ater presentation june 2016
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Crea%vityintheClassroom:EmpoweringStudentstoThink
OutsidetheBox
DeniseSilfeeEnglishLanguageFellowinSudan
June2-3,2016ATERConference,Kigali,Rwanda
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Let’sGetWarmedUp:ShipwreckAc%vity
MaterialsNeededforthisAc>vity:Awaytoshowstudentstheitemstheycanconsider–paperhandouts,oralistontheboard*Picturesarehelpfulforstudentstolearnvocabulary
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Let’stryit!Here’sastory…
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Youand3friendscanonlycarry5itemstotheislandtohelpyousurvive.
Whatitemswillyouchoose?
Makeagroupof4.Discussthe5itemsyou
willtaketotheislandandwhy.
Youwillhave8minutestodiscuss!
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10m.ofrope
5litersofwater
Aboxofchocolatebars
Aboxofnails
3plas>cbags
5magazines
1mosquitonet
2forks
Asmallmirror
Alamp
Englishdic>onary
1compass
Acanofpetrol
Alifejacket
Amap
AboUleofFanta
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ARerStudentsChooseTheirItems…Reflect!
• Smallgroupscanjointomakeonelargegroupandre-nego>atewhat5itemstheywilltake.– Groupswillhavetoarguepersuasivelyfortheitemstheychose.
• Ques>onstohelpstudentsdiscusstheac>vity:– WhochoseitemstohelpSTAYontheislandandwhochoseitemstohelpESCAPEtheisland?
– Whothoughtofacrea>vewaytouseanitem?Explainit.
– Whichitemsarebestforsurvivinglong-termontheisland?
– Whatitemsdoyouwishwereonthelistandwhy?
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Whatiscrea%vity?
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Whycrea%vity?
21stCenturySkills
Abilitytosolveproblemsoraddressissuesthatwecannot
imaginetoday.
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Creativityà
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Crea%vityandEmpowermentCrea%vethinkers…• Willbeleadersintheircommuni%es
• Willbeabletosolvecommunityproblemsinnewways
• Willbeabletocollaborateorworktogetherdespitedifferences
• Willbeabletoexpresstheirfeelingsinahealthyway
• Willhavemoreop%onsfortheirfutures
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Howcanteachersencouragecrea%vity?
• Providestudentswith>metothink(brainstorm)andimaginepossibili>es
• Allideasaccepted:ThereisnoBADidea!
• Open-endedproblems/ques>onswithmorethanoneanswerornorightanswer
• BewillingtogiveupaliUlecontrol
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ExamplesofAc%vi%esthatEncourageCrea%veThinking
• Shipwreck• GroupPerformance• Blackoutpoetry
• Writeastory
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GroupPerformanceMaterials:None!• Groupsofstudentscanmakeuptheirownstories
• Groupsofstudentscanrecreatedifferentscenesofastoryorsong
• Groupsofstudentscanshowdifferentsocialorculturalsitua>ons
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BlackoutPoetry • Materials:
– Newspaperorpagesofwri>ng– Canuseoldpagesofstudentwri>ng!
• Howto:– Eachpersontakesapageofwri>ng
– Underlinewordsyoulikeorwanttokeepforanyreason!(Wordslookinteres>ng,soundinteres>ng,arenewwords,haveimportantmeaning,etc.)
– Crossoutalltheotherwords– Readthewordsthatremain–yournewpoem!
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WriteaStory…withhelp
Materials:paper,pens/pencils• Studentstearoffsmallpieces
ofpaper.• Tellstudentstowritewords
oneachpiece–YOUCHOOSEhowmanywordsandwhatthecategoriesare.Examples:– Atypeofperson– Aplace– Anobject– Aproblem
• Collectalloftheslipsofpaper,mixthemtogetherinabagorcup.
• Telleachstudenttochoose2or3or4(dependingonhowmanywordsyouhadstudentswritedown)
• Studentsmustwriteastoryusingeachwordtheychose
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Let’stryit!
• Ripofftwosmallpiecesofpaper• Ononesmallpieceofpaper:– WritedownanyITEM
• Ontheothersmallpieceofpaper:– WritedownanyPLACEorLOCATION
• Givethemtome!Iwillmixthemup.• Nowchoosetwonewsmallpiecesofpaper• Youmustwriteastorythatincludestheitemsonyourtwopiecesofpaper…CHALLENGE:thesetwoitemsmustbethemainpartsofthestory!
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AnotherWay:DrawaStory!• Goodfor:Studentswith
lessEnglish,youngerstudents,todemonstrateunderstandingofsomethingread
• Crea>ve:Askstudentstothinkofastoryanddrawthemainpartsofthestoryin6pictures.
• Summary:Askstudentstodrawthemainideasofwhattheyreadin6pictures.
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Remember…
• Crea>vitycanbeprac>cedanddeveloped• Crea>vityrequires>meandopen-endedassignments(norightanswer)
• Crea>vitycanbedemonstratedthroughart,wri>ng,ac>ng,music,problem-solving
• Allteachingsitua>onsaredifferent…dowhat’sbestforyoursitua>on,butIencourageyoutotakearisk!J