Writing: Ideas

Fluency -- Generating Lots of Ideas

 

Today's Snack: For your snack today, go with the flow. Have one glass of fruit juice, and one glass of vegetable juice. Wash it all down with a third glass - of ice water.

 

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Supplies:

Stopwatch or watch/clock with a second hand

Scratch paper and pencil

 

 

Just imagine if a stream put out only a drop of water per minute. It wouldn't exactly flow, would it? There wouldn't be any waterfalls, or rapids, or wide areas in which you could fish. Without that flow, there's not much to it, is there?

 

It's the same way with writing. The more the ideas flow into your brain and onto the paper, the better your writing will be. We call it "fluency" when you are able to create lots of ideas pretty rapidly. It's a good thing!

 

            So get a stopwatch or a clock with a second hand, and give yourself one minute to show your "fluency." Give as many answers as you can to these creativity challenges. You can print this Treat out and write your answers down, record them on scratch paper, or just say them aloud and let someone else either listen to you, or record them for you.

 

 

How many answers can you give in 1 minute?

 

 

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Things that are soft and green

 

 

 

Things that you start by pushing a button

 

 

 

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