Name: Chelsea Mestas
Course: UNV - 104
Date: December 6, 2021
Instructor: Megan Castles
Expository Essay: Brainstorming and Beginning Research
Before you begin any writing assignment, it is often necessary to complete several “pre-writing” activities necessary for completing
your expository essay including selecting a topic, brainstorming, research strategies, and research. Follow the instructions to complete
these pre-writing activities. Make sure you complete all sections of this worksheet.
Part 1: Select a Topic – Pick One
Below are lists of essay topics to use for the expository essay please highlight/bold your topic choice so your instructor will know
your selection.
1. Three services Veterans need to successfully return to civilian life
2. Three characteristics of good leaders
3. Three ways bullying can negatively impact children
4. Three ways technology can impact communication
5. Three issues found in a large classroom
6. Three services the Christian church can provide the community
Part 2: Brainstorming Strategies
Read: Topic 1 Resource.
Review: “Invention: Finding Your Ideas” section of “The Writing Process” media piece:
https://lc.gcumedia.com/unv104/the-writing-process/index.php
, Complete: In box 1, use the brainstorming method of “Free Writing”.
Brainstorm Method: Free Writing:
Set a timer for 10 minutes and complete your free write brainstorm activity in this box to show your work.
Three ways bullying can negatively impact children are ability to learn, hate school, and depression and suicide. The reason it can
affect the childs ability to learn is because they are worried about when and where they could be bullied next. So they will be
looking around instead of learning or listening to what they are learning. The reason they will hate school is because that is suppose
to be a childs safe spot. If they don’t feel safe or hate school they are most likely to drop out because they feel they wont be bullied
anymore. The reason it can make a child depressed or suicidal is they fall into depression because they don’t think people like them
or that the bully is making everyone hate them. The reason they fall into suicidal is because most of the time bullys will tell the
other child that they would be better off dead or that no one loves them.
Part 3: Research Strategies – Key Words & Phrases
Step 1: Pull keywords that were generated from your brainstorming activity in part 2. These keywords need to pertain to the topic
selected from part 1.
Step 2: Combine keywords to come up with Boolean search terms. Boolean Search Possibilities: Boolean search terms utilize AND
phrases and is covered on page 15 of the course eBook.
An example table is provided below to demonstrate how you should complete this. Please do not use any part of the example as part of
your own table.
Example Tables
Keywords pulled from brainstorming Boolean: Phrases from Keywords
1. Online Learning 1. Online Learning AND Education
2. Student Success 2. Online Learning AND Student Success
Course: UNV - 104
Date: December 6, 2021
Instructor: Megan Castles
Expository Essay: Brainstorming and Beginning Research
Before you begin any writing assignment, it is often necessary to complete several “pre-writing” activities necessary for completing
your expository essay including selecting a topic, brainstorming, research strategies, and research. Follow the instructions to complete
these pre-writing activities. Make sure you complete all sections of this worksheet.
Part 1: Select a Topic – Pick One
Below are lists of essay topics to use for the expository essay please highlight/bold your topic choice so your instructor will know
your selection.
1. Three services Veterans need to successfully return to civilian life
2. Three characteristics of good leaders
3. Three ways bullying can negatively impact children
4. Three ways technology can impact communication
5. Three issues found in a large classroom
6. Three services the Christian church can provide the community
Part 2: Brainstorming Strategies
Read: Topic 1 Resource.
Review: “Invention: Finding Your Ideas” section of “The Writing Process” media piece:
https://lc.gcumedia.com/unv104/the-writing-process/index.php
, Complete: In box 1, use the brainstorming method of “Free Writing”.
Brainstorm Method: Free Writing:
Set a timer for 10 minutes and complete your free write brainstorm activity in this box to show your work.
Three ways bullying can negatively impact children are ability to learn, hate school, and depression and suicide. The reason it can
affect the childs ability to learn is because they are worried about when and where they could be bullied next. So they will be
looking around instead of learning or listening to what they are learning. The reason they will hate school is because that is suppose
to be a childs safe spot. If they don’t feel safe or hate school they are most likely to drop out because they feel they wont be bullied
anymore. The reason it can make a child depressed or suicidal is they fall into depression because they don’t think people like them
or that the bully is making everyone hate them. The reason they fall into suicidal is because most of the time bullys will tell the
other child that they would be better off dead or that no one loves them.
Part 3: Research Strategies – Key Words & Phrases
Step 1: Pull keywords that were generated from your brainstorming activity in part 2. These keywords need to pertain to the topic
selected from part 1.
Step 2: Combine keywords to come up with Boolean search terms. Boolean Search Possibilities: Boolean search terms utilize AND
phrases and is covered on page 15 of the course eBook.
An example table is provided below to demonstrate how you should complete this. Please do not use any part of the example as part of
your own table.
Example Tables
Keywords pulled from brainstorming Boolean: Phrases from Keywords
1. Online Learning 1. Online Learning AND Education
2. Student Success 2. Online Learning AND Student Success
