Better Lesson
Better Lesson: A Storm of Ideas
The first step in writing an informational text on the topic of students' choice is helping the student choose a topic of interest. Students will brainstorm ideas that will be possible final topics.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Idea Challenge
In this lesson, students will create 10-20 mini works of art based on a given theme that are unique in concept and media. Students brainstorm ideas using an online tool, conceptualize their ideas, and create their pieces. The three best...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Modern Day Pyramids
Students investigate the ways in which ancient technologies - six types of simple machines and combinations - are used to construct modern buildings. As they work together to solve a design problem (designing and building a modern...
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What Is Brainstorming?
Brainstorming can be a helpful tool during the creative thinking process. Learn the origins of brainstorming, what it isn't and the general guidelines associated with this technique.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Story Writing With Arthur
This series of 12 downloadable activities teach students some basics of story writing, using books or videos from the PBS "Arthur" series as a springboard. Activities include creating story maps, asking questions about characters and...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Small Moment With an Important Person
A writer's workshop idea where students brainstorm a list of people who are important to them as well as one or two times they remember being with each person. Students then use these ideas to write about a small moment with someone who...
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Brain dance.com: Three Step Creative Writing Process
This process seems very involved, but there are good ideas for getting started on your creative writing if you're stuck at the brainstorming stage.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Haiku Starter
A printable, two-page graphic organizer to help students brainstorm ideas and write a rough draft of a haiku. Directions on how to use this type of graphic organize as well as lists of teaching ideas and related resources are also provided.
Goshen College
Visual Art: The Conversation Game
When we prompt our students to create art based on "self," how many of us get generic pictures or simple ideas? This game is designed to stretch each student's self list so that they have a wide variety of expressive ideas to choose from.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Serendipitous & Interesting Story Titles
In this lesson, The Paper Bag Princess, a book written by Robert Munsch, is used as a mentor text. Students will reflect on how nouns can sometimes be used as interesting adjectives. Students will collect these ideas in their notebooks...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Young Inventors
In this stills collage adapted from the National Science Teachers Association/Craftsman Young Inventors Awards, see several inventions by students in grades 4-7 and read about some of the challenges they faced during the design process.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Engineer a Coin Sorter
Students learn about the engineering design process and how it is used to engineer products for everyday use. Students individually brainstorm solutions for sorting coins and draw at least two design ideas. They work in small groups to...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: And the Author Is...using Digital Tools for Writing
Empower learners to recognize that they are thinkers and writers! They will collaborate on a writing piece to brainstorm, organize and publish ideas with a digital tool. This lesson highlights different website creations as examples of...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Exploring Patterns & Writing Word Problems
In this lesson plan, students will listen to the book called The Grapes of Math by Greg Tang, but before reading, students will listen for the "different" way to solve the problem on each page. After reading, students will focus on one...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Voice Building Poetry Lesson: Four Metaphor Poetry
Inspired by Mem Fox's Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge which includes four metaphors for memory, this writing prompt asks learners to think of an original abstract noun. Students will brainstorm details as they come up with ideas for...
Thinkport Education
Thinkport: Water, Water, Everywhere: The Engineering Design Process
Students brainstorm new ideas during part of the engineering process of designing a water purification system.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Suggestions for Writing Memoirs: Memoirs Inspired by Whimpy Diary
After reading journal entries from The Diary of a Whimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, students brainstorm and share their own ideas with a partner. Once they have a few ideas, they choose one idea to transform into a narrative writing. The...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Scheming Against an Adversary
Enemy Pie by Derek Munson makes readers think seriously about this question: "What if I had to spend an entire day with someone with whom I had a conflict?" This question presents young writers with a great launching pad for developing...
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