If you presented a slideshow about an author's life...
Name the author you researched. Describe how you feel about the process and product. (minimum 200 words) If you are willing, post a link to the slideshow.
On November 9th, I presented a slideshow about the life of William Shakespeare, for Mr. Deffner’s class. The first thing I did to prepare for the slideshow was start a google document to copy and paste information on. Every time I found a website, I would copy the information I needed onto the document along with the website URL, so that I could keep track of my sources. When I found a new website, I created a new section of the document to put that information on. Once I had all my information, I paraphrased the information I had and sorted it in to sections: Birth; Parents and Siblings; Education; Wife and Children; Blank Period; Residence; Career; Death; and Things to think about. I then created a google slideshow. It has all of the categories previously mentioned, with Childhood and Adult Life as headers. The second to last slide asks the question: “How did events in Shakespeare’s life impact Romeo and Juliet and his other works?” In class, I presented the slideshow, and we discussed the question. I think it went well. Here is a link to the slideshow: https://docs.google.com/a/thet.net/presentation/d/1PvvpBfK4-Mik01khbbEZ-zWgcwoHx4dAcLAwXahwiY4/edit?usp=sharing
I did a presentation on J.D. Salinger for Mrs. Silver's English class. I did mine on Keynote, and I first read up a lot on J.D. Salinger. I thought the whole process was really fun and enlightening. Researching J.D. Salinger made reading The Catcher in the Rye a lot more interesting. I felt that a lot of things we talked about in class about the book had very noticeable connections to J.D. Salinger's life and opinions. During the process, I found out that there was a short story he wrote called 'An Ocean Full of Bowling Balls' that was thought to be a prequel to 'The Catcher in the Rye.' I really wanted to read this as more background information and as more to talk about, but I couldn't find it anywhere. When I presented the slideshow in class, I found it really fun to talk about something I was knowledgeable about and to share my findings with my classmates. I always like to know lots of information about seemingly random things, so this was a ton of fun for me to do. I found J.D. Salinger's life extremely fascinating, and thought this project was really fun and enlightening.
On January 8th, I presented a slideshow on the life of John Steinbeck. This project was definitely a challenge for me, for there was a lot of information on his life. At times, I struggled with what facts were most important and which facts were less significant to Steinbeck's life. I also ran into a small problem, where some websites had different pieces of information than others. This made it hard because I wasn't sure what information was correct and what was false. To begin my presentation, I read three different biographies. While doing so, I realized that he wrote many more books than I realized. He also had a very busy life, from traveling to visiting with a bomber team. Since he had a unique writing style, I decided that I would talk about his personal life, as well as his more famous works. Reflecting back on my presentation to the class, I felt that it went pretty well. At times, I let my nerves get the best of me, as I lost my place in my notes that I created to go along with each slide. I attempted to create each slide with a bulleted list of a few facts, while I stated some extra facts aside from what I included. Overall, I was glad that I got the opportunity to share all the information that I learned with my classmates, even though I was a tad nervous.
On November 9th, I presented a slideshow about the life of William Shakespeare, for Mr. Deffner’s class.
ReplyDeleteThe first thing I did to prepare for the slideshow was start a google document to copy and paste information on. Every time I found a website, I would copy the information I needed onto the document along with the website URL, so that I could keep track of my sources. When I found a new website, I created a new section of the document to put that information on. Once I had all my information, I paraphrased the information I had and sorted it in to sections: Birth; Parents and Siblings; Education; Wife and Children; Blank Period; Residence; Career; Death; and Things to think about. I then created a google slideshow. It has all of the categories previously mentioned, with Childhood and Adult Life as headers. The second to last slide asks the question: “How did events in Shakespeare’s life impact Romeo and Juliet and his other works?” In class, I presented the slideshow, and we discussed the question. I think it went well. Here is a link to the slideshow: https://docs.google.com/a/thet.net/presentation/d/1PvvpBfK4-Mik01khbbEZ-zWgcwoHx4dAcLAwXahwiY4/edit?usp=sharing
I did a presentation on J.D. Salinger for Mrs. Silver's English class. I did mine on Keynote, and I first read up a lot on J.D. Salinger. I thought the whole process was really fun and enlightening. Researching J.D. Salinger made reading The Catcher in the Rye a lot more interesting. I felt that a lot of things we talked about in class about the book had very noticeable connections to J.D. Salinger's life and opinions.
ReplyDeleteDuring the process, I found out that there was a short story he wrote called 'An Ocean Full of Bowling Balls' that was thought to be a prequel to 'The Catcher in the Rye.' I really wanted to read this as more background information and as more to talk about, but I couldn't find it anywhere. When I presented the slideshow in class, I found it really fun to talk about something I was knowledgeable about and to share my findings with my classmates. I always like to know lots of information about seemingly random things, so this was a ton of fun for me to do. I found J.D. Salinger's life extremely fascinating, and thought this project was really fun and enlightening.
On January 8th, I presented a slideshow on the life of John Steinbeck. This project was definitely a challenge for me, for there was a lot of information on his life. At times, I struggled with what facts were most important and which facts were less significant to Steinbeck's life. I also ran into a small problem, where some websites had different pieces of information than others. This made it hard because I wasn't sure what information was correct and what was false. To begin my presentation, I read three different biographies. While doing so, I realized that he wrote many more books than I realized. He also had a very busy life, from traveling to visiting with a bomber team. Since he had a unique writing style, I decided that I would talk about his personal life, as well as his more famous works. Reflecting back on my presentation to the class, I felt that it went pretty well. At times, I let my nerves get the best of me, as I lost my place in my notes that I created to go along with each slide. I attempted to create each slide with a bulleted list of a few facts, while I stated some extra facts aside from what I included. Overall, I was glad that I got the opportunity to share all the information that I learned with my classmates, even though I was a tad nervous.
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