EQUIPMENT

None

DESCRIPTION

Students work in small groups (threes or fours).

The teacher reminds the students that they have a limited amount of time (2-3 minutes) for this activity.

The teacher provides students with a prompt idea (see examples below) which students are encouraged to develop - however extreme or bizarre their ideas may be.

The teacher conducts a brief plenary session (again, only a few minutes) during which each group explains their most extreme ideas.

SUGGESTED PROMPT IDEAS

WHAT IF...

• we decided to drive on the right instead of the left

• the moon was made of cheese

• water was poisonous

• all the grass disappeared overnight

• all our roads turned to rivers

• students had to pay to come to school

• parents could choose the sex, height, eye-colour, etc. of their children.

• people from Earth colonised Mars

BEFORE

Students may find this exercise easier if they are familiar with "Brainstorming"

AFTER

This exercise could form the basis of a creative writing exercise or (depending on the prompt idea) form part of a subject lesson.

LOGICAL

MUSICAL

INTRA-PERS.

PHYSICAL

LINGUISTIC

INTER-PERS.

NATURALIST

VISUAL