How to ... create a map from a text
We usually use mind maps to brainstorm, to synthesize concepts.
Have you ever thought you can use a map to report on a text, a chapter, a book, an author, ... in your own words. Let's see how.
Before reporting on a text, you'll have to read it, check the vocab your don't know yet and summarize it.
Please read: How to ... deal with wordlists, How to ... summarize a text
Once you have highlighted the structure, the main ideas and the keywords you can start with the creation of a map.
Keep the maps simple at the beginning. What you really wish to obtain is an outline of the original text.
Here follow some examples.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
The following map answers the question:
What is the period after the Norman Conquest called?
This map was made from the first paragraph of the text "The Middle Ages".
- Step 1 : main idea in the paragraph
- Step 2: keywords
- Step 3: map
The map can be read from top to bottom, from right to left.
As you can notice there are only nouns in the bubbles,
Nouns summarize/indicate the important concept expressed by the keywords.
The verbs/prepositions/linking words are set on the arrows.
Next step: make sentences. See the section How to ... write your own text