This week we had the pleasure of being taught by Emma and Marla. Their Collection 13 provided background on the authors/poets we studied, along with some interesting reading. Although you have provided evaluations of their performance (which they unfortunately will not see) that will help determine their grade for the presentation, this is an opportunity to discuss what you liked BEST about the presentation. Also, what did you learn? Were the power point slides and the YouTube video effective? What about the handouts and worksheets? How did you benefit? What suggestions do you have for their improvement?
Aren't they lucky? They are all finished now!
Doing this whole presentation was a great experience. Im not big on public speaking so it really allowed me to challenge myself to do well. I did have some mistakes during presenting, but it was good to just try it and go with the flow. I learned a lot of information of Robinson and Hemingway that I never knew in the past. I had previous exposure to Hemingway, but with Robinson, it was a new experience in learning about him and his works.
ReplyDeleteMarla and I worked really well together. It was a great pleasure to present and become like a team in trying to build the whole presentation to our greatest ability. We split up everything very evenly, she was great! She really kept me in line with staying on task with everything and organization! This whole presentation will be great experience to take with me through college and life in public speaking. Also a lot of the literary works that we did research on will more than likely be used in our future studies, so it will be very helpful in the future.
I felt like the first day of presenting was easier than the second day for me because I really struggled with finding words the second day, but my posture changed after I was corrected on proper public speaking techniques during public presentations, which really helped me the second day. I was nervous at the beginning of the presentation, but by the end I learned to enjoy it! So i'm just really happy I succeeded in finishing this whole presentation without really screwing up. Therefore, I had a good time in researching and presenting to the class! Have fun everyone!:)
Emma, I think that you did a good job. I know that most people are not big fans of public speaking. However I thought you did a good job this time. You spoke clearly most of the time and you had good eye contact. Everyone is going to make mistakes. I could not tell when you made a mistake. I think you did a good job and just kept going and didn't get all flustered when you made one. I think that takes a lot to do. Most people when they make a mistakes they hang their head and think that everyone notices when really no one does. One thing that was good was that you and Marla got along. Sometimes it makes it ha when you do a presentation like this and the group does not get a long. I also think you guys could feed off each other well. That was really good. Also I felt like you guys knew what you were both talking about. That makes doing the presentation easier when you really know your material. Overall I think you did a good job!
DeleteEmma, I think you did a very good job presenting! I am glad you learned from your presentation. I think that this type of project is very good for our public speaking. Later on in our lives we will have to be doing a lot more presentations whether it is in college or later on in our careers. I really liked how you said you and Marla worked well together. It is great that you two got along and split up the work fairly and evenly. The works you have studied will most likely be reappearing so it is great that you had a chance to study them now. I'm glad you know what you can do better on and where your strong points were. Great presentation Emma!!!
DeleteEmma, I was very impressed with how you did your presentation. I was most imressed with how well you knew your information. I thought that both you and Marla were able to feed off of what the other was saying, and knew exactly what to say whenever your audience drew a blank. I thought that it was very clean cut had just enough explanation in it to provide us with a visual. I was most impressed with the visual video that you provided. You did not have to read your slides or anything! Great job Emma!!
DeleteEmma, you're presentation was really good! You and Marla did so good with teaching the class. Everyone seemed to understand and knew what they're ere talking about. You guys had such good involvement with the class and you knew what you were talking about also. Your worksheet and handouts were very informative and I was very impressed with your presentation! It was so good!
DeleteOverall, I can guarantee Marla and Emma that I came out of class each day with newly acquired knowledge. In generalities, I thought the presentation was well planned out, had a lot of useful information, and was presented well. I really liked the PowerPoint for different reasons. First off, it was excellent of them to not read off of their material, but actually go into detail and specifics, never actually addressing the television at all. I thought that was really good. I also liked that there were only the brief talking points of all of our discussions on the slides, which made note taking a lot easier. The PowerPoint was not too long and not too short. Also, I was sitting in the last seat in the row and found it easy to read. Both Marla and Emma did very well on the PowerPoint.
