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What have I learned about idea development? Well, in class Thursday we explored a couple different ways of generating ideas. I thought the idea of how to generate ideas for our family theme song was particularly helpful. I’ve made plenty of lists defining my major personality traits, but I’ve never been told to write a sentence using each one and then find ways to connect them—making something like the verses of a song.
I also enjoyed the group story writing of “The Grossest Ice Cream Ever.” I guess this activity was more of a way to open our minds to the idea of generating ideas…if that makes any sense at all. During this activity, I realized that by providing a title, like “The Grossest Ice Cream Ever” for our students, we have sped up the process of idea development. Even though some groups, like mine, didn’t use the title, having the story subject and the option to use Dr. Harris’ title, gave us a definite direction, and allowed us to focus our creativity toward the writing of the story, before worrying about a title. I think it’s fair to say, that the class wasn’t provided a title, the activity would have taken much, much longer, and perhaps failed to serve its purpose.
I like the idea of giving a title and having the students write about it. In the past we have given them the first sentence or two and let them go from there but the title idea would give them more options.
This is my actual blog!! It wouldn't let me post it into the blog part!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat have I learned about idea development? Well, in class Thursday we explored a couple different ways of generating ideas. I thought the idea of how to generate ideas for our family theme song was particularly helpful. I’ve made plenty of lists defining my major personality traits, but I’ve never been told to write a sentence using each one and then find ways to connect them—making something like the verses of a song.
I also enjoyed the group story writing of “The Grossest Ice Cream Ever.” I guess this activity was more of a way to open our minds to the idea of generating ideas…if that makes any sense at all. During this activity, I realized that by providing a title, like “The Grossest Ice Cream Ever” for our students, we have sped up the process of idea development. Even though some groups, like mine, didn’t use the title, having the story subject and the option to use Dr. Harris’ title, gave us a definite direction, and allowed us to focus our creativity toward the writing of the story, before worrying about a title. I think it’s fair to say, that the class wasn’t provided a title, the activity would have taken much, much longer, and perhaps failed to serve its purpose.
I like the idea of giving a title and having the students write about it. In the past we have given them the first sentence or two and let them go from there but the title idea would give them more options.
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