How to make a word map

A word map is easily made with nothing more than paper and pen.

1. Choose, or have the writer choose, a word or a phrase as a topic to write about.
2. Write the topic in a circle or rectangle in the center of a page.
3. Complete the map by
   • asking the learner what words they think of related to the topic.
   • writing the words on the page around the topic.

Here are some variations for making a word map:

• Help the learner do steps 1-3.
• Have the learner do steps 1-3 independently.

• What is guided writing?

• Robson, DeVergilio, and DeButts 1990:116-121
• Dechant 1991:358
• Laubach Literacy Action 1994

• Task module: How to make a word map
• In task module: Making teaching aids
• In task module: Developing materials to teach reading and writing
• In task module: Developing instructional materials, by Trudy K. Stewart, Leah B. Walter (contributor), and Trudi C. Hunt (contributor)
• In task module: Developing an instructional program, by Kenneth A. Boothe (contributor), Patricia M. Davis (contributor), Trudy K. Stewart (general editor), Leah B. Walter (contributor), Glenys Waters (contributor), and Adelle R. Walter (illustrator)
• In task module: Implementing a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler)
• In modular book: Implement a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler) and Leah B. Walter (compiler)
• In bookshelf: Literacy

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