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2 Table Of Contents For The Teachers 3 Ideas 4 Writing Prompts 30 Titles, Time & Timelines 51 Good Beginnings, Good Endings 76 Punctuation 100 Editing 124

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4 Ideas Literacy Junior. Creative Thinking Unrestricted Writing Personal Ideas

5 Creative Thinking Creative thinking can be difficult when you re given no boundaries: for example, if you are asked to write a story about anything you like. While this freedom means you can be very creative, it can also be overwhelming and leave you wondering where to start. One strategy that can be used to stimulate creative thinking is an Idea Box. The aim of an Idea Box is to break problems into their individual components and then recombine these in a different way to create new ideas and solutions. This can be done by following the steps below: 1. Identify the key components of the problem or idea. For example, if you were planning a three course meal, these components would be entrée, main meal and dessert. 2. Formulate as many different options for each component as you can. For example, options for the dessert category could be ice cream, lemon meringue pie, chocolate soufflé and crème brûlée. 3. Pick one or more options from each category and combine these individual components in a way that you may not have thought of before. For example, a unique three course meal. 4. Analyse the different combinations and decide which one to pursue based on what is appropriate for the situation. For example, you may rule out a combination that includes lemon chicken for the main meal and lemon meringue pie for dessert because they contain a similar core ingredient. The most important aspect of this technique is to try different combinations, and keep in mind that the more individual topics that are listed, the more combinations will be possible. Q1 Below, list the key components that you need to write a story, for example, a protagonist or setting. Underneath each component, write five possibilities, for example, a princess or a soccer player are both possible protagonists. 5

6 Creative Thinking Q2 Talk to the people around you and swap some ideas! On the lines below, add at least two other people s examples to your categories. Q3 In the blank table overleaf, fill in options for each category in their respective column. Cut the table into its separate squares, but be sure to keep the pieces in categorical piles. Then, take one piece of the paper from each category and combine them. Discuss your combinations and write your favourites below.! Tip The more examples that you can come up with, the more combinations you ll have to choose from! 6

7 Creative Thinking Characters Setting Theme Basic plot 7

8 Creative Thinking Q4 Of course, creative thinking isn t limited to writing short stories! Choose one of your combinations, then draw a comic using those ideas below. Make sure you write the combination that you re using on the line provided.! Tip If you can t tell the whole story in a few comic strips, just draw a section of it. You don't have to be an artist! You may use speech bubbles if you need to. 8