Saturday, February 13, 2010

Project accomplishments

This projects uses absorb, do and connect activities.
By reading the book and the directions they experience the story and its meanings, thereby accomplishing an absorb activity.
By preparing a book talk and presentation they have a do activity.
They connect with each other and the book by describing and theorizing about the characters and the themes and meanings.

Delivery

Practice your delivery. Remember everyone gets nervous. Have fun with this!

Rough Draft and Preparation

Prepare a draft of your book talk and prepare your chosen piece of technology. Determine whether it works together = ) If you need to make a change now is the time.

Practice your book talk. Use your family or friends. Time yourself and tape yourself. See if you think you are interesting. Watch your movements, your vocabulary and your voice. Show enthusiam for your reading. Your goal is to generate interest in the book for your viewers.

Understanding

Do you have any questions about the story? Is there anything you don't understand? Please feel free to discuss this during one of our upcoming classes.

Keep notes while you are reading of any items or subjects you do not understand and we can review these.

Background Information

Is the book interesting to you? Do you understand the main theme and characters? What are they trying to accomplish? Why do they do what they do? How does it work out for them?

Think about these and other questions regarding the background of the book. What is the author trying to say? Is his message easy to understand? What is your perception of the story?

Instructions Week Four

Extra ideas for fun and points!! (Including finishing the book this week!)

For your presentation, dress as one of the main characters!

Create a sculpture of a main character - for example, is there a dragon in your story? (As in Dragon Slippers?)

Dramatize a scene from the book if more than one student in your group are reading the same story - this will count for both of you!

Do a puppet show for one scene from the book.

Have fun and be creative!

Instructions Week Three

Choose form of technology to include in your presentation and delivery.

You are able to create PDF document that other students can open and follow along while you are presenting.
PowerPoint presentation, using pictures and graphics.
Audio using your voice and others as characters in the book.