Monday, September 7, 2009

Tuesday gather and brainstorm


Barbell Factory
Create initial groups ( 4 to a group)
Cooperation and group scoring
Key vocabulary featuring voice
Girl Assignment -- choose, interpret, and perform the ten most important sentences.


Ten most important sentences--make sure you get this part.

Give evidence for your interpretation of connotative and denotative.  

There is no correct interpretation -- get your evidence from the poem and secondary sources. 

It is important to get background information ans secondary sources
Please visit Jamica Kincaid's biographical page and her wiki to see what you can learn about her and how these secondary sources might influence your literal and figurative interptretations of the poem "Girl".



Brainstorming
What really counts in making brainstorming sessions effective is your ability to ignite, encourage, synergize and extend your partner thoughts and ideas without ever spending useless energies in criticizing or vetoing this or that proposal.



All ideas are good, they are only limited by our own ability to connect them rapidly with other, relevant ones to create mental mashups or to jump to alternative solutions we wouldn't have considered otherwise.


Brainstorming from Johnson & Johnson 

Here are the roles you should take on: 

ENCOURAGER and SCRIBE
writes and reports groups ideas;
is not a gatekeeper
  • Record all ideas
  • Don’t block
  • Seek clarification
  • Report


ENCOURAGER and STORE KEEPER
locates, collects and distributes resources including informational resources like web pages and encyclopaedia entries
  • Get all the materials for the entire group
  • Collect worksheets from the teacher
  • Sharpen pencils
  • Tidy up
*Allowed to leave your place without teacher permission

ENCOURAGER and COP
reads instructions and directs participation
  • Read the instructions
  • Call for speakers
  • Take turns
  • Call for votes
  • Count votes
  • State agreed position
ENCOURAGER and SPY
summarises findings and trades ideas with other groups
  • Check up on other groups
  • Trade ideas with other groups
  • Summarise findings
*Allowed to leave your place when directed by the teacher

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