Getting Ideas:
"In Your Own Back Yard"
Overview
This tutorial is designed to help you generate writing topics for essays and/or research papers. You will first be asked to sketch an incident from which you will then generate a list of potential topics. Next you will learn five ways to narrow down a broad topic into workable subjects.
Objectives
At the conclusion of this learning activity, you will:
- be able to generate a list of potential topics based on your personal interests.
- know five ways to narrow down a topic into workable subjects.
- have a list of potential topics for either a research paper or essay.
Assessment
Your instructor may ask you to submit a list of the topics you generated after completing this tutorial.
The "Getting Ideas: "In Your Own Back Yard" Worksheet" is available as part of Resources for Writers.
Sections of Tutorial
Although I have listed the sections of the tutorial so that it will make it easier to review a particular section, please note that the tutorial builds on itself. Each section should be completed in order.
