Creative thinking

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 2

Starting Assignment

Read the text

Answer the questions

Finished? Hand up for puzzle

Creative thinking lesson

• Warming up  
• Creative problem solving
• Asking questions
• Fake words
• Riddles

Warming up

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Your turn!

Warming up

Creative thinking lesson

• Warming up  
• Creative problem solving
• Asking questions
• Fake words
• Riddles

Creative problem solving

Zombie Outbreak  -or- Washed up

5 items: How would you use these in this situation?

5 cards: to 'buy' English word or sentence

Take notes - Report back to class after 10 minutes

hammer - mustard - hat 

button - shoes 

soap - book - bicycle 

blanket - trafic lights

1 person per group - 30 sec.

Creative thinking lesson

• Warming up  
• Creative problem solving
• Asking questions
• Fake words
• Riddles

Asking yes/no questions

• Yes/No questions can start with:
  present: is, are, do, does
  past: was, were, did
  
• Practise: 'Who is it': Try to ask a question with every verb

*Who is it: guess which famous person someone has in mind by asking yes/no questions

Creative thinking lesson

• Warming up  
• Creative problem solving
• Asking questions
• Fake words
• Riddles

Fake words - eraseboard

Step 1: Group writes down 1 possible meaning for 1 fake word: 

'something that.....'

'someone that....'

Step 2: Other groups ask questions and guess the meaning the group has come up with

Creative thinking lesson

• Warming up  
• Creative problem solving
• Asking questions
• Fake words
• Riddles

Riddle 1

Jack and Judy

Riddle 2

The man in the bar

Time to work

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