Reading The Weather Reflection

I really enjoyed researching and going down the rabbit hole. I got most of my information on rabbit hole day and think it was pretty successful. Even though. I thought I could of worked on using different data bases and sites instead of you the same four or five sites.

Taking notes was one of my favorite parts in the ignite process. I organized many different ways. One of my favorite note taking strategy was making a web. I started off just writing prevention and safety and making a circle around it and making lines out of my subtopics and putting circles around those I branched out on details. I also used boxes and bullets after doing the web to make it easier when you are writing your narrative and you just have to look down and be able to write with out struggling to understand what you wrote down.

At first I got a bit stumped on how to put or say something. I struggled and finally figured out how I wanted to write it. This was my least favorite step it was lots of adding on and then editing then revising and then taking something out then doing the whole cycle over again.

I enjoyed writing the script. I thought that I struggled the most in having to cut down my two minute narrative into a thirty second script. It challenged me to cut down the parts that did not really make sense but after I cut down a few sentences everything really made sense but I was still at one minute . I had to take at a category off and to make it thirty seconds but it was really hard to pick which one to get rid of. Then I figured out that I was going to do the conclusion. I found that it was easier doing the conclusion the my first or second slide.

I liked rehearsing it made me feel ready. We rehearsed it many different ways. One way we rehearsed was just as a group. Just the five of us. We would wait until it was your slide then you would start doing your speech. Another way we rehearsed was with the whole class. Rehearsing with the whole class made me feel prepared. The final way we rehearsed for the real ignite was independently. Doing it by yourself was productive because you got to do your script many more time with doing it with your class or with your group.

I enjoyed saying my speech. I knew I was ready so I did not feel scared. I thought everyone did a really good job. I do not think I would have changed anything.

At the start I liked working with a group. When we went farther in the project some people in my group told other people to change there work just because they liked it a certain way. It made me think if we kept changing things up it would be harder to memorize are script.

Partner Book Club Reflection

My favorite part of working in a partnership was being able to share ideas with each other and they actually knowing what I’m talking about. My second favorite part was being paired up with my friend so sometimes I could call her and we could work on are jots together.
The most challenging part for me was deciding on the reading. I usually wanted to read 25 pages and she wanted to read 15. So we had to come to a compromise. We ended up usually reading 18-25 pages every night. At the end it was pretty fun working with my friend and working in a book club.
My favorite book that I read with Sophia was “ Ways To Make Sunshine.” It was the most interesting book in my opinion. There were a lot of different characters and a lot of different things happening. Those types of books are my favorite kind of realistic fiction. My least favorite book was “ Meena Meets Her Match.” I didn’t really think anything interesting happened. The most interesting part was when she got seizure but they didn’t make it a big moment it was less then a page!
I think I was pretty good with my jots. I tried to expain my ideas and do different stuff everyday! Like predictions, retells, challenger sidekick and advisor, character web. Story mountain and a lot more stuff! It was sometimes hard to do two or three pages but I usually managed to do one sometimes two or three! At the end I enjoyed to jot.
In the books that I read with Sophia I didn’t really see any mirrors! I didn’t think any of the characters related to me. They all had a completely different life food illnesses and problems. Like in “Meena meets her match she got seizure and I don’t have a sizer. Another thing that is happening is she is in a big fight with her best friend and I am not. I don’t think I ever gotten in a fight with my best friend! Probably because she lives in new jersey and even though she lives in New Jersey I live with her for seven weeks every year and have a lot of play dates with Willa. Another book I can’t relate to is “Sleepover Squad.” Emily is not aloud to have a sleepover and i’m basically aloud to whenever I want. The last book I read with Sophia was “Ways To Make Sunshine.” My favorite book I read. She is moving into a new house well I am not. I there is only one mirror she can’t see her best friend a lot.
I think the most important part of working in a book club is being able to read your jots to someone who actually knows what your talking about, Reading what is agreed upon and being able to know that you will have time to read that much and I think the most important thing of working in a book club partnership is taking turns listening and talking. That’s what I really think is the most important parts of working in a book club partnership.
I learned that I enjoy working with someone. I thought it may be a little worse at first but at the end I actually really liked it. I learned a lot of thing by working in a partnership. I really really liked it!