Creative+Thinking+Contract


 * Creative Thinking Contract - Myths & Legends!

From: http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/patana/5t/literacy/thinkerskeys/ct-myths.html** Research any mythical character and use the letters of the alphabet to record facts and other information you find out about your character. || Imagine you have Pandora's Box, and you want to open it because you don't know what's in it and you're curious - and you also don't want to get in trouble if something bad happens. How would you open it? || //Nike// brand goods (shoes, etc.) are named after the Greek goddess if Victory. The //Apollo// Space Programme was named after the Greek god of the sun. //Ajax// floor cleaner was named after a powerful Greek warrior who fought at Troy. Invent your own product and name it after a mythical or legendary character. Remember, though, your product should share some of the attributes of the character you name it after. You might like to draw and label/caption some of your ideas. || List between 5 and 10 quality ways wealthy people could help poor people without giving them cash/money. || A horse with wings is standing in the middle of the school field. Draw a picture and give between 5 and 10 reasons for this. || List the attributes of a spider and a box, then combine the attributes [Help] into a single object. Try to come up with more than one idea. Draw and describe your ideas. || B.A.R. any mythical beast or creature. Draw your new design and include appropriate explanations/descriptions. || Invent your own mythical creature. Draw a picture, but also write a description to explain where it can be found, any special abilities, its physical characteristics, what it eats, and how it hunts. || Predict a new way of passing on stories like myths and legends on to future generations. Draw a picture and write an explanation. || List between 10 and 20 ways can you help a lion that has been caught in a net trap. Draw at least one diagram and write a description/explanation to clearly illustrate your ideas. || Using some mud, a key, and a dog, explain how you could re-capture the bad things that escaped from the box Pandoraopened. You cannot use any object in the way they were intended to be used! Draw a diagram and write a description/explanation to clearly illustrate your ideas. click for Pandora text || Construct a 3-D model of your favourite mythical creature. Include an information card to go with your model. || When we wear our BLACK HAT we are thinking of the PROBLEMS and NEGATIVE POINTS. List at least 10 disadvantages (BLACK HAT POINTS) of **gods and goddesses**. || List between 10 and 20 extraordinary powers that human beings will never have. || Use the squiggles below to complete a drawing relating to myths and/or legends. Write about your drawing to explain how it relates to a myth/legend. || Imagine you have discovered drawings of an unusual and fabulous beast on a cave wall. Write the first couple of paragraphs of a newspaper report about this discovery, including your theories as to the nature of the beast. Include a drawing of the beast. Your article should also include these important details: who, what, where, why, how. || Draw a Venn Diagram [Help] to compare and contrast any two characters from myths or legends. ||
 * [[image:http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/patana/5t/literacy/thinkerskeys/key4a.gif width="32" height="32" align="left"]]**ALPHABET KEY**
 * [[image:http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/patana/5t/literacy/thinkerskeys/key4a.gif width="32" height="32" align="left"]] **BRANSTORMING KEY**
 * [[image:http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/patana/5t/literacy/thinkerskeys/key4a.gif width="32" height="32" align="left"]] **SYNTHESIS KEY**
 * [[image:http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/patana/5t/literacy/thinkerskeys/key4a.gif width="32" height="32" align="left"]] **ALTERNATIVES KEY**
 * [[image:http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/patana/5t/literacy/thinkerskeys/key4a.gif width="32" height="32" align="left"]] **INTERPRETATIONS KEY**
 * [[image:http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/patana/5t/literacy/thinkerskeys/key4a.gif width="32" height="32" align="left"]] **COMBINATIONS KEY**
 * [[image:http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/patana/5t/literacy/thinkerskeys/key4a.gif width="32" height="32" align="left"]] **B.A.R. KEY**
 * B** - Make one part bigger
 * A** - Add something extra
 * R** - Replace one part with something else.
 * [[image:http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/patana/5t/literacy/thinkerskeys/key4a.gif width="32" height="32" align="left"]] **INVENTIONS KEY**
 * [[image:http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/patana/5t/literacy/thinkerskeys/key4a.gif width="32" height="32" align="left"]] **PREDICTIONS KEY**
 * [[image:http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/patana/5t/literacy/thinkerskeys/key4a.gif width="32" height="32" align="left"]] **VARIATIONS KEY**
 * [[image:http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/patana/5t/literacy/thinkerskeys/key4a.gif width="32" height="32" align="left"]] **FORCED RELATIONSHIPS KEY**
 * [[image:http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/patana/5t/literacy/thinkerskeys/key4a.gif width="32" height="32" align="left"]] **CONSTRUCTION KEY**
 * [[image:http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/patana/5t/literacy/thinkerskeys/key4a.gif width="32" height="32" align="left"]] **BLACK HAT KEY**
 * [[image:http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/patana/5t/literacy/thinkerskeys/key4a.gif width="32" height="32" align="left"]] **REVERSE LISTING KEY**
 * [[image:http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/patana/5t/literacy/thinkerskeys/key4a.gif width="32" height="32" align="left"]] **PICTURE KEY**
 * [[image:http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/patana/5t/literacy/thinkerskeys/key4a.gif width="32" height="32" align="left"]] **JOURNALISM KEY**
 * [[image:http://www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/patana/5t/literacy/thinkerskeys/key4a.gif width="32" height="32" align="left"]] **VENN DIAGRAM KEY**