Book Club Presentations: Day 1

We had our first day of book club presentations and I was the student for both of them.  They were both very different.  The first presentation was “Practical Poetry” and they did a good job giving an overview of the book.  Their presentation wasn’t timed correctly though so I think they got a little off track.  When it came to the activity it was really rushed and we weren’t given a lot of time to think.  Also, it would have helped if they gave us their own example before having us do the activity.  In their overview of the book they talked about how you can connect poetry to other subjects so this would have been helpful for them to show with the activity.  There were only two guys in this group so I think they did a great job with having to do all the work by themselves.  The second presentation was “Don’t Forget to Write” and theirs seemed to go very smoothly.  The ignite talk was timed well and they got all the important information to us.  Their activity was a great thing to be able to participate in.  It was fun and allowed us to use our creativity.   It was also something that I could actually see myself using in my future classroom.  I like how they had each member of their group help the groups with their story outlines so everything was made very clear.  The only thing that could have helped their presentation was to make their demonstration as creative as they wanted us to be.  Both presentation groups did a great job and I’m excited to see what everyone else read about.