Cyber-Assignment
Write a response to the presenters. Presenters, write a self-reflection on the book report presentation. What worked. What you learned about yourself as a reader and a writer. What you plan to do differently next time.
Respond to each student presentation separately by name. Include a heading on each post as well. Note the student's abstract/planning sheet, etc.
Write a response to the presenters. Presenters, write a self-reflection on the book report presentation. What worked. What you learned about yourself as a reader and a writer. What you plan to do differently next time.
Respond to each student presentation separately by name. Include a heading on each post as well. Note the student's abstract/planning sheet, etc.
posted by Professor Wanda's Posse at 8:56 AM
43 Comments:
Colleen Low
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
7 May 2012
Self reflection on the book report presentation.
I definitely will simplify the main idea and keep to 3 key points, then say what I thought about the book, considering the time limit.
kenneth windham
professor wanda sabir
English 1A
7 may 2012
(Regarding Mark's presentation)I thougt that the fact we were able to discuss the undertones of the story that drives its main characters was very enlightneing. when we talked about the subjugation of the 12 districts, and how that led to them creating the hunger games.
Jovita Wechsler
Prof. Wanda Sabir
English 1A
Freewrite: Book presentations- Nezha
I still haven’t done my own presentation so I am going to write about someone else’s.The presentation I enjoyed the most and understood the best was Nezha’s. Her book report wis on Midnight by Sistah Soulja. I liked her presentation because it was clear and simple, she explained the book and the conflicts that the character went through. She told us a short story of the protagonist, Midnight, how as a young boy he moved to Brooklyn and with his strong sense of responsibility and being the protector of the family, managed to survive in a hostile environment. How he survived is kind of disturbing, seeing that he was an assassin, but at the same time one could empathize with him because of the love he felt for his family. I think Nezha did a great job with her presentation and discussed her thesis very well and coherently.
Hoan vu
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
7 May 2012
Respond to the book presentation.
In general, most of the people that did the presentations did a good job, ecept for a few that I had a hard time understanding. most of the people represent convicing stories, that drawn me and most of other people into their stories. There are few stories that I can still remember well, like the story about a gangter from Sudan, migrated to NY when he was 6 yr old, made his way to the top when he was 15, and fell in love with a Japanese girs. The story got my attention. Nezha retell the book effectively and convincing. she did analyze the main theme and main points of the book. at the end I really understand the story she was representing.
Nezha Abdelrahman
Professor Sabir
English 1A
07 May 2012
Book Report Presentation- Presenter
I was nervous at first before I began to present seeing that everybody else who presented had wonderful books, thesis and great presentations. I did not know what I was going to say and I did not want to get criticize for any mistakes, however, as soon as it was my turn to present everything just flowed and my nervousness went away. I was able to discuss what the book was about, I was able to explain my thesis, I had people ask me great questions and they all seemed to enjoy my presentation and like my book :-D So I think my presentation went well and everything worked out for the best!
Ana Vasquez
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
Free write
Self Reflection
I presented the book Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. The presentation had to be 1-3 minutes long. I believe I went over around 2 minutes, but I was able to deliver a semi-detailed presentation on the book. I stated my thesis, and then I supported my thesis with all my supporting ideas. I also summarized the book briefly. I think I did a good job on my presentation, because I explained everything needed, and it was short and to the point.
Jovita Wechsler
Prof. Wanda Sabir
English 1A
Freewrite: Book presentations- Colleen
Colleen began by telling us the protagonist’s story, how she is a biracial immigrant and some of the hardships she went through. As she did that she intertwined it with the American history of immigrants and how they were treated as second rate citizens. Colleen did explain everything she had planned to talk about, including her thesis, however I did find it a bit too long and found myself getting lost and side tracked.
kenneth windham
English 1A
professor Wanda Sabir
7 May 2012
it was an interesting tale about a woman grown up to despise men, who is raped by them and in turn decides to raise a boy against her people's belief an an interswesting twist of fate
Jamie McNair
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
07 May 2012
Response to John's Presentation
His presentation was on the Hunger Games and I think that he did a good job. He explained his thesis well and supported it. Before his presentation, I did not have any idea of what the Hunger Games were about. Now I know that it is about a lottery that children put their names in starting at the age of 12 and after age 12, they keep adding tickets each year. If a child's name was pulled out of of the lottery, then he/she would have to participate in the Hunger Games. The dicussion about the book that we did with him was also cool. Overall, John did an excellent presentation and I am now slightly interested in maybe viewing the movie, Hunger Games.
