Procedure

1. Choose 8 students or create 8 groups of students.

2. Pose a pre-determined question or prompt to students.

3. Give students 3 minutes to come up with 3 responses to the question or prompt. Use the timer.

4. Once the 3 minutes are up, have the students pair up with another student or group.

5. Each student or group shares their 3 responses with the new group.

6. Then together, they take those 6 responses and whittle them down to 2.

7. Next, each group finds another group of students.

8. Each group shares their 2 whittled-down responses.

9. Then the group whittles the responses down from 4 to 2.

10. Repeat the process until you have two large groups in the room.

11. Once you have two large groups left, work together as a class to whittle down the list of responses to a single response.