The Flower of Detail: Examples, Explanations, and Guiding Questions

Petal Descriptor / Possible Guiding Question
Answers could be recorded in words, phrases or sentences. / Meaning/Considerations/Explanations
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Details… / What are the details about the topic? /
  • Use this petal to describe the details about a topic.

Purpose of… / Why does this topic exist? /
  • Consider the reason(s)the topic exists

Value of… / Why is this topic important? /
  • Consider the topic’s usefulness or importance/merit
  • This is a relative term. All people don’t always value the same things.

Function of… / How does it work? /
  • Consider the reason the topic was designed.
  • Role

Condition of… / What is the state of the topic? /
  • Consider a particular modeof being of a person or thing
  • Existing state
  • Situation with respect to circumstances

Petal Descriptor / Government
(Social Studies) / Ecosystems
(Science) / Poetry
(Literacy) / Algebra
(Math) / Birthday Party
(Other)
Details… /
  • Branches
  • President
  • Senators
  • Congress
  • Democrat
  • Republican
  • Laws
/
  • Rainforest
  • Tundra
  • Grasslands
  • Biome
  • Biological environment
  • Air, soil, water, & sunlight
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  • alliteration
  • Metaphor
  • Simile
  • Line
  • Stanza
  • Comma
/
  • Representations
  • Variables
  • Expressions & equations
  • Patterns & functions
  • Proportions
  • Change
/
  • Balloons
  • Streamers
  • Cake
  • Candles
  • Friends
  • Family
  • Presents

Purpose of… /
  • To provide a system in which individuals give a portion of their freedom in order to pursue needs and wants without the fear of anarchy
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  • The purpose of an ecosystem is to provide a place for organisms to interact with the environment.
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  • The purpose of poetry is to narrate, describe, argue, or define.
  • Poetry is a form of self expression used to convey every emotion.
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  • Problem-solving
  • Shorthand to communicate mathematical thoughts
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  • Celebration of a person’s day of birth
  • Spend time with family and friends
  • Be surprised
  • To get gifts

Value of… /
  • To avoid anarchy and chaos
  • Provides a chain of command
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  • Ecosystem services: clean water, clean air, etc.
  • Environmental health
/
  • Helps us make inferences and think deeply.
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  • Gateway to most careers
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  • Create memories for the individual and the party goers.

Function of… /
  • Develop and maintain foreign relationsbusiness strength
  • Protect and regulate the sustainable use of natural resources
  • Determine and enforce civil laws of property and conduct
  • Provide public goods and services
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  • Environmental or production units that produce goods and services
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  • The literary devices and word choice used in poetry affect the tone, mood, and rhythm.
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  • Use different representations to make comparisons and see relationships (i.e. connecting the equation or pictorial to the context)
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  • People arrive at a location (home, business, school, etc.) to sing happy birthday and have cake. Party goers typically bring presents.
  • Cultural and religious backgrounds often determine traditions at these events.
  • Surprise/Planned

Condition of… /
  • Economic distress
  • Troops at war
  • Partisan conflict
  • 24 hour news cycle
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  • Must be monitored by people to maintain good conditions
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  • Today’s rappers have made poetry more mainstream.
  • Can be short or long
  • Can be a song
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  • conceptual vs. memorized rules
  • no longer male dominated
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  • There are ages where birthday parties are more common. (i.e. ages 1, 5 16, 25, 30, 40, 50, 100)

Based on the work of Dr. Sandra Kaplan