ReplyDeleteI also enjoyed their video on Earnest Hemmingway. The video was an appropriate length, yet was still very insightful. I felt it was one of few actually enjoyable documentaries that are shown in school. Normally, watching biographies and such, they have one middle aged man, who speaks monotone for what seems 2 hours, but is only 42 minutes. I liked how modern the video seemed, and how interesting it was as well. I feel as if I have a better understanding and appreciation for “A Soldiers Home” and Hemingway after watching the video. You can see how he obviously relates it to his feelings from returning from the war himself. Overall, I would have to say this video was probably the best part of the presentation. Not only that, but I liked how Marla and Emma went on afterward to discuss things that were running through our minds while watching it.
For the handouts and worksheets, I feel they were very effective. I liked the handout about the authors of the two poems we read because we gain more of an appreciation for the poem when understanding the thoughts of the author. Though it was not discussed as heavily as other topics, the handout was still useful. I appreciated the worksheet for many different reasons. While it was long for having to do it with so much other homework piled on top of it, I liked how it made me think. Yes, I did read the story, but comprehension questions really do make me think about what I read. I also liked how the discussion the next day was centered on the questions. That way, I was able to use my questions for notes as well.
I feel as if I learned a variety of things in the small span of two days. First, we looked into two poems that were written almost completely different, yet still connected by the theme of heroes and suicide. While Richard Cory appeared to be the hero, in the end he was unhappy enough on the inside to commit suicide; in Cheevy’s case, he dreamed of going back in the time of heroes, and then drank himself away. He didn’t believe the world, in his time, had heroes. We also learned about World War I and the 1920s. While we have discussed this era plenty of times in a variety of classes, it is not very often we learn of the literature of that time.
Good job Marla and Emma!
Maria, your blog was well written this week. Sometimes when other students give presentations that some people don't pay attention. And I know that sometimes I have the tendency of doing that. However what you said in your first line I agree with. Everyday when I walked out of the class I actually learned something. Also one nice thing was I was interested in the poems and stories that we had to read during this time. Also they made their presentation interesting and didn't just read use the slides. Also you made a hood point when you said the slide wasn't to long. Sometimes when the slides are to long it can get boring and people start to doze off. The video made it very interesting. It just gave us a little more background on the author. Sometimes a video is easier to learn from then from just people standing and talking. I also felt the hand out and worksheet really helped me understand the story. It made me pay attention to the story when I was reading. I think that you made some good points in your blog. I agree with a lot of what you said!
DeleteMaria, with how much that you said about the presentation, it seems like you almost wrote the presentation! I can tell how much you grasped from the No Time for Heroes collection. I agree that Marla and Emma did a great job with their delivery. I mainly agree with your first line about walking out with a new knowledge of certain works; I walked out of the classroom with an abundance of information. I like how you pointed out how the handout was used less but was still helpful in different ways. I think that everything in the presentation was put to good use, even though they did not read off of the powerpoint, which I was very impressed by. I think you did a great job of pointing out all of the strong parts of the presentation, and another good job to Emma and Maria!
DeleteThank you Maria! I was very happy that you and everyone else in our class helped Marla and I keep our points going with your great participation! It was really easy to present to you and the rest of the class. You were a great audience. Im very happy that you also enjoyed the presentation, Marla and I were a little worried about that, but it went well!
DeleteMaria, great job critiquing their work! You weren't harsh even though it was your sister! I agree with you about their Power Point presentation; it was very informative. I liked how they only used one or two words and then they explained in depth the meaning behind the words. I think the class was able to have some very good discussions and Dr. Pam could easily have her input. I agree they never actually looked at the television. They knew the work. The words in the Power Point were also very large and easy to read. The video was very informative. The variety of works was very good and diverse which helped keep my interest. Great job to Marla and Emma and to you as well Maria!
ReplyDeleteMaria, I agree that their PowerPoint was informative. Though they didn't have much information on their PowerPoint, they went into depth on every fact that they had. I was impressed that they didn't use their PowerPoint much and they knew a lot what they were talking about. They shared their information well and gave everybody a good idea on what their stories were about.