Hoan Vu
Professor Wanda sabir
English 1A
7 May 2012
My respond to Colleen.
She did a good job on her presentation. she anazyed her main point clearly and go into great details to illustrate her points. What interset me the most is this is the first time I learn about society disrimination, the country's false ideas of what American is about.
Reagan Lolo
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
07 May 2012
Wednesday, 02 May 2012, many students presented their books to the class. Among the students who presented were Flora, Dan, Kathleen, and Ana.
In this first post I am reflecting on Flora's book presentation, The Foretelling, was the story of a young Amazonian girl who was struggling searching for her identity. The main character of the book was Rain, a young girl who is the product of a rape. Although very stigmatized, Rain was meant to become the new ruler of her Amazon tribe.
Flora’s thesis was: “Women who have been raped shouldn't view their child as a reminder to the rape.”
Flora did a great job presenting her book, because she kept her audience interested all along the presentation. The characters of the book were well described. There was no real jump during the presentation. From one space to another, her presentation flowed very smoothly. She was able to prove her thesis by using convincing supporting arguments.
Although she did not tell us enough about the author of the book, her presentation was outstanding. Listening to her presentation makes me want to read the book.
Jovita Wechsler
Prof. Wanda Sabir
English 1A
Freewrite: Book presentations- Mark and John
I’m putting them together since both of them did a book report on the Hunger Games by Susanne Collins. Mark began the presentation by giving a brief summary of the book, a world that is divided into 12 districts and each year they have a game where people who play are chosen in a raffle and in the game there will be one person that represents the district they are from. In the game people have to fight to live and kill the other players. The main character Katniss volunteers herself as tribute instead of letting her little sister, who was picked in the raffle, to go play the game. Then John began talking a bit of his thesis how it is similar to our society and the idea of control through fear from the people that are in power. I enjoyed this presentation because they both made it simple, but very clear, plus people got more involved in the discussion partly because of the fame that the book has received since it has been made a movie and also because it the parallels between their world and ours are similar in the sense of how power plays a role in society.
Flora Diamond
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
May 7, 2012
Self Reflection:
I think I did a great job on presenting my book, The Foretelling, by Alice Hoffman. I feel that my book piqued lots of peoples interests because of the content of amazons, free women who fight and rape men purely for survival. The book holds quite an interesting topic with some sexual connotations involved even though it is a young-adult book. I think it resonates louder among us because in our patriarchal society where such ways of life would be considered taboo. The women of the main protagonists tribe, Rain, in The Foretelling, fight bare chested, often with their left breast sliced off for better accuracy with the bow.
Such cultural practices would be considered cruel or taboo in our modern society.
The Foretelling, is a book I definitely will reread for pure nostalgia for years to come. I picked it up when I was fourteen, and have visited it numerous times over the years since then. It is a gem in my library collection and even though it is way below my reading level, it still plays a part in the influence to how I view the world. I love this book.
JamieMcNair
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
07 May 2012
Response to Flora’s Presentation:
Flora did her presentation on a book called The Fortelling about an amazon warrior girl who was raped and was trying stop patriarchs from ruling. Flora did a great job of explaining this. She was talking about how daughters, sisters, grandmothers, etc wanted to rule over men. One disturbing fact that Flora said, even though this is fiction, is that the girl was raped by 100 men. Now that is crazy! I was really disturbed by that, but then I realized that it wasn’t real and I came back to reality. She also explained how whenever a woman would have a baby boy, they would kill it, but the protagonist, Rain, decided to keep her baby boy. She overcame her rapes. Overall, Flora did an awesome presentation. I would recommend that people read The Fortelling.
