Strategy ScenarioStrategy: Spider Map Content: Prewriting to generate new ideasTitle: “Finding Inspiration”Time Required: 50 minutesTarget Audience: middle school, high school, college undergraduatesGoal of Activity: to provide students with an additional strategy to generate ideas on aprescribed topicPurpose of Script: to demonstrate that by using a spider map, students can conceptionalizetheir ideas, and spontaneously generate additional ideas that establish logical links to thoseconceptsLearning Outcome(s), Gagne’s Taxonomy: Intellectual Skill (higher-order rules; problemsolvingLearning Outcome(s) HEO Taxonomy: (analysis, synthesis, preference for a value)Learner Characteristics: students of any level of aptitude, middle school and aboveEntry Skills: basic familiarity with computers, previous exposure to “Inspiration” software; prior knowledge to respond to writing topicSetting: computer labMedia: live instruction, chalkboard, computer, “Inspiration” softwareProcess: 1. Instructor introduces concept of prewriting; asks students how they get ideas 2. Instructor then asks if students if they would like to learn a strategy to help them create more and better ideas, especially when writing papers 3. Instructor informs students of the concept map and draws on chalkboard how it works using the class to generate ideas 4. Instructor then instructs students to open “Inspiration” and type the word “blue” as the main idea 5. After students type “blue” teacher tells students to freely associate ideas with the color and create and connect concepts as the occur 6. Students work on the exercise for fifteen minutes while the instructor walks around observing 7. After ten minutes the instructor asks several students to follow one leg of the spider map and tell the class where it ledblueoceansnorkeling and spearfishingthe day I almost drownedjetties at Gulf ShorescarDad's Chevyfirst date to drive inSally and I fall in lovefirst accidenthad to work to pay for repairsgot a job at the gas stationthe night the station was robbedcheesesmile taking picturesfirst place in photo contestworking in camera store 8. Instructor then tells students to double click on the “outline” button in the pull-down menu and then to click on the print button to make a copy of the outline from their spider map 9. Instructor asks if there are any questions and then gives the students a writing topic appropriate to their age and background 10. Students create a spider map and an outline of their ideas 11. Students complete an essay from the spider map and outline for homeworkStrategy Assessment: Instructor walks around room observing students’ creation of spider maps using “Inspiration.” Authors: Barry R. Nowlin, Pat Scanlan, Star SmithReferences: West, C., Farmer, J., & Wolff, P. (1991). Instructional Design: Implicationsfrom Cognitive Science. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice
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