DeleteI think Marla and Emma did a great job considering they were the first group to present their blogs. I can only imagine how nerve-wracking and awkward it would be to go first on such an important teaching assignment. I am happy to say that I learned a lot from their presentation! I think that their subject was portrayed and explained very well. One of my favorite parts about their entire presentation was their constant referral back to the title of their collection, No Time for Heroes. The girls brought in new thoughts on how the characters in each of the poems and the short story could be thought of as heroes in their own ways. I found it very interesting how comparable the two poems were with how both of the characters within them ended up killing themselves. They thought that there was no time for their heroism, whether that be because they were living a life of sadness behind their riches that nobody could see or because they did not think they were living in the correct time period. I also like how comparable the authors were to their stories, with Earnest Hemingway leaving a lasting affect on us with the video that we witnessed. Of the visuals, I think the video gave the best explanation overall. I don't think that the girls could have picked a better video to explain their author and his lifestyle up until his point of death. I did not pick up as much of the information about his life when I was simply reading about him, but some of the information did confirm more of what I read. I like how different the short story was from the poems, yet held the similar characteristics to the poems. They all resembled a character that lived a life full of sadness and loneliness, which is very similar to all of the authors that we learned about. None of the characters or the authors were ever satisfied with their lives. The girls used their slides from the powerpoint in the best way possible and did not read everything word for word. When they asked questions that us in the audience were not able to answer, I was impressed that they were able to answer their own questions and not leave the questions go unanswered. The handout gave just enough information about the authors that would give an answer to any question that could be asked about their general life. The handout asked logical questions about the the Soldier's Home, making the story more clear as we read along. The only suggestions that I could think of improving would have to be stopping the constant hand gestures, which I could tell improved from the first to second day. I think they explained their topics in an understandable way and I cannot pinpoint any more information that they would need to cover. Good job girls!
ReplyDeleteCarli, I agree! The fact that they were the first ones to present must have been scary. They had to go off of nothing while all of us are able to have a little feel for what we are supposed to do during our presentations now. Arlington and Hemmingway seemed to both be depressed with their lives. Hemmingway was depressed to the point where he took his own life. I don't really understand why he would be so depressed, though because he had a great life. Whenever he got bored he just seemed to be able to pack up and leave to another country.
DeleteCarli, your blog covered just about everything that I was thinking and surely the rest of the class. Both Marla and Emma did a very good job with their presentations. No Time for Heroes sounded almost strange to me when I heard that section announced. I honestly wasn't sure what to expect because when you think of heroes, you think a town or person(s) in need, and a hero rises from nothing to save the day. But after reading our little assignments, the collection's title made perfect sense. I agree with you that Emma and Marla stepped up to the plate and presented such a good job.
DeleteI personally felt that the presentation that Marla and Emma gave in class was good overall. The background information given on the authors helped to set the stage for the synopsis on the stories and poems. I enjoyed the tragic poetry that Edwin Arlington wrote. I normally do like stories that are darker in nature. The poem of Richard Cory is well written, made to give Richard the appearance of a happy person when the reality was that his mind was tearing him apart from the inside. However, the story of Miniver Cheevy I do not enjoy as much. Miniver drank himself to death over a pipe dream. He blames everything on being born to late, but even if he was in correct time period, nothing says he would be able to be a heroic knight. This is an idea that most people have, but neglect that just being in the time period does not guarantee anything. Ernest Hemingway share a trait with both of the characters in that he killed himself. I found it interesting that what we read was not a very dark story, despite Hemingway being depressed. I found all the information that was given to be interesting.
ReplyDeleteIn terms of the presentation, I thought that the powerpoint was well done. It was easy to read, even from the farthest desk that I sit in. It was also easy for me to hear Emma and Marla throughout the presentation. The video shown was informative, but I found it to be dull. Most documentary style videos are not an explosion of excitement so I really did not care much about that. I felt that the handout was redundant in that it mainly restated what was on the powerpoint. The worksheet made me better review the short story that Hemingway wrote. Even with the minor flaws, I felt that the presentation and presenters did a good job of summing up what was in the collection.
Tyler, Im sorry that our video wasnt very energetic. It was hard to find a good, informative video for this presentation, but im thankful for you critique and input on the presentation as a whole! I also liked how you thought Ernest Hemingway was interesting. I hope your presentation goes well!
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ReplyDeleteIn general, Emma and Marla did a really good job on their presentation. It was easy to learn from and the PowerPoint was easy to follow. The way that they incorporated their video into it was done well, too. I liked the collection that was taught...even more so than my own collection that I will be teaching! I think that the stories and poems fit well into the theme of "No Time for Heroes." They all seemed to relate to this somehow. For example, the first poem was about a man who had everything that anyone could possibly want, a hero in some people's eyes, and yet he wasn't happy at all.
