Lesson activity and letter

I have created and handed out 2 letters to the group leaders today which basically state a reminder of the deadline for the draft articles and also on the other sheet of paper is an activity which is as follows:


To work colectivly as a team in order to produce some ideas for the content for the flyer which will be handed out at a london teachers meeting whereby we then hope to gain some customers to buy the newspaper


I set a time on this task as I believe when there is a time set for the activity then people usually work more effectivly and get the work done in a resanoble time and usally people tend to *beat the time* by getting it done 10 mins before the final deadline, so overall by setting the time of 20 mins max for the activity I believe people will hopefully work effectivly and fast and get the activity done on time!

I also decided to introduce a prize into the activity to hurry people along and also ensure that people produce some serious ideas for the flyer, as silly ideas (which have been coming up in discussions quite a bit) are not going to appear within this activity and if they do then the teams will have to re-think their ideas! So I believe the prize aspect is a great way to motivate the teams and ensure that they produce some constructive / serious ideas which will speed the process of creating the flyer up dramatically.




Here are some photos of the 2 documents:



- Letter to remind people of the friday draft deadline -







- Activity sheet -