Today you described a figure to a partner for them to draw. Describe your strategy for describing the figure. Was your strategy successful, why or why not?
I honestly had no "strategy" is describing the figure. I just said what I thought the figure looked like. I did however decide how to describe the figure in steps. First starting with whatever was at the bottom of the paper then moving up from left to right. I thought that would be easiest to not only let someone try to figure out how to draw but to also remind me of what I had already described to my partner. My "strategy" was semi-successful because what my partner drew was basically what the picture looked like, but a few small shapes were backwards. I thought that my partner did a better job at describing the figure to me than I did to my partner, but who knows.
My strategy was to basically describe the size and the shape of the figure from the top of the paper going downwards. I explained how one figure is connected to the other figure using mathematical language. It was easier for my partner to understand when I used mathematical language to describe the figure and how it is connected to other figures. My strategy was pretty successful because I used mathematical language that was really easy for my partner to understand what I was trying convey to him.
I think the most successful strategy for describing the strange figures was to use quantitative speech as much as possible. the comparison of shapes on the paper to shapes in the real world was less useful because everyone has different interpretations of the objects in their surroundings.
My strategy for this activity was to be as specific as possible. In order for your partner to be able to comprehend what you are describing, that is what it takes. You have to describe each and every part of the drawing with very strong accuracy or the drawing could turn out totally wrong. You must specify every description you say to your partner to make sure everything is clear. The slightest mistake in description could throw off the drawing drastically. My strategey was pretty successful, only one little thing was off. Directions were the thing that was the hardest because you had to keep saying right, left, bottom, top...and so on.
My strategy was to try to make my description as simple as possible. However it did not work as my partner miss heard what I said and drew the picture wrong but I guess part of the reason for that is that the way I interpreted the picture and the way I described it were different than my partners. On the other hand I drew my picture exactly the way it looked.
My strategy was to describe the picture using as much detail as possible. I tried to give specific details so my partner could picture the image in her head. My strategy was successful for the most part. We got everything right except for one small detail. If I would have given more specific detail I believe we could have drawn the picture exact.
My strategy describing the figure was to start with a familiar shape like a rectangle, or circle, and make some comparison to the size of that shape. Then I would build off of that initial shape, like extending a line outward to the left of the rectangle, or draw some shape right next to it. As for the size of these shapes, I would compare them to the size of the initial shape that they made. This worked out because everything stayed in proportion as the drawing got more complicated as the shapes were all made relative to each other. This strategy was pretty successful because my partner got most of the drawing exact, but I wasn't as loud as I should have been so some parts were not as good. For the most part everything was good.
I started by choosing the simplest shape to tell my partner to draw. For the first shape I did not specify a size. I based the size of everything else I described to draw on the comparison of the original shape and the shapes that came previously. I used fractions of the previous shapes to describe what size of shape to draw next. Overall it worked very well because we had it nearly exactly the same as the picture.
I honestly had no "strategy" is describing the figure. I just said what I thought the figure looked like. I did however decide how to describe the figure in steps. First starting with whatever was at the bottom of the paper then moving up from left to right. I thought that would be easiest to not only let someone try to figure out how to draw but to also remind me of what I had already described to my partner. My "strategy" was semi-successful because what my partner drew was basically what the picture looked like, but a few small shapes were backwards. I thought that my partner did a better job at describing the figure to me than I did to my partner, but who knows.
ReplyDeleteMy strategy was to basically describe the size and the shape of the figure from the top of the paper going downwards. I explained how one figure is connected to the other figure using mathematical language. It was easier for my partner to understand when I used mathematical language to describe the figure and how it is connected to other figures. My strategy was pretty successful because I used mathematical language that was really easy for my partner to understand what I was trying convey to him.
ReplyDeleteI think the most successful strategy for describing the strange figures was to use quantitative speech as much as possible. the comparison of shapes on the paper to shapes in the real world was less useful because everyone has different interpretations of the objects in their surroundings.
ReplyDeleteMy strategy for this activity was to be as specific as possible. In order for your partner to be able to comprehend what you are describing, that is what it takes. You have to describe each and every part of the drawing with very strong accuracy or the drawing could turn out totally wrong. You must specify every description you say to your partner to make sure everything is clear. The slightest mistake in description could throw off the drawing drastically. My strategey was pretty successful, only one little thing was off. Directions were the thing that was the hardest because you had to keep saying right, left, bottom, top...and so on.
ReplyDeleteMy strategy was to try to make my description as simple as possible. However it did not work as my partner miss heard what I said and drew the picture wrong but I guess part of the reason for that is that the way I interpreted the picture and the way I described it were different than my partners. On the other hand I drew my picture exactly the way it looked.
ReplyDeleteMy strategy was to describe the picture using as much detail as possible. I tried to give specific details so my partner could picture the image in her head. My strategy was successful for the most part. We got everything right except for one small detail. If I would have given more specific detail I believe we could have drawn the picture exact.
ReplyDeleteMy strategy describing the figure was to start with a familiar shape like a rectangle, or circle, and make some comparison to the size of that shape. Then I would build off of that initial shape, like extending a line outward to the left of the rectangle, or draw some shape right next to it. As for the size of these shapes, I would compare them to the size of the initial shape that they made. This worked out because everything stayed in proportion as the drawing got more complicated as the shapes were all made relative to each other. This strategy was pretty successful because my partner got most of the drawing exact, but I wasn't as loud as I should have been so some parts were not as good. For the most part everything was good.
ReplyDeleteI started by choosing the simplest shape to tell my partner to draw. For the first shape I did not specify a size. I based the size of everything else I described to draw on the comparison of the original shape and the shapes that came previously. I used fractions of the previous shapes to describe what size of shape to draw next. Overall it worked very well because we had it nearly exactly the same as the picture.
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