Jamie McNair
Professor Wanda Sabir
07 May 2012
Response to Colleen’s Presentation:
Colleen did her book report on Twenty-Five Chickens and a Pig for a Bride, a book about discrimination in the U.S. connected to the life of the author. The author of the book was half black and half filipino. I walked in when Colleen’s presentation was going on and I was lost. She did a lot of talking and I was distracted by the pictures in her book because I though that the author’s family was so pretty, but Colleen did a great job.
Whitney Maxwell
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
07 May 2012
Book Presentation Responses
Presenter- Colleen
Colleen book: Twenty Five Chickens and a Pig for Bride, was about a women named Evangeline Buell. It was interesting to me because it followed the life of a biracial woman (Vietnamese and African American) and the inequalities she experienced growing up. Although we went over time with asking questions, I was personally able to have a better understanding of the book and the main character. I also found it interesting that the author is woman who is local and still living today.
Whitney Maxwell
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
07 May 2012
Presenter- Nezha
Nezha’s Book Midnight by Sista Souljah excited me for two reasons. One of the reasons is that, Coldest Winter Ever, which is also written by Sista Souljah was the first novel I ever read and in-turn ignited my passion for fiction novels. The second reason is that the main character Midnight was originally introduced in “The Coldest Winter Ever”. From what we were told in the presentation, this book served as a second installment to her second novel because it gave us the background story to him that I personally, long for in the other book.
Jamie McNair
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
07 May 2012
Response to Ana’s Presentation:
She did her book report on Their eyes are Watching God. That book compares and contrasts the 3 marriages of the protagonist. Ana said that the book was very hard to understand because they talked in southern dialect which is basically slave talk. I didn’t really get an understanding of the book from her presentation. She did a cool job though.
Whitney Maxwell
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
07 May 2012
Presenters- Mark and John
Although Mark and John did separate presentations, they both presented on the same book “The Hunger Games”. Mark gave us a general overview of the book where we learned the theme and overall plot; however I felt John’s presentation was more supplemental. John’s presentation was more of an open forum where we explored each character and were able to discuss some the underlying themes such as totalitarianism and modern day slavery ideals such as divide and conquer.
Reagan Lolo
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
07 May 2012
Response to students’ presentations
Wednesday, 02 May 2012, many students presented their books to the class. Among the students who presented were Flora, Dan, Kathleen, and Ana.
In this second post I am reflecting on Dan’s book presentation. The Wizard of Earthsea, was the story of a young man whose lack of wisdom almost kills him. Ged, the main character of the book, was challenged by a young girl, who repeatedly tried to test his maturity. The boy was definitely immature, because he let the girl pushes him to do thing he would have not done otherwise.
Although Daniel’s book was a little complex, I think he did a great job presenting it. The characters were well described. And Daniel was very confident all along the presentation, which makes one thinks he was very knowledgeable about the book.
Daniel’s thesis was: “Although we all go through self-destructive phases in life, we do not all learn to forgive ourselves, since in order for us to recover from our self-inflicted suffering we must first make amends with ourselves.”
Daniel did a great job presenting her book, because he kept his audience interested all along the presentation. There was no real jump during the presentation. From one point to another, his presentation flowed very smoothly. He was able to prove his thesis by using convincing supporting arguments.
Like some other fellow classmate, he did not tell us enough about the author of the book, however, his presentation was outstanding. The audio of the book that he played for the class was a big plus. Listening to his presentation did not convince me to read the book only because I am not a big fan of science fiction. Bravo!
Those students who gave the title of the book presented and how well the student followed their thesis and goals for the presentation have completed the assignment well.
Some students spoke of more than one student in a post, yet did not separate the two with a space. The comments run into each other, which makes the post confusing.
Repost more clearly.
Reagan Lolo
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
07 May 2012
Response to students’ presentations
Wednesday, 02 May 2012, many students presented their books to the class. Among the students who presented were Flora, Dan, Kathleen, and Ana.
