A class was asked to make mash-up poems based on Jack Prelutsky’s Stardines. All the students were able to come up with new ideas of their own based on Prelutsky’s model and elaborate these to develop poems. The ideas were new to them and their classmates.
The value to classmates, largely in the humour inherent in new perspectives, varied from poem to poem. This poem was especially entertaining for classmates.
I can get new ideas, or build on or combine other people’s ideas, to create new things within the constraints of a form, a problem, or materials.
I can get new ideas, build on other’s ideas and add new ideas of my own, or combine other people’s ideas in new ways to create new things or solve straightforward problems. My ideas are fun, entertaining, or useful for me and for my peers, and I have a sense of accomplishment. I can usually make my ideas work within the constraints of a given form, problem and materials if I keep playing with them.