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?
Today Alex and I worked on describing a picture. He described first and did an alright job. It was a difficult challenge because he didn't tell me which direction was up for the triangle or a shape. He did a good job at how far apart they were and how they were shaped, though. For him, I tried to improve what he failed to succeed in by telling him which way a shape was pointing and how big shapes were in comparison to others. It still didn't come out too good, his spacial thinking was off. Just kidding, I could have improved by telling him what size the original shape was (like a quarter) and saying directions like North, South, East and West.
When I was describing the figure I used descriptive words such as the circle is medium sized or the line is a small line. I also started with a main point rather than starting in the middle of the figure that way it's easier to draw. I used math terms as well, such as telling Brandon what the angle is approximately and equilateral triangles. I also used measurements to give him a better idea of how long or how big to draw the shapes. My strategy was pretty successful because he drew the shape almost exactly like the one I was given. I think this happened because I gave good detail and such descriptive directions.
I think I should have been more descriptive, because you have to think in your partner’s eyes that they don’t know what the image looks like, so you have to give each detail very specifically. Taryn didn’t do too well on her drawing but it was mainly my fault if I did it again I would have used examples of sizes and tried to slow down when I talked so she could get everything I was saying, like it’s as big as a quarter and stuff like that. When I was doing my drawing I did pretty well on the sizes of things but there was one triangle/rectangle that I got screwed up with so it kind of messed up the picture but I think I did pretty well, Taryn gave me good feedback about the picture but might have been a little to fast.
The way in which I went about describing the photograph was not to try and explain the picture to the drawer as a whole object made up of different parts, but to instead emphasize key details of every individual shape or object by itself and then explain what it should look like all together once it was completed. It was much easier taking it step-by step rather than making assumptions. I Even went as far as to explain how he/she should go about holding the paper, and if there were reference points on their paper similar to mine such as three-hole punches I made it clear were to draw things proportional to those references. I also used a strategy by describing what the object should look like compared to other things such as describing that the circle should be the size of a dime or a quarter, or what type of triangle and in what direction it was and should be pointing. This strategy made it very easy for the other individual to follow my explanation as that my strategy left absolutely no room for assumption because sometimes people’s common sense gets in their way when it mingles with other individuals communication skills. This was evident as that if I described something and I myself did not understand it, I could go back to reference points and describe it more clearly to eliminate any human error. This was greatly important because most errors on the drawing phase came from changes in explanations.
I think that the way to make it so your partner knows what you are talking about is to be really descriptive. There are many different ways that you can be descriptive like using your surroundings, using your directions (N, E, S, and W) and telling about the sizes of the shapes. what I mean about surroundings is for example is your trying to tell them to draw a triangle with a circle on top towards the left of the page you can say draw a triangle having the top of the triangle facing the window. Something like that, there are many different ways you can be descriptive in the way you describe a picture.
I really messed up on this one. I left out what direction the paper was. I did give good directions as to how long and far from the sides each side the lines were.
Today Alex and I worked on describing a picture. He described first and did an alright job. It was a difficult challenge because he didn't tell me which direction was up for the triangle or a shape. He did a good job at how far apart they were and how they were shaped, though. For him, I tried to improve what he failed to succeed in by telling him which way a shape was pointing and how big shapes were in comparison to others. It still didn't come out too good, his spacial thinking was off. Just kidding, I could have improved by telling him what size the original shape was (like a quarter) and saying directions like North, South, East and West.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was describing the figure I used descriptive words such as the circle is medium sized or the line is a small line. I also started with a main point rather than starting in the middle of the figure that way it's easier to draw. I used math terms as well, such as telling Brandon what the angle is approximately and equilateral triangles. I also used measurements to give him a better idea of how long or how big to draw the shapes. My strategy was pretty successful because he drew the shape almost exactly like the one I was given. I think this happened because I gave good detail and such descriptive directions.
ReplyDeleteI think I should have been more descriptive, because you have to think in your partner’s eyes that they don’t know what the image looks like, so you have to give each detail very specifically. Taryn didn’t do too well on her drawing but it was mainly my fault if I did it again I would have used examples of sizes and tried to slow down when I talked so she could get everything I was saying, like it’s as big as a quarter and stuff like that. When I was doing my drawing I did pretty well on the sizes of things but there was one triangle/rectangle that I got screwed up with so it kind of messed up the picture but I think I did pretty well, Taryn gave me good feedback about the picture but might have been a little to fast.
ReplyDeleteThe way in which I went about describing the photograph was not to try and explain the picture to the drawer as a whole object made up of different parts, but to instead emphasize key details of every individual shape or object by itself and then explain what it should look like all together once it was completed. It was much easier taking it step-by step rather than making assumptions. I Even went as far as to explain how he/she should go about holding the paper, and if there were reference points on their paper similar to mine such as three-hole punches I made it clear were to draw things proportional to those references. I also used a strategy by describing what the object should look like compared to other things such as describing that the circle should be the size of a dime or a quarter, or what type of triangle and in what direction it was and should be pointing. This strategy made it very easy for the other individual to follow my explanation as that my strategy left absolutely no room for assumption because sometimes people’s common sense gets in their way when it mingles with other individuals communication skills. This was evident as that if I described something and I myself did not understand it, I could go back to reference points and describe it more clearly to eliminate any human error. This was greatly important because most errors on the drawing phase came from changes in explanations.
ReplyDeleteI think that the way to make it so your partner knows what you are talking about is to be really descriptive. There are many different ways that you can be descriptive like using your surroundings, using your directions (N, E, S, and W) and telling about the sizes of the shapes. what I mean about surroundings is for example is your trying to tell them to draw a triangle with a circle on top towards the left of the page you can say draw a triangle having the top of the triangle facing the window. Something like that, there are many different ways you can be descriptive in the way you describe a picture.
ReplyDeleteI really messed up on this one. I left out what direction the paper was. I did give good directions as to how long and far from the sides each side the lines were.
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