Are you ready for a little creative thinking this morning? In this activity, you’re encouraging flexible thinking as your students look for interesting similarities between a range of inanimate objects and their own lives.
First step is to read through Advice from A Tree and discuss how this advice relates to both trees and humans. You may need to highlight some of the language. For example, what does it mean ‘to go out on a limb?’ How might this relate to both trees and humans?
Advice from a Tree
Stand tall and proud
Sink your roots into the earth
Be content with your natural beauty
Go out on a limb
Drink Plenty of Water
Remember your roots
Enjoy the view
Next, brainstorm a list of possible objects that could be used for this writing activity. Some good possibilities include:
doors
windows
ball
key
Once students have selected their object, encourage them to focus initially on one or two pieces of advice. To be most effective, the advice needs to ring true for both the object and humans which requires students to play with images, words, and phrases.
I love this sort of writing activity. Don’t expect the activity to be finished straight away. It may require a little ‘tweeking’ and refining over the week as ideas slowly surface and come to life.
