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Brainstorming and connecting
Mon Jan 06, 2020 4:05 pm
Brainstorming and connecting
1. What makes some art great and other art trash?
2. What is the greatest work of art on the HighScope campus?
3. How does it compare to another work of art?
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1.
Form small groups (~3). Choose any seven of the brainstorming techniques below and follow them them through... Once complete, have your work checked by the teacher before going on to the next section.
Freewriting — Set a time limit of 15 minutes for writing and fill at least three pages. Write whatever comes to your mind. Don’t worry about typos, spelling or grammar and style. Just write until your time is up pages are full. When you are done, read through what you have written and underline or highlight your best ideas.
Idea web — Write down the subject in the center of a page. Think of an idea that relates to the subject and jot it down on your page. Link the idea to the central subject. Think of another idea that relates to the new idea you just created. Link this new idea with the previous idea. Repeat the process until you have a web of ideas on the page that are all derived from the main subject. If you use paper, the white board, or the flip chart, take a photo; there are innumerable digital programs available if you'd like to try using one: link, link, link, etc.
Reverse Thinking — Think about what everyone will typically think about your topic. Then figure out the opposite.
List 101 — Jot down a list of 101 words and phrases that relate to the general topic you are thinking about. It might be helpful to make separate sub-lists of elements. Don’t outline or edit at this point. Let the activity be uninhibited. When you are finished listing, group the items on your lists in a logical manner and provide a label for each group. Write a sentence about each group and you will have several topic or theme sentences you can develop later.
In a Nut-shell — Choose a dozen key ideas from your topic. Lay out in a few sentences the gist of each. It helps you distinguish major and minor ideas in your thoughts and identify how the ideas relate to each other. Put down your answer concisely in writing. Make your sentences no more than two or three sentences maximum to capture the essence of your topic and you will have just developed your topic statement or premise.
Random Input — Get a random stimulus and try to see how you can fit it into your work. There are many random word and idea generators online: link, link, link, link, link, etc.
5 whys — Start with a central issue in your topic. This is an interrogative technique used to explore particular topics. The primary goal of the technique is to determine the root causes of a phenomena by repeating the question "Why?" Each answer forms the basis of the next question. Occasionally you may need to take your why questions to the sixth or seventh level.
Journalist's 5W’s and 1H — Who? What? When? Where? Why? and How? After each question word, provide answers for the question. Answer all the questions relating to your topic in brief and then review the answers. You will discover that you know more or little about particular question words relating to your topic. Later, research your topic further to improve on areas you are least knowledgeable in, build on what you are most knowledgeable in.
Library research — Visit the library. Browse dictionaries, thesauruses, guide books and any other reference texts that you find for background information, little-known facts and golden topic ideas relevant to your writing project. Write down past or current events relating to your writing subject, historical or contemporary issues surrounding your topic and any other relevant information you gather in your library research for use in your projects.
Time Travel — How would you deal with this if you were in a different time period? 10 years ago? 100 years ago? 1,000 years ago? 10,000 years ago? How about in the future? 10 years later? 100 years later? 1,000 years later? 10,000 years later?
Teleportation — What if you were facing this topic in a different place? Different country? Different culture? A different plane of existence?
Attribute change — How would you think about this if you were a different gender? Age? Race? Intelligence? Height? Weight? Nationality? Your Sanity? With each attribute change, you become exposed to a new spectrum of thinking you were subconsciously closed off from.
Rolestorming — Attribute change. How would you think about this if you were a different gender? Age? Race? Intellect? Height? Weight? Nationality? Your Sanity? What would you do if you were someone else? Your parent? Your teacher? Your partner? Your best friend? Your enemy? What if you were an iconic figure of the past? Buddha? Jesus? Krishna? Adolf Hitler? How about the present? Donald Trump? Emma Watson? With each attribute change, you become exposed to a new spectrum of thinking you were subconsciously closed off from.
SWOT Analysis — Do a SWOT of your situation. What are the Strengths? Weaknesses? Opportunities? Threats? The analysis will open your mind up to new ideas.
2.
Find the greatest work of art anywhere on the HighScope campus. Photograph it. Write a minimum of 250 words based on your brainstorming explaining why this piece of art is the greatest. Be sure the photo is included with your writing; your essay should be neatly formatted and proofread, have a title, an introduction, thesis statement, paragraphs, and a conclusion. Once complete, check your work with the teacher before continuing to the next section.
3.
Design a graphic organizer comparing and contrasting what you chose to be the greatest work of art on the HighScope campus with any another work of art, for example, the Mona Lisa. Write a paragraph summarizing the key comparisons and contrasts you found in terms of the view of the greatness of art you have developed (~100 words). If the other work of art you chose is visual, (not music), include an image with your writing.
Post your study to the phpBB. Be sure the names of all group members are on the document you submit; include a note roughly estimating the percent of the workload each group member contributed.
