Strengthen students’ planning skills with this focused lesson on understanding essay prompts and generating clear, specific ideas. Ideal for classrooms, tutoring sessions, or independent study.

Lesson 3 - Essay Prompts & Brainstorming (from the full Writing an Academic Essay bundle).

What’s Inside
✅ The writing process overview
✅ How to interpret essay prompts (RRTT strategy)
✅ Brainstorming strategies: mind-mapping and freewriting
✅ How to choose and narrow a topic
✅ Tips for making topics specific
✅ Practice activity with model answer

👉 Download the full 12 Lessons of the Writing an Academic Essay bundle to guide students step-by-step from foundations to final draft.

▶️ Watch the full accompanying YouTube series for guided lessons using the slides!