Best of Week: Group Project

The group project that we did on Friday, in which we created our own poem in one period, was very cool. At first the idea seemed a little lame, when we were just brainstorming ideas I was like, "Where is this going?", but I quickly realized that the end result was actually going to be something of value. I think this is because with three or more minds collaborating on a single idea, and focusing all their attention on it, that it is quite simple to have a product that is well thought out. I was quite surprised with all of the other groups' poems. They were all very unique and each person shared different perspectives about their object.

I also think this was a good exercise in some basic writing skills. We had to some up an object in about five sentences and this stretched our abilities to do so. It also allowed people to speak poetically about their object, which not many people do. I also very much enjoyed the aspect of working with our groups. This was one of the first times with our new groups and it was a great way to introduce each other/learn a little about each other. Overall, I think was a very productive activity; it was fun and educational.