‘ROCK ON’
THINKING SKILLS CONTRACT
Name: __________________________
Reverse Listing
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The What If?
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Alphabet
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Name 10 songs /
topics that will never
be sung by your
favourite
band/performer.
What if music did not
exist?
Compile an Alpha
Ladder (list of A-Z
words). For each
letter, name a song
that has been written
and/or a list of
musical artists.
Eg. B – “Beautiful”
B - Beyonce
How many ways can
you
 play a piano
 strum a guitar
 wear an I-pod
Question
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Prediction
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Different Uses
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Predict the type of
concerts that will be
held in 100 years
from now.
List 10 different uses
for :
 badly scratched
records and CDs.
 an old guitar
 a guitar pick
 a concert ticket
Construction
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Venn
Diagram
Interpretation
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Construct a musical
instrument that can
play at least 5
different notes by
using
 5 straws
 10 rubber bands
 10 paddle-pop
sticks
Compare classical
music and punk rock,
listing similarities and
differences between
the two. Record on a
Venn Diagram.
A musician has just
walked off the stage
in the middle of a
performance.
BAR Key
Commonality
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Give 10 different
consequences.
Combination
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Brainstorming
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Create a new
product/object by
combining the
attributes of
a
microphone
and a
lounge chair
Brainstorm 10
innovative ways of:

helping a musician
avoid deafness

getting free
publicity for a new
band / artist

getting free tickets
to a concert
Y-Chart
Word Smart
Create a Y-Chart for
a rock concert.
 Looks like
 Feels like
 Sounds like
Write an acrostic
poem on –
Looks like


your favourite
musician
a musical
instrument
Sounds
Feels
like
like
Write 5 interesting
questions that give
the answer:
 rock stars
 Elvis Presley
 Microphone
 I-pod
Letter to the
Editor
Inventions
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Disadvantages
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Write a letter to the
newspaper
recommending that
concerts should be
banned from Suncorp
Stadium.
In your letter give
reasons why.
Invent a special light
display machine for
use on a large stage.
Draw a detailed and
labelled design and
make your model
using a variety of
materials.
List 10 disadvantages
of:

a karaoke machine

special stereo
equipment in cars

muzac – music
played in shopping
centres and lifts
Variations
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Picture Smart /
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Use your imagination.
Work out 10 different
things that this picture
could be representing in
regard to rock music.
Eg. the candles on Mick
Jagger’s
birthday cake
A Microphone
Stand
*B - Make one part
bigger
*A - Add something
extra
*R - Replace
something on it
with something
else
Give 8 explanations
for this.
Name 5 things that a
musician and a
beach umbrella have
in common.
Explain your changes
and draw a labelled
diagram.
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