Mind+Openers

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 * If you want more thought-provoking information, watch Sir Ken Robinson's //Bring on the Learning Revolution//. You'll be glad you did! **

A TED Talk presenter on spoken word poetry had a way to get students to start writing about their own experiences. She would ask them to write a list of 10, and their stories or poems could launch from there. Possible lists:

10 Things I should have learned by now 10 First lines of songs I love 10 Things I have lost 10 Things I've never seen 10 Reasons I would make a good ________.