Spontaneous Practice

Our two teams are continuing to develop their spontaneous challenge strategies. Regular practice of these is vital leading up to the Tournament as they can vary so greatly.  The students can be given song lyrics, artworks, or objects to explain, justify, decipher and pontificate about.  They have 3-4 minutes to share their ideas and usually just 1 minute to report back to the judge.  They are marked on very specific criteria and its all about originality, creativity, and collaboration.

Here was today's challenge...

How did this person get here?  Who are they and where are they going?

You have four minutes to create your story and one minute to share it with the judges.  

You will be marked on your collaboration as a group, the creativity in how you tell your story and originality of your ideas.

Long Term Challenge Development

At the beginning of the script writing process for the Long Term Challenges, a lot of team dynamics come into play.  The teams are having to negotiate the sharing of ideas and it's often a real personal challenge to let the group take your idea and manipulate it to fit the common goal.  Experiencing this builds resilience and collaborative work skills and is so useful as these students grow.