Mind Mapping & Brainstorming Worksheets for Teens & Preteens

These Pre-Writing Mind Mapping & Brainstorming worksheets for teens & preteens are perfect for many different types of pre-writing assignments in various subjects that require essays, research reports, or even story-telling.

With these Pre-Writing mind mapping & brainstorming worksheets for teens & preteens, your students in grades 4 to 12 can create an outline for their writing assignment in an easy-to-understand visual format.

There are two different styles of mind mapping & brainstorming worksheets for teens & preteens in this Pre-Writing packet.

The first one is a “fishbone” type of mind mapping worksheet.

The second one is for research essays and reports and uses a 5 W’s style of Who, What, Where, When & Why.

Both styles come with sample forms to help you and your students know how to use the worksheets.

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Resources for Middle & High School Students

This video from Mister Messinger will help your high school students better understand how to brainstorm as a pre-writing exercise.

This article from Grammarly (you know, those grammar nerds 🤓 ) gives a good overview of the brainstorming process.

Emma Angeline shows students who are visual learners (those with dyslexia, ADHD, or other unique learners) how to go from a mindmap (which is very visual) to a written essay (which is very much, not visual). Students will especially like her conversational style.

And finally, if you have students working on creative writing, or who hope to one day write their own novel, this video from author Paula Brackston showing how her mindmap led to a published book.

Mind Mapping & Brainstorming Worksheets for Teens & Preteens

This packet contains 4 pages: one blank and one sample fishbone mind mapping worksheet, and one black and one sample 5 W’s brainstorming worksheet.

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