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 B.A.R. KEY B.A.R. an alarm clock like the one mentioned in the story, "Good Morning".
B - Make one part bigger Draw your new design and include appropriate explanations/descriptions. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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VARIATIONS KEY How many ways can you make a huge wall like the one in the article, "Watch This Space" attractive or interesting? Write and/or draw (and label/caption) up to twenty quality ideas. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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DIFFERENT USES KEY List and explain between 5 and 10 different uses for an alarm clock (as in the story, "Good Morning")? You might like to draw and label/caption some ideas.
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QUESTIONS KEY Write between 5 and 10 quality questions to which flowers is the answer. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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INTERPRETATIONS KEY A mobile phone is found under a hedge. Draw a picture and give between 5 and 10 reasons for this. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PREDICTIONS KEY Predict some new and futuristic gardens. Draw and describe your ideas. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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WHAT IF KEY Read "Watch This Space".
What if all walls grew??  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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PICTURE KEY Finish the picture, colour and describe it below. Your idea must have something to do with the story, "Grandma's Garden".  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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CREATIVITY KEY This is all about thinking creatively - inventing or creating new ideas. Read, "Flowers for Ever". What other ways could flowers be preserved? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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FORCED RELATIONSHIPS KEY How might you use flowers, a wall, and a mobile phone to raise funds for a school camp/residential?? Draw a diagram and write a description/explanation to clearly illustrate your ideas. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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COMMMONALITIES KEY Find between 5 and 15 common points between a WALL and a FLOWER. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ALPHABET KEY
List PLANTS that you know or can research the names of for each letter of the alphabet:
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BLACK HAT When we wear our BLACK HAT we are thinking of the PROBLEMS and NEGATIVE POINTS. List at least 5 disadvantages (BLACK HAT POINTS) of April Fool's Day? Prepare a talk aimed at convincing others that all April Fool's Day should be banned. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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CATEGORIES KEY Collect pictures of different living things and group them into categories of your choosing. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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INVENTIONS KEY
Design a model of a mechanical seed-planter. Invent a name for it and either | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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RIDICULOUS KEY All walls facing the public should be painted colourfully and interestingly. Be creative and think of a way to make the above statement happen - or make something very similar to the above statement possible. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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REVERSE LISTING KEY List between 10 and 20 things that you would never do with a wall. |
| This assignment is based on the work of Tony Ryan during the 1980s and his so-called Thinker's Keys. To find out more, please click here. |
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