Final Reflection

I created this blog for my Reading and Literature class. Each week we were asked to write about our experiences in the class.   In my posts, I reflected on what we did that day and projects that I had made., along with links to other articles or websites that pertain to the topic so that the reader of my blog could learn more. Our final project was our livebinder. I have made one of these before but that one had more to do with the EDTPA. This time it was everything that we have done in the class. I wish we would have got the template earlier in the semester so that we could do it as we went along and not all at once. However I was really proud of what I created, and yes the sub-tabs look much better Dr.S!!  I also did a text set of 50 books, however I made it as a word document so when I  put it into Googledocs the pictures of the books didn't transfer. If your iinterestedin the document send me a message and I can send it to you! This semester was full of lots of amazing presenters and lessons. My personal favorite was Chuck Stead. He seemed as if he were telling the story as if he was still in that moment it took place. His enthusiasm and wisdom was amazing. I have even listened to other stories on YouTube 

 I have made comments on many of my fellow authors blogs, here are some of them. 

Devon O'Brien 

Lindsay Bordenaro

Desiree Pampolina

Poetry Gem

We were asked to do a poetry gem fro this class. I had no idea where to begin. First I wanted to do an animoto, but i didn't  want to pay for it. Then I wanted to do a plotagon but it wouldn't work on my computer, then I made a weebly and hated it, and I finally decided to make a prezi. I have never used prezi before even though my teacher always suggests we use one. It was a little confusing but with the help of my friend Lindsay it came out beautiful. I decided that my students would write acrostic poems with their names. I did a lesson on acrostic poems and showed them a website that had lots of them. I told them to brainstorm some words they could use for their names that described them. Some letters like N,A, and Y got a little tricky but they were able to find some. Take a look at how it came out here. I think it came out great for my first one. The students all typed in each of their poems as well. I tried to get permission to take a picture of them but it was not allowed. 
Here are some other great poem websites for more learning.

https://www.youngwriters.co.uk/types-acrostic

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/learning/glossary-term/acrostic

www.acrosticpoem.org/