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| 1. Make a list of all the states, in alphabetical order. Beside each state name, list something that you know about it - e.g. California, beaches. | ||
| 2. Invent a new ice cream flavor. Develop a marketing campaign for it. Where will you introduce it? Why this particular flavor? What will you call it? | ||
| 3. Write a tongue twister, choosing one letter and beginning most of your nouns, adjectives, and verbs with that letter. | ||
| 4. Invent a holiday just for teens or children. What will be celebrated? How will you celebrate? When will it be? What is the holiday called? | ||
| 5. Create new colors of paint and give them names--not just blue, but Babbling Blueberry Blue. Not just pink, but Summer Melon Pink... | ||
| 6. Develop a secret code for a message. Be sure to have a consistent method and to include a decoder. | ||
| 7. Design your dream car. Write a paragraph to accompany the description. | ||
| 8. Write 20 ways to spend your summer, then prioritize them. | ||
| 9. Write 20 careers you would like to try, then put them in order of preference. | ||
| 10. Create a new neighborhood for your town, along with a map. Include all the services and recreation amenities - parks, swimming pool, tennis court? | ||
| 11. Plan a meal for 10 of your best friends - and their families. Then write a shopping list for all of the items you would need. | ||
| 12. Identify a problem in your community. What would you do to solve it if you could? | ||
| 13. There's a competition for a new sandwich for your local deli. Design your ideal sandwich, give it a name, and write instructions on how to make it. | ||
| 14. List as many American Presidents as you can, in order from the very first one. | ||
| 15. You're a travel agent and you're designing the perfect vacation. You also have to design the brochure. Where will it be? What can people do there? | ||
| 16. You're famous! And someone from People magazine wants to come and interview you. What are you famous for? Make up an interview. | ||
| 17. Design a fish. Where does it live? What does it eat? Is it a bottom feeder or top feeder? Does it have any special abilities? | ||
| 18. Name as many countries as you can in the northern half of the world. | ||
| 19. Everyone knows some trivia. As quickly as you can, write as many trivia questions you can think of in five minutes to contribute to a classroom trivia game. | ||
| 20. Give the definition for one of these words. If you don't know it, make one up. Then look up the correct definition. Give both to a neighbor and ask this student to guess the correct definition. "Pahoehoe", "caducity", "sagittate", "edaphic", "refulgent". | ||
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