ReplyDeleteThe other one I really liked from this collection was "A Soldiers Home." This story meant a lot to me because people who are willing to risk their lives should be honored and thanked for all they they do. Whenever the main character came home from war, however, no one seemed to care or even take a second look his way. This must have been hard for him because once he got back, everyone was already moved on with their lives. The only thing that his mother and father wanted for him was to go out and get a job. The only one who seemed to really care for him for who he was, no matter how weird she may have been, was his sister.
I think the presenters did a good job on their collection, the only advice I would give is to try to have less dead time at the end of the classes. Both days that they were presenting we ended early, making their presentations not even take two days. Good job ladies! I learned a lot. (:
Thank you for your great input Morgan. I am glad that Emma and I were able to expand your knowledge of literature. From your blog I have gathered that you were able to comprehend the depressing, realist view presented in the works covered. I would like to apologize for ending our presentation early and I appreciate your critique.
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ReplyDeleteYes I feel lucky that my presentation is complete! I hope Emma and I taught everyone something new from our collection!
Overall I feel that my group's presentation went well. My partner and I did a great job dividing the work evenly. We also had great communication throughout the entire process. This project allowed me to practice and improve my leadership skills. It was a great pleasure to work with Emma and she was a great partner.
During the presentation I learned valuable skills and pertinent information about literature. This presentation allowed me to work on my public speaking. Public speaking is pertinent skill that I feel will be of great use throughout life experiences. One thing that I need to improve on is my confidence. During the presentation I found my nerves starting to take over and sometimes I found myself struggling to find words.
Along with my classmates I learned about the lives of Hemingway and Robinson. I also was able to pick out the different type of themes in the literature covered. I found the collection "No Time For Heroes" very interesting. Although all of the literature covered was depressing, it resembled a realist's point of view.
I thought Emma and I delivered a great presentation, and I am proud of my presentation. I hope everyone learned something new! Have a great Easter!!!!
Marla, you guys did a really great job! I learned a lot from both you and your partner. If you guys became teachers, I wouldn't be surprised. It looked like you both worked very hard to make your presentation that best that it could be, and we all reaped the benefits. Thank you for having such a great presentation.(:
DeleteMarla, your presentation went really well, and I'm glad to here how you and Emma worked well together. It really showed during your two days of presenting. You were very professional with your presenting, and it was very well done. It will a challenge not only for myself, but for everyone to present our class material as well as you and Emma did. Good job!
DeleteEmma and Marla, I thought that you guys both did a good job when you presented. You guys did a good job going first. Sometimes when groups go first they are not sure of what to do. You guys set a good example for the rest of us. One thing that youths did really well was you knew what your topic was on. You guys had a good topic as well. I think that heroes are something that we hear a lot about in today's societies. Most people think that heroes are the people dressed up in movies. Really the best heroes in life are just ordinary people. I think that the heroes we saw in your blog. In " Soldiers Home" I think that he was really a hero. I believe that everyone who serves for our country is a hero in some ways. I think that you guys did a good job getting into depth on the topic.
ReplyDeleteAlso the background on Earnest Hemmingway was very interesting. I learned a lot about him through the video and the presentation. I think that we had a time hard relating to other people. He always seemed like he was a lone. I think we are starting to see that happen more and more in today's age. This is not a good thing. A good percent of these people end up taking their lives. Just like Earnest did. He did it by a shotgun. This is horrible. I think that the video was really interesting. Like I said in a response for Maria I think that sometimes a video helps me learn better then because I can actually see what I'm learning. I like that about the videos.
As for the handouts and the worksheets I think that they really helped. When reading the story it made it easier to pay attention to the poems. I like that the worksheet was interesting. Also with the worksheet it will be a good study guide to use for a Possible test.
Overall I think that you two did a very good job on your presentation. You guys both made good eye contact and spoke clearly. This is something that really helps add to the presentation.
Hayley, I like the fact that you pointed out how most of the time in this society, heroes seem to be just ordinary people. Whenever people think of heroes, most people think about superman or Wonder Woman where as most of the real, true heroes are people just like you and I. The people who are most heroic seem to be people who are kind and gentle and willing to help out anyone with anything. These kinds of people are an inspiration to me and I hope to come into contact with more of them throughout my life! I look up to them, because they don't get a lot of credit for what they do and do not flaunt it around.
