Presentations Day 3

Today two more groups did presentations on the books they read. The first group read the book, "Write Like This," by Kelly Gallagher. At first it was hard for me to understand the ignite talk and how it related to the book but then as it went on I figured it out more. I really enjoyed the beginning part of their activity when they showed us a picture with a lot to look at for only 10 seconds. They told us to write down unusual things we saw in the picture. They did this a few times and it became funnier and funnier what people said they saw. I also liked how the poem they gave us was kind of a trick. We read it first and it seemed very depressing and hopeless but then they revealed that if we read it backwards it is different. I thought that was really cool and I would love to use that in my classroom in the future.

The second group read the book, “Nonfiction Matters,” by Stephanie Harvey. The book targets third-eighth grade. I thought this groups ignite talk was great! They were on time with their slides and had great eye contact with the class. The presenters were calm and seemed to know and enjoy what they were talking about. I also liked how they used the author’s interests as points in their presentation. They really incorporated the book into their presentation, which was great!