1. What makes some art great and other art trash?
2. What is the greatest work of art on the HighScope campus?
3. How does it compare to another work of art?
_____________________________________________________________________
1.
Form small groups (~3). Choose any seven of the brainstorming techniques below and follow them them through... Once complete, have your work checked by the teacher before going on to the next section.
Freewriting — Set a time limit of 15 minutes for writing and fill at least three pages. Write whatever comes to your mind. Don’t worry about typos, spelling or grammar and style. Just write until your time is up pages are full. When you are done, read through what you have written and underline or highlight your best ideas.
Idea web — Write down the subject in the center of a page. Think of an idea that relates to the subject and jot it down on your page. Link the idea to the central subject. Think of another idea that relates to the new idea you just created. Link this new idea with the previous idea. Repeat the process until you have a web of ideas on the page that are all derived from the main subject. If you use paper, the white board, or the flip chart, take a photo; there are innumerable digital programs available if you'd like to try using one: link, link, link, etc.
Reverse Thinking — Think about what everyone will typically think about your topic. Then figure out the opposite.
List 101 — Jot down a list of 101 words and phrases that relate to the general topic you are thinking about. It might be helpful to make separate sub-lists of elements. Don’t outline or edit at this point. Let the activity be uninhibited. When you are finished listing, group the items on your lists in a logical manner and provide a label for each group. Write a sentence about each group and you will have several topic or theme sentences you can develop later.
In a Nut-shell — Choose a dozen key ideas from your topic. Lay out in a few sentences the gist of each. It helps you distinguish major and minor ideas in your thoughts and identify how the ideas relate to each other. Put down your answer concisely in writing. Make your sentences no more than two or three sentences maximum to capture the essence of your topic and you will have just developed your topic statement or premise.
Random Input — Get a random stimulus and try to see how you can fit it into your work. There are many random word and idea generators online: link, link, link, link, link, etc.
5 whys — Start with a central issue in your topic. This is an interrogative technique used to explore particular topics. The primary goal of the technique is to determine the root causes of a phenomena by repeating the question "Why?" Each answer forms the basis of the next question. Occasionally you may need to take your why questions to the sixth or seventh level.
Journalist's 5W’s and 1H — Who? What? When? Where? Why? and How? After each question word, provide answers for the question. Answer all the questions relating to your topic in brief and then review the answers. You will discover that you know more or little about particular question words relating to your topic. Later, research your topic further to improve on areas you are least knowledgeable in, build on what you are most knowledgeable in.
Library research — Visit the library. Browse dictionaries, thesauruses, guide books and any other reference texts that you find for background information, little-known facts and golden topic ideas relevant to your writing project. Write down past or current events relating to your writing subject, historical or contemporary issues surrounding your topic and any other relevant information you gather in your library research for use in your projects.
Time Travel — How would you deal with this if you were in a different time period? 10 years ago? 100 years ago? 1,000 years ago? 10,000 years ago? How about in the future? 10 years later? 100 years later? 1,000 years later? 10,000 years later?
Teleportation — What if you were facing this topic in a different place? Different country? Different culture? A different plane of existence?
Attribute change — How would you think about this if you were a different gender? Age? Race? Intelligence? Height? Weight? Nationality? Your Sanity? With each attribute change, you become exposed to a new spectrum of thinking you were subconsciously closed off from.
Rolestorming — Attribute change. How would you think about this if you were a different gender? Age? Race? Intellect? Height? Weight? Nationality? Your Sanity? What would you do if you were someone else? Your parent? Your teacher? Your partner? Your best friend? Your enemy? What if you were an iconic figure of the past? Buddha? Jesus? Krishna? Adolf Hitler? How about the present? Donald Trump? Emma Watson? With each attribute change, you become exposed to a new spectrum of thinking you were subconsciously closed off from.
SWOT Analysis — Do a SWOT of your situation. What are the Strengths? Weaknesses? Opportunities? Threats? The analysis will open your mind up to new ideas.
2.
Find the greatest work of art anywhere on the HighScope campus. Photograph it. Write a minimum of 250 words based on your brainstorming explaining why this piece of art is the greatest. Be sure the photo is included with your writing; your essay should be neatly formatted and proofread, have a title, an introduction, thesis statement, paragraphs, and a conclusion. Once complete, check your work with the teacher before continuing to the next section.
3.
Design a graphic organizer comparing and contrasting what you chose to be the greatest work of art on the HighScope campus with any another work of art, for example, the Mona Lisa. Write a paragraph summarizing the key comparisons and contrasts you found in terms of the view of the greatness of art you have developed (~100 words). If the other work of art you chose is visual, (not music), include an image with your writing.
Post your study to the phpBB. Be sure the names of all group members are on the document you submit; include a note roughly estimating the percent of the workload each group member contributed.
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