DeleteHayley, thank you for your opinion on the presentation. I can clearly see that you were able to understand our collection very well. I am happy to hear that our worksheet and handout was a helpful tool. From your blog I am able to see that you were able to understand the theme of the collection very well. Heroes can be anyone, even ordinary people! Thank you for your participation in our presentation and good luck on your presentation.
DeleteI think that Marla and Emma did a great job presenting! For being the first group to present they didn't really seem that nervous. The first day they seemed more nervous than the second day which I thought was normal. The presentation was well thought out and the information flowed very well from one day to the next day. The Power Point was also very informative. It was very easy to read because the text was large and I enjoyed how there was only one or two words for each bullet point. I feel as though this is a better technique to use because if there are too many words it takes away from the actual presentation. If there are too many words people are going to be worried about trying to copy all the words on the presentation instead of listening to what they are actually saying. The presentation lent itself very well to discussion. Another thing I really enjoyed was the video. It was very informative about Hemingway's life and his works. At first I thought it was going to be a very boring video and as it turns out it wasn't.
ReplyDeleteThe handouts and worksheets were very informative. The handout helped my understand the poems a lot more than just discussions did. The worksheet was extremely helpful as well. The questions were well thought out and went well with the story. I learned a lot from the presentation and I hope that the other presentations will be as informative as this one. Great job Marla and Emma!
I have to agree with that fact that Marla and Emma were not very nervous despite having the pressure of being first being on them. The style of the bullets was also very well done with the few words, especially since I generally sum up a whole sentence into a few words on my own anyway. I also agree with the worksheet helping to better understand the short story that we had to read.
DeleteRachel, I completely agree that I would have been a bundle of nerves if I was in the first group, but Marla and Emma really held it together well! They barely seemed nervous at all, and that was very impressive to me. I really like how you described what you thought of their presentation, and I also thought they did an amazing job with it. Good job on your blog this week!
DeleteThe presentation given by Marla and Emma was very good. It was a very knowledgeable presentation, and I am sure that everyone in the class learned a lot of new material because of the presentation. I'm sure Marla and Emma were both very nervous, but who wouldn't be. I know for a fact that I will be very nervous when I have to present simply because Tyler and I are the final presentation.
ReplyDeleteWhat I enjoyed most about the presentation was the video. It captured my attention from the very beginning, and the movie was very interesting about Ernest Hemingway's life. I liked the movie because it described every major aspect of Hemingway's life in a short amount of time. I really enjoyed the movie.
I learned a lot from the presentation. I learned about the life of Edwin Arlington Robinson. His poem titled "Richard Cory" was a very unique poem. The handout and worksheet helped to increase my knowledge because the questions required much thought and much detail. The handout helped because it compared the two poems, and also provided great detail about the stories.
The PowerPoint slides were visible to read and they helped me know to what the discussion was going to be about. They provided some great detail and were a very important part of the presentation. Like I stated previously, the video about Ernest Hemingway was very knowledgeable. Everything seemed to flow smoothly for Marla and Emma during the presentation, so I do not have any suggestions for improvement. Overall, Marla and Emma did a great job presenting to us Collection 13.
Good blog, Andrew! I agree that everyone learned new material. Emma and Marla showed a good understanding of their material and that they really studied it well. The video also caught my attention, unlike many other boring biographies. I also like how you said it flowed smoothly. For being the first group, they did a good job
DeleteWell unlike you, I am not nervous at all about our presentation. The best are being saved for last after all. For your actual post, I feel that I made many of the same points in my blog. Although I personally felt the video dull while you found it to be interesting. But for the most part, I agree with saying that the presentation was good overall.
DeleteI was very impressed by Emma and Marla's presentation. It was a really amazing start to our presentations. Their power points and hand outs were very helpful and they asked very thought-provoking questions. Also, the video was very detailed and really helped me to understand who Ernest Hemingway really was. It went through his life in detail, and I still remember almost everything about him.
ReplyDeleteI really learned a lot from them. I learned about the lives of Edwin Arlington Robinson and Ernest Hemingway, and how their lives affected their writings and writing styles. They related the stories and poems to the theme of "No Time For Heroes" very well. When we first read the works, I was somewhat confused about how they were related, but they clarified it very well for me.