In this third post I am reflecting on Kathleen’s book presentation. Black, White, and Jewish, was the story of a young woman searching desperately for her identity. Rebecca Walker, Alice Walker’s daughter, the protagonist of the book, was in conflict with herself. She is biracial, but has trouble identifying herself. She does not talk to her mother for years, which put her in an awkward situation.
I think Kathleen did a great job presenting her book. The main protagonist was well described. And Kathleen was very confident presenting the book. However, I personally think the story was one-sided, because Kathleen position was shaped by Rebecca’s version of the story.
Kathleen’s thesis was: “Being born bi-racial is sometimes confusing to one; race is a huge issue and being privileged is another one. Although, these cultural boundaries made Rebecca search for the person within, it was untimely the company of great teachers that helped her rise above her racial uniqueness and become a great writer.”
Kathleen did a great job presenting her book, because she was able to keep her audience interested all along the presentation. From one point to another, her presentation flowed very smoothly. She was able to prove her thesis by using convincing supporting arguments.
Unlike some other fellow classmate, she did tell us enough about the author of the book.. Listening to her presentation convinces me to read the book.
Reagan Lolo
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
07 May 2012
Response to students’ presentations
Thursday, 03 May 2012, other students presented their books to the class. Among the students who presented were Mark, John, and Nezha
In this fourth post I am reflecting on John and Mark’s book presentation. The Hunger Game is the story of a totalitarian ruling society that uses a so-called game to divide the society.
Mark and John did a group presentation. Together they did a great job presenting the book. The main protagonists were well described. John was particularly very confident presenting the book. Although Mark was a little shy while introducing the book, he did his best.
John was able to accurately support his thesis. And the presentation was particularly interested, because the audience was able to be very proactive and responsive.
Overall the two presenters did a great job presenting their book, because they were able to keep the audience interested all along the presentation. From one point to another, the presentation was easy to follow.
Unlike some other fellow classmate, John did tell us enough about the author of the book. Listening to the presentation convinces me to read the book. Bravo!
Reagan Lolo
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
07 May 2012
Response to students’ presentations
Thursday, 03 May 2012, other students presented their books to the class. Among the students who presented were Mark, John, and Nezha
In this fifth post I am reflecting on Nezha’s book presentation. Midnight, is the story of a young boy who, at a very young age, was obliged to turn himself into an assassin in order to protect his family.
Nezha did a great job presenting the book. The main protagonist was sharply described. She was particularly very passionate presenting the book, probably because she felt a particular connection with the story.
Nezha was able to accurately support her thesis. Like The hunger Game, Nezha’s presentation was particularly interested, because the audience was able to be very proactive and responsive.
She did a great job presenting their book, because was able to keep the audience interested all along the presentation. From one point to another, the presentation was easy to follow.
Unlike some other fellow classmate, Nezha did tell us enough about the author of the book. Listening to the presentation convinces me to read the book. Bravo!
Colleen Low
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
7 May 2012
Response to Kathleen’s book presentation: Black White and Jewish
Kathleen discussed the connection with her father, who was Jewish and the contrast of her overzealous black mother, who gave her educational toys. How painful it must have been, to be a fancy school that should have educated individuals than have subjugated terror as in Rebecca’s situation. But “what doesn’t kill you makes a person stronger.” In the midst of struggle we learn most about ourselves and this is the case for the character. Kathleen did a great job speaking about the character’s thoughts and feelings, being bi racial where ambiguity between being this or that and coming into your own. Understanding the past is what makes Rebecca unique and her impetus to become a writer.
Colleen Low
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
7 May 2012
Response to Flora’s book presentation: The Foretelling
An Amazon warrior princess, Rain who would be Queen of the Amazons. She is raised in a tribe and is raped, which was shocking and then tells us that Rain is trying to win her mother’s love and excels in every aspect of becoming an Amazon warrior. Rain seems to be looking for herself, during a seemingly dark, yet adventurous place. Dark, whereas, a girl was raped by 100 men, and the women would cut off their left breast to better shoot a arrow, but adventurous where there is a motive and a need, perhaps a quest for Rain. Flora I could see why you like this book, it is pretty cool and tantalizing, mysterious, heart felt and a lot of fantasy.
