Wordstorming

1. Ask students to write down all the words they can think of related to a given concept,
theme, or target word.
2. When students have exhausted their contributions, help them add to their individual lists
by giving some specific directions:
• Can you think of words that describe someone without ____________?
• Can you think of words that would show what someone might see, hear, feel,
touch, smell, in a situation filled with ____________?
3. Ask the students to group and label their words.
Introduce any words you think should be included and ask students to put them in the right group.