This week we finished up watching everyone's This I Believe essays. They were interesting. I was surprised by some of them, naturally, but it was weird because some of the stories didn't match up to the people I thought I knew. I don't know if anyone else felt this way, but it created a sense of unity between the classes to me.
We also started talking about our independent reading projects. I read "The Color Purple" and "The Book Thief", and I was kind of focusing on the story telling aspect of each story. What does having their story heard do to the teller? What does telling their story do to them personally? If I can do it how I want to, it should be interesting. I'm kind of having a hard time finding outside sources but the internet is ever-growing so I'm not THAT worried.
We also started talking about our independent reading projects. I read "The Color Purple" and "The Book Thief", and I was kind of focusing on the story telling aspect of each story. What does having their story heard do to the teller? What does telling their story do to them personally? If I can do it how I want to, it should be interesting. I'm kind of having a hard time finding outside sources but the internet is ever-growing so I'm not THAT worried.
I thought that we were supposed to make an art project, showing a symbol that represented both stories, and then present it to the class, but apparently that was never the plan. Instead, we're working on a PowerPoint program (again) and doing Pecha Kucha projects. It's usually 20 slides, and you only get 20 seconds on each slide. It was created as a way to not be completely bored by those business presentations or whatever. It forces you to talk about the really important stuff without droning on and on. We're altering it a bit, in that we only get 10 slides, at 20 seconds each slide. If we did 20x20, we would be presenting forever.