This is a Common Core State Standards based activity. This activity may be done in collaborative groups or individually.
Facilitate critical thinking skills as your students plan, propose, and advertise an original invention.
The students will brainstorm original inventions, plan an original invention, and write a commercial for the invention. The culminating activity will engage the students in developing proposal presentations for their inventions including the following:
--Title of the Invention
--Describe the problem it solves.
--Describe how it is used with step-by-step instructions.
--Visual diagram or model of the invention.
--Call to action for prospective customers.
The activities include easy to follow step-by-step instructions throughout the whole process including the basic steps for proposing an invention, the parts of a commercial. The activity is highly scaffolded with graphic organizers to guide students through each step of the process making it more accessible for EFL/ESL/ELD students.
The students are encouraged to use their imaginations, be creative, and have fun.
You may also want to check out these other Creative Writing Activities:
-- Adventurer’s Survival Guide Creative Writing Activity
-- Publishing a Magazine: Collaboratively Writing, Planning, and Creating
-- Strange Must-See Place Creative Writing Activity: Describing and Advertising
-- Writing an Arthurian Legend
-- Story Inspired by a Photo Creative Writing Activity
Common Core State Standards:
Writing 2: Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas,
concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
Writing 4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Writing 5: Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
Writing 6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology's capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.
Original Invention Creative Writing Project:Plan, Propose, Advertise (pdf)
by Scott N. Forrest
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