Brainstorming and discussion are strategies where students in groups or pairs come up with ideas and suggestions about a topic. They write down whatever comes to mind to put a new writing task in motion or revive an unfinished project. Discussions allow students to share what they know about a topic after the teacher introduces it. These strategies can be used across subjects like social studies, art, and language arts to generate group names and symbols, discuss ocean animals for a beach resort project, or analyze passages and identify morals.