Is there anyway you could repost the ppt as the older Powerpoint file? My computer at school is so slow and crappy!

nice activity...thanks for posting it!

Wonderful! Thank you for sharing :)

I did something sort of similar with my high level (elementary) kids last year. I showed them Picasso's Maya-in-a-Sailor-Suit painting, but I didn't tell the kids anything. I simply asked them, "is it good?" I gave them a few minutes to decide if it's good/bad and why. (This was sort of a writing class). Most of them said it was bad and explained what was so bad about it, but then when I told them it was Picasso they all changed their minds, LOL. Anyway, it started up a good discussion and I think it went well!

I just did this activity a couple of days ago. I've done it for all age groups from 4th grade elementary to 3rd grade middle school. It works for all ages. Japanese inventions are fun to do. I just did this for, "How did you get there? I got there by _______."

jaysoon, how does this activity work? what are they supposed to do...?

Fold a blank piece of paper into fourths, and make sure that everybody has a partner. From there, make one person in each pair look at the back of the classroom, and make one person in each pair look at the T.V.

The student looking at the T.V. should describe to the person looking at the wall what he or she sees, and the student looking at the wall should draw it based on the student's description. I added a dialog to based on the lesson to give them some writing practice, but you don't have to do that.

If the pictures are too hard for your students, look for easier photos. I always use ridiculous looking photos. The kids get a big kick out of them.