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ATER Presentation June 2016
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- 6. ARer Students Choose Their Items… Reflect! • Small groups can join to make one large group and re-nego>ate what 5 items they will take. – Groups will have to argue persuasively for the items they chose. • Ques>ons to help students discuss the ac>vity: – Who chose items to help STAY on the island and who chose items to help ESCAPE the island? – Who thought of a crea>ve way to use an item? Explain it. – Which items are best for surviving long-term on the island? – What items do you wish were on the list and why?
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- 10. Crea%vity and Empowerment Crea%ve thinkers… • Will be leaders in their communi%es • Will be able to solve community problems in new ways • Will be able to collaborate or work together despite differences • Will be able to express their feelings in a healthy way • Will have more op%ons for their futures
- 11. How can teachers encourage crea%vity? • Provide students with >me to think (brainstorm) and imagine possibili>es • All ideas accepted: There is no BAD idea! • Open-ended problems/ques>ons with more than one answer or no right answer • Be willing to give up a liUle control
- 12. Examples of Ac%vi%es that Encourage Crea%ve Thinking • Shipwreck • Group Performance • Blackout poetry • Write a story
- 13. Group Performance Materials: None! • Groups of students can make up their own stories • Groups of students can recreate different scenes of a story or song • Groups of students can show different social or cultural situa>ons
- 14. Blackout Poetry • Materials: – Newspaper or pages of wri>ng – Can use old pages of student wri>ng! • How to: – Each person takes a page of wri>ng – Underline words you like or want to keep for any reason! (Words look interes>ng, sound interes>ng, are new words, have important meaning, etc.) – Cross out all the other words – Read the words that remain– your new poem!
- 16. Write a Story… with help Materials: paper, pens/pencils • Students tear off small pieces of paper. • Tell students to write words on each piece– YOU CHOOSE how many words and what the categories are. Examples: – A type of person – A place – An object – A problem • Collect all of the slips of paper, mix them together in a bag or cup. • Tell each student to choose 2 or 3 or 4 (depending on how many words you had students write down) • Students must write a story using each word they chose
- 17. Let’s try it! • Rip off two small pieces of paper • On one small piece of paper: – Write down any ITEM • On the other small piece of paper: – Write down any PLACE or LOCATION • Give them to me! I will mix them up. • Now choose two new small pieces of paper • You must write a story that includes the items on your two pieces of paper… CHALLENGE: these two items must be the main parts of the story!
- 18. Another Way: Draw a Story! • Good for: Students with less English, younger students, to demonstrate understanding of something read • Crea>ve: Ask students to think of a story and draw the main parts of the story in 6 pictures. • Summary: Ask students to draw the main ideas of what they read in 6 pictures.
- 19. Remember… • Crea>vity can be prac>ced and developed • Crea>vity requires >me and open-ended assignments (no right answer) • Crea>vity can be demonstrated through art, wri>ng, ac>ng, music, problem-solving • All teaching situa>ons are different … do what’s best for your situa>on, but I encourage you to take a risk! J
- 20. Thank you! Denise Silfee EnglishLanguage Fellow in Sudan denise.silfee@gmail.com