I really enjoyed "A Soldier's Home". It really showed the thoughts and feelings of someone who comes back from war and doesn't feel like he fits in any longer. I feel like if I returned from a war, I would feel very out of place in a commonplace life as well.
Both of the poems were somewhat odd and they both had very sad endings of one killing himself and another drinking himself to death.
Overall, I really had fun learning from Marla and Emma. Great job!
Tori, I really liked how you responded to Marla and Emma's presentation. I felt the same way about how they did the background of the stories and how they gave us the information. I liked your sentence about how they related their stories to the theme of the collection. I wish that I would have mentioned that in my blog but I think you explained that very well. I really liked what you had to say about A Solider's Home. I felt the same way about how he must have felt after returning home from the war. Really good pints in your blog this week Tori!
DeleteTori, I like everything you said. Honestly, I don't know how I am to respond to your blog. I suppose I'll say that I really didn't like the poems and the way they both ended.
DeleteMarla and Emma's presentation was a very good one to start out with. They gave me some ideas on how I want my presentation to go. I really enjoyed the detailed backgound that they gave on the authors. The knowledge that the two girls showed really impressed me. They studied the material and were able to answer questions that the class had. One of my favorite parts of the presentation was the video. This provided information about Ernest Hemingway; his life, his literature, and his death. Even though the video was only five minutes long, the information was easy to understand and the speaker didn't go to fast. Another part that I liked was the way that the PowerPoint was set up. They opened up each story with a background of the time period and then lead into the story. This allowed me to get a feel for the story before I even read it. One point during the topic of the1920's, Emma broight up how we had learned about it before. I really like that she did that because she was comparing the past to the present. The handout and worksheet were very helpful. The worksheet was about "A Solider's Home" and got really in depth about the short story. The questions really made me think about the little details such as the presence of Kreb's father. The handout was a comparison of the two poems and it also provided vocab from the stories. I benefitted from this presentation because it will help me with my own. I learned some tips on how to keep the class engaged in the presentation and how to have a good one. Great job Marla and Emma!
ReplyDeleteCamille, I agree that I also have a good idea of what to do for my presentation. I will have to wait for a while as I have the last presentation. The knowledge that they showed really impressed me too. It is nice to know that we have very knowledgeable people in our class like Marla and Emma. I agree with you that the video was the best part of the presentation. I also agree that the PowerPoint as set up very well. It provided much important detail so that we knew what the speakers were going to speak about. Good job Marla and Emma with your presentation, but also a good job to you Camille for a great response.
DeleteCamille, I agree with you. They also gave me an image of how I want my presentation go. I hope it's as smooth and clear as Marla and Emma's. The background on the time period helped to see where these authors were coming from and why they writing a certain way. It helped show what they were going through in their life. I also liked the worksheet as well. It went in depth and really made you think. Good blog!
DeleteMarla and Emma really broke down everything to help us understand the best they could. They really had good eye contact and they knew what they were talking about. Their PowerPoint was presented very well.The font was large enough to see, and they didn't have too much information that they were just reading off of the PowerPoint. They had little facts that they explained throughout the PowerPoint. They actually went into detail through every fact and they barely referred to their PowerPoint or notecards. Their presentations were the perfect length and they covered everything necessary. Their video on Hemingway had so much good information. It was short and sweet and got straight to the point. I actually was very interested in the video unlike many other videos I watch. It told all about his life, his works and accomplishments. It was very informative. The handout wasn't referred to that much, but it provided some useful information. The questions were a good idea to help all of us get a change to discuss in our own ways. The questions pertained well to the topics. I learned so much in just the two days they presented. These poems had a lot of depression and suicide involved in them. It was big in the 1920's too, and that is a good review because we just learned about the 1920's in world cultures class. It was useful that we just learned it because many of us discussed better throughout the presentation because we already knew some background information. Overall Emma and Marla did a very good job and I learned a lot!
ReplyDeleteLeah, you are totally correct that Marla and Emma had great eye contact with the class. Eye contact is essential to giving a good presentation. This is one reason why this was such a good presentation, because they discussed the stories with us and did not read to us. Many other people along with myself agreed that the PowerPoint presentation was presented very well. We also agreed that the video was also the best part of the presentation. It provided some thorough information that was essential to their presentation. Good job Leah with your response to a presentation that was very well done.
