Today, we learned how to use clustering as a brainstorming strategy before responding to any writing prompt. Think about today’s practice. How did clustering help you generate ideas, examples, etc for the prompt? What part of the clustering process was most useful to you, and do you think you would use this strategy when planning an AP Lang essay? Explain.

 Prompt Response: Clustering helped me generate ideas and examples as it allowed me to see how I could breakdown topics into subtopics. This was really useful because with clustering, one also gets a visual of all the things that one could write about so it helps one easily have enough to write about. I plan on using it when I plan my AP Lang essays. This is because in my writing, I often encounter writer's block and I end up wasting time planning on what to write about. With clustering, l will simply look at my sheet and I will pick something from there to write about next.

Summary: In class we took notes over clustering and we tried using clustering as a class. 

Reflection: We learned about clustering which is a part of brainstorming. This is important because it can help one avoid getting writer's block during an essay as it gives one a visual of their ideas and potential things they could write about.