Planning helps keep us from making mistakes and having to do things over again.
Task 2.3.1 – Individual
“Didinium” won the subject selection process in the previous chapter. To help organize the essay, draw a Communications Barbell, then Go to What Statements and work though the material.
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Task 2.3.2 – Individual
Now fill in a What Statement chart.
If I could be any animal, …
What Statement
LH
VP
RH
Task 2.3.3 – Individual
Go to More About What Statements and work through the material.
Tie Line
Make sure you tie the What Statement to the prompt. For example:
Prompt: If you could be any wild animal, what would you be?
Incorrect: I would be a didinium.
Correct: If I could be any wild animal, I would be a didinium.
Task 2.3.4 – Individual
Create a What Statement for each question below. Use the animal in parenthesis on the first two.
If you were stranded on a desert island with one animal, what kind of animal would it be? (Māui dolphin)
What is your favorite animal? (Aye-aye lemur)
Which would you rather be, a loggerhead turtle or a blobfish?
Task 2.3.5 – Small Group
Name the two variables in each of these.
Then determine if each one is worth discussing.
I like ski-joring
I like collecting stamps
I like collecting stamps from Pitcairn Island
I like collecting stamps from Pitcairn Island, home of the Bounty mutineers
I like basketball
I like sleeping
I like making Athabascan slippers
I like shooting around
I like shooting free throws
I like playing HORSE in basketball
I like sleeping at the sleep disorders center
I like sleeping beneath the stars.
Task 2.3.6 – Small Group
Write your winning idea from Lesson 4.2 as a What Statement:
If I could be any wild animal, _________________________________________
Is the What Statement (the underlined part) a sentence? How do you know?