DeleteLeah, I think that your blog hit all of the points that I made in my blog. I agree with the statement that Marla and Emma made good eye contact. They tried very hard to look at the class as a whole and you could tell that it came naturally. I really like what you had to say about how they didn't look at the PowerPoint. They didn't even need notecards and they hardly looked at the TV screen. The video was a very short one, but packed with lots of information. I like the way that you said it "short and sweet". I like that you brought up the fact that we have talked about the 1920's before. I mentioned that in my blog also and felt that it was kind of ironic how the subject got brought back up again. good job this week Leah!
DeleteUnfortunately I was not in class for the presentation, but I got to watch the videos. Overall, Emma and Marla presented their collection well. For being the first group to go, I'm sure there was some nervousness in the air. I would have been very scared to have to go first, and I do not like public speaking. I think that seeing them go first and do good made me feel confident. They overcame the task well and set a good example for the upcoming groups. They put together a good presentation and I was impressed with what they had. I was surprised that I actually learned a lot from it too. I learned a lot from watching this presentation. The PowerPoint was a very useful tool. They did not read straight from it and they went into detail on everything. The video provided a lot of information on Hemingway. I have a better feel for what "A Soldier's Home" was really about. It helped to see where he was coming from when he wrote it and how it relates to his life. This really showed the theme of heroes. A soldier is willing to risk his life for everyone in his country, and when he gets home no one even looks at him twice. Some people do not realize who the true heroes really are, most of the time they are just ordinary, everyday people. After the video was over, they did not just end it there. They went on to discuss things the video mentioned. The worksheet was kind of a pain to do with all of my other homework. However, it was very useful and helped me think about things. The handout helped give background to the poems to see where the authors were coming from. Good eye contact also helped to keep everyone focused. Try to teach up until the end of class though. The information was helpful and clearly portrayed. Good job ladies!
ReplyDeleteLarrisa, I think your blog was very good, even though you weren't there for the presentation. I like what you said about "A Soldier's Home" and how the story related to Ernest Hemingway and his lifestyle.
DeleteGood job on the blog, especially with the difficulty of not being there. I liked the way you tied the two poems into the way the authors acted. That was essentially what the presentation showed also. They both may have suffered from some type of depression, and it showed in their works.
DeleteI thought that Emma and Marla did very well for having to go first for their project, that’s always the worst part! As for the best part of their presentation I think that their YouTube video was very well chosen. The video, on Ernest Hemingway, was informational and distributed the information in a way to keep you interested. From their presentation I learned more information about Ernest Hemingway than I had known beforehand. Through their presentation I learned about Edwin Arlington Robinson, whom I had never heard of or read before their presentation. The only thing I didn’t like about their presentation was the depressing poems and stories that we read, but that wasn’t any fault of our presenters!
ReplyDeleteEmma and Marla’s PowerPoint gave us something to follow along with the presentation, but it didn’t give us too much information that we didn’t have to listen to them speaking. The handout allowed us to compare the two poems that we read from Edwin Arlington Robinson. The handout also gave us vocabulary words and important information from the poems, such as allusions and such. I think that the worksheet could have had questions that were a little easier to understand, but I’m really bad at understanding poetry, so I’m not the best judge.
Overall, I think that Emma and Marla did a very good job.
I agree with you completely on this. I thought the power point and video were able to keep my attention well, and teach me things about the authors at the same time. No one part of the video or presentation got boring because things were kept flowing at a good pace. Emma and Marla did well on the presentation.
DeleteEmma and Marla did great on their presentation leading us off. They set the bar high for the rest of the class to reach. The entire presentation was good, but the best part was surely the youtube video. Youtube even behaved great for them. Ernest Hemingway was represented well in the video, and had enough change of pace to keep the audience listening. I did not know much about Hemingway before this, and I have only heard of him once or twice. I learned a bit from the video. The presentation, on Edwin, was good too. I had never heard of him, ever, and learned a bit about him. Even when the poems were dark and depressing, the presentation made it all interesting. The handout and worksheet helped also. The worksheet questions gave me some trouble, but they made you read into the poem, and that was good. Overall, the worst part was probably having to do the worksheet, but that was part of the presentation and helped me learn also.
ReplyDeleteGood job on the presentation.