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Inside Grade Level Lessons
Inside Intermediate Lessons Lesson 3
What is a Hero
A Synectics Activity
Activity 3:
Students wrote using the synectics activity. Synectics
Heroes like a lone wolf, Frightened confidence, With the pack
rushing to save, Feeling hopeless, Into the darkness. by Felicia Heroes like blue whales, Defeated power, Fearing silently, Strong for the moment, Sometimes rushing to die. by Tiffiny Heroes like a bee, Helpless protectors, Saving colonies, By himself weak and alone, Risking life. by Jesse
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(Tannenbaum, 1983) may
be a useful tool for encouraging reasoning or the creation and use of
meta-mental models. Synectics methods use in this case metaphoric techniques to evoke new
perspectives and insights. Strategies in synectics can include the teacher
stating a problem or inviting the students to suggest one; the teacher asking
a variety of evocative questions to stimulate metaphoric activity that
connects the old and familiar to the new and unknown. An example, would
be a discussion of heroes as being like a river. This could lead to creative
uses of geographical knowledge in an attempt to understand some of the issues
involved in heroism. Results of this activity are below.