Colleen Low
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
7 May 2012
Response to Dan’s book presentation: The Wizard of Earthsea
The young boy Ged’s, who is becoming a wizard abuses his powers and fast becomes self-destructive. I figure he is too smart for himself and he is learning the hard way and comes to a realization that he cannot continue his path to destruction or something bad will happen. He tries to make amends with his demons and change and then realizes what was tormenting him was himself. Dan was in his usual form very concise and poignant he did a great job and the audio was interesting I never use the audio books before.
Colleen Low
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
7 May 2012
Response to Ana’s book presentation: Their Eyes Were Watching God
Ana recounts the character in her book about Janie who is raised by her grandmother because her mother ran off. Her grandmother tries to marry her off to a man who is older and a farmer, then ends up running off with Logan, however after a smooth talking man named Jody appears, she runs off with him. He becomes successful, but controls her and then a man named Tea Cake comes along and she marries him. However, circumstances arise and Janie ends back at home by herself and reflects upon herself and comes to a realization and understanding of herself and others can not make you happy until you are happy within first. Nice learning lesson Ana.
Colleen Low
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
7 May 2012
Response to my book presentation: Twenty-Five Chickens and a Pig for a Bride
Memoirs are hard to discuss and the author had so many experiences and is so diverse that it was hard not to share. History was never my strong suit until I attended college, especially U.S. history, however when history is placed in a context of a real person, the events in history takes on a connection, especially when personal struggles are intertwined with events and how we can learn from their experiences or share common ideas. I definitely will simplify the main idea and keep to 3 key points, then say what I thought about the book, considering the time limit. Even though, I enjoyed this book, it stimulated my historical views and heighten my understanding of what situations transpired in our past. I believe it is a beautiful thing when people learn about the diversity of others and their contributions that makes us whole.
Colleen Low
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
7 May 2012
Response Nezha’s book presentation: Midnight
I always like to read about heroes because they stand for something which shows integrity. The story has conflicts, one is survival and second love these situations draws raw emotions within the reader. Should be interesting to read this book because it is from a male’s point of view and to see how he solves issues within himself and what his perspective is about his cultural identity. You did an excellent job picking this book, great reading book for the summer. Excellent presentation.
Colleen Low
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
7 May 2012
Response to Mark’s book presentation: Hunger Games
This book is intriguing especially the character Katniss, how you illustrated that she at a young age had such heart to her family and the actual game sounds as if it is full of suspense and the conflict will build as more characters become involved. Wonderful job Mark, did not have a chance to ask if the movie was as good as the book.
Colleen Low
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
7 May 2012
Response to John’s book presentation: Hunger Games
When you spoke about the characters and how we are able to find parallels between what is happening currently in society and in the book are true. History does not seem to change where the people in power will always try to keep others with less, though I believe people with less are stronger because of their struggles and the people in power know this. Wonderful job, with Mark and did you think the movie did the book justice?
Ana Vasquez
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
Kathleen’s Presentation
Kathleen talked about the characters connection with her father, who was Jewish and of her jealous black mother, who gave her educational toys. The book summarizes the different lifestyles that these two different races of hers shared. But “what doesn’t kill you makes a person stronger.” Kathleen did a very good job summarizing her book; she hit the main points and topics of it. It was a struggle for Rebecca to hear all the different stereotypes of being black and Jewish, because she was not considered either or, given she was both. Good choice of book, I might read it.
Ana Vasquez
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
Flora's Presentation
Flora did a good job presenting. She presented the book The Foretelling by Alice Hoffman. The booked was about a young female warrior who fought for patriarchal freedom. She went a little over the time, but she gave us a detailed summary of her book which made it easy for us to understand. The text seemed pretty hard to analyze but with her presentation It was easy to understand.
