED BY
MARK NICHOL IN DAILY
WRITING TIPS
 A.1. CUBING

In this strategy, a topic or idea is examined in 6

viewpoints.
a. What is the topic?
b. What is it like or unlike
c. What does it make you think of?
d. What constituent parts is it made of?
e. How can it be used?
f. How can you support or oppose it?
 A.2. FREE WRITING

In this technique, just keep on writing and

not minding errors in spelling and grammar. The
objective here is to just write what comes to
your mind. Have a quantitative goal like coming
up with 500 words or more. Then review what
you have written later and hopefully come up
with a specific topic that would interest you.
 A.3. LISTING

List down what comes to your mind. If your

intention is to come up with topic to write
about, enumerate them. An important reminder
in using this technique is not to list your ideas in
an outline form because an outline will require
you to organize items and your thoughts which
is a principle contrary to brainstorming
 A.4. MAPPING

Mapping, also known as clustering and

webbing, is a graphic form of listing that
simply involves jotting down ideas on a large
writing surface and then making
connections by associating similarly themed
ideas with color-coded circles or underlines
of distinct patterns and then indicating other
relationships by linking with lines.
 B. GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

A graphic organizer, also known as

knowledge map, concept map, story map,
cognitive organizer, advance organizer, or
concept diagram, is a communication tool
that uses visual symbols to express
knowledge, concepts, thoughts and ideas
and the relationship between them.
 B. GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS

The main purpose of a graphic organizer is

to provide a visual aid to facilitate learning and
instruction. (Wikipedia.com)
It is easier for the writer to explain his/her
ideas if s/he is able to present the graphic
devices in such a way that can help others focus
on the relationships of the ideas presented with
other details.
 TYPES OF GRAPHIC
ORGANIZERS WHICH YOU
CAN USE IN WRITING
 B.1. CONCEPT MAPS

Concept Maps graphically illustrate

relationships between two or more
concepts and are linked by words to
describe their relationships.
B.1. CONCEPT MAPS
 B. 2. WEBS

Web shows how different categories of

information relate to one another.
B.2. WEBS
 B. 3. MIND MAPS

Mind Maps are visual representations of

hierarchical information that include a central
idea or image surrounded by connected
branches of associated topics or ideas.
B. 3. MIND MAPS
B. 4. FLOW DIAGRAM OR
SEQUENCE CHART
This type of graphic organizer shows a series
of steps or events in the order in which they
will take place. They can be used in outlining
the events in the story, or showing a
procedure in a scientific process.
B. 4. FLOW DIAGRAM OR
SEQUENCE CHART
B. 5. VENN DIAGRAM

 It is used to identify similarities and differences

between two or more concepts
B. 5. VENN DIAGRAM
B. 6. ORGANIZATIONAL
CHART OR DIAGRAM
A chart that shows the structure of an
organization.
B. 6. ORGANIZATIONAL
CHART OR DIAGRAM
 B. 7. PIE CHART

 It is a type of circular graph, which is divided into slices

to illustrate a numerical proportion.
B. 7. PIE CHART
 B. 8. GRAPH

 It is a collection of all points whose coordinates

satisfy a given relation. The most commonly used
graphs are the line and bar graph
B. 8. a. LINEGRAPH
B. 8. b. BAR GRAPH
 B. 9. TABLE

 It is a systematic arrangement of data usually in rows

and in columns for ready reference.
B. 9. TABLE
 C. OUTLINE

An outline is the general plan of what you intend to write.

In preparing the outline, you have to classify each information
and its connection to your topic or subject. The sorted
information may be grouped according to content. From these
grouped information, you can already provide headings – main
and subheadings – which are parallel in structure. In an outline,
have at least two topics after each heading and two for the
subheadings.
 C.1. TOPIC OUTLINE

It is a form of outline that uses parallel

phrases for the heading all throughout.
 C.2. SENTENCE OUTLINE

It is a form of outline that uses

sentences for the heading all throughout.
 C.OUTLINE

There are two formats of outlining:

1. Number-Letter Format
2. Decimal Outline Format
 NUMBER LETTER
FORMAT
It is the use of the number, then letter in an
outline. You use the Roman numerals for the main
heading. You start with Roman “I” for the heading,
under are the subheadings or supporting details
which are indented and are marked by capital
letters. If there subheadings under letter “A”, ident
further and use Arabic numbers 1 and so on. In
case of information not as important as the
subheading, ident and mark it with a small letter
NUMBER LETTER
FORMAT
I. Main Heading
A. Subheading
1. Supporting
Details
2. Supporting
Details
II. Main Heading
A. Subheading
1. Supporting
 DECIMAL OUTLINE
FORMAT
It makes use of decimal numbers in place of
the number-letters use. Arabic number 1 is used
instead of Roman “I” for the main heading.
Number 1.1 is used in case there is a subheading;
numbers 1.2 if there is another subheading that
follows it.
DECIMAL OUTLINE
FORMAT
1. Main Heading
1. Subheading
1. Supporti
ng
Details
2. Supporti
ng
Details
2. Main Heading
ACTIVITY TIME!
Topic : THE SENTENCE
I. INTRODUCTION
A. What is a sentence?
B. Parts of a Sentence
1. Subject
2. Predicate
II. DISCUSSION
A. Kinds of Sentence
1. According to Form or Purpose
a. declarative
b. interrogative
c. the sentence that gives command
d. exclamatory
2. According to grammatical Structure or Syntax
3. Simple sentence
4. Compound Sentence
5. complex sentence
Compound-complex Sentence
c. According to Rhetorical
Structure
Give your ideas about the

DIFFERENT PROBLEMS THAT OUR COUNTRY

IS FACING TODAY.
Organize your ideas by using:
1. Brainstorming
2. Graphic organizer (any of the types)
3. Outline (any of the forms and formats)
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