2.2 Lesson: Expository Writing, Explaining Invention


From Creativity to Popularity!


Target


Assignment


Creativity is Intelligence Having Fun



Overcoming a challenge, mastering a skill, experiencing something life-changing - all are topics for self-help articles.  Many inventions have come because someone has been resourceful.



How to Become Resourceful


Creative thinkers such as scientists, inventors, graphic designers, artists, poets, and writers look beyond reality into the realm of possibility.

Producing an original idea, finding a different way to do things, or designing a new invention all use the creative process.

However, you cannot be creative if you do not do anything!





Read  "Strokes of Genius" on page 240 of SightLines 8.



Self-Assessment

On the next page complete the Self-Assessment on "Strokes of Genius". 


Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen. ~ John Steinbeck


In this lesson, you will... 


  1. read how-to articles and learn about cause-effect organization

  1. create an interesting invention

  1. write a business letter





  Please contact your teacher if you have questions.