Ana Vasquez
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
May 8, 2012
Mark and John’s Presentation
Hunger games:
Both John and Mark did their presentation on the Hunger Games. It was a very interesting presentation because there is a movie based on the book. Mark summarized a little of what the book was about. He told us about a young girl named Katniss who was brave enough to risk her life in order to save her younger sister from being put in the Hunger games. He expressed the way the character felt when she knew she had to stand up to protect her younger sister. He also brought in a clip to watch (Although we didn’t get to watch it). John was able to clarify any questions we had about the book. John was able to support his thesis well and deliver a good presentation.
Ana Vasquez
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
Dan’s Presentation
The Wizard of Earthsea:
Dan’s book seemed interesting. He talks about the main character Ged who abuses the use of his powers and become self destructive. From my understanding Ged is a smart person, but from the wrong usage of his powers, he might have to learn a lesson the hard way. In the end, he tries to repent for what he has done, but it is too late, in order to be forgotten he has to forgive himself and stop tormenting himself. Dan also brought in a book audio which made the presentation interesting and entertaining. As usual he seemed relaxed and not nervous about making his presentation.
Daniel Escudero-Whitney
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
8 May 2012
Book Report Presentation
A Reflection on My Presentation
The presentation I gave last week sure was fun. I had been looking forward to it for a while because I love to talk about books, film, music, and other such things with people; I find it stimulating to share things with others. I chose A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula LeGuin for my book report because I have found no better analogy for self-destruction -- something I figured we could all relate to. I found the parts of the book that best support the theme of self-destruction for my essay and for my presentation, which was largely based on my book report essay. If I could have added anything to my presentation, it would have been more information about the author.
Daniel Escudero-Whitney
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
8 May 2012
Book Report Presentation
My Commentary on Flora's Presentation
Last week Flora introduced us to The Foretelling, by Alice Hoffman. I could tell from her deep knowledge of the book that she had already read it several times, perhaps over a span of a few years. Her presentation was smooth and interesting, and there were no unnecessary embellishments. I remember being shocked when Flora told us about the victory festival the Amazon tribeswomen hold after each conquest, where they tie up their male prisoners of war and rape them for their seed. It had never occurred to me that for some, the spoils of war included getting pregnant. Flora did a great job of connecting us to the world created in The Foretelling, however I wish I could have heard more about the protagonist, and perhaps a little more about the author.
Ana Vasquez
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
Nezha's Presentation
Nezha talked about the book Midnight. When she was summarizing her book, i found it surprising that her book was about the life of a boy. This semester we have been reading about women, so it was quite interesting to hear about the life of this boy. Midnight at a very young age had to become an assasine in order to save his family. His life was very tough and had to overcome his fears in order to protect himself and his family. Overall Nezha did a very good job summarizing and stating her thesis.
Mark Jansz
Ana Vasquez
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A
Colleen's Presentation
Colleen did her book report on a book called Twenty-Five Chickens and a Pig for a Bride. The book talked about discrimintaion in the United States, and the author connected this to her own life. The author of the book was half black and half filipino and so it was a challenging for her to live in the U.S knowing she was being discriminated for her two races. This book kinda reminded me of the book Kathleen read because the narrator also suffered from being discrimated for being half jewish/white and black. Overall Colleen did a good job, though she went over time on the presentation.
Mark Jansz
Professor Wanda Sabir
English 1A, Spring 2012
RE:John's presentation on the Hunger Games
I felt that John's presentation was great. Since we both had the Hunger Games as our presentation, we were able to go into more depth with the book. It was nice listening to and participating in the more in-depth talk
Daniel Escudero-Whitney
Professor Sabir
English 1A
10 May 2012
Book Report Presentation Commentary
For Hoan
Hoan presented on The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan. As he was talking to us, it occurred to me that this story, that of super-traditional Chinese immigrants whose children are enculturated with American values, may have a special meaning for Hoan. Although I don't know for sure, I can imagine that Hoan has children that are American born, whereas he was not born in the United States. It makes me wonder if he, himself, has experienced some of the things that go on in Joy Luck.
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