Encourage tinkering with ideas, relationships, connections. Set up situations where students have to find information not readily available in school texts. Provide opportunity for students to design open-ended explorations of the concept. Provide multiple options so students can plan a unique "proof" of learning.
Create collages from print ads contrasting positive and negative connotations.
Objective: Students create a collage of positively and negatively connoted words and images.
Activity: In pairs, students collect words/phrases and images from print ads and produce a collage contrasting positive and negative connotations.
