Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Glogster Book Report and Reflection

This is the link to my book report in Glogster format:
Glog Link


This is my Reflection:

In English during the month of November we were supposed to make a Glogster for a book we had read recently. The book I did was Impossible by Nancy Werlin, It is about a girl who has a curse upon her and is trying to lift it. The way I did this book repot was I first opened up a Word Document and wrote down all my information in that because this allowed me to use spell check and make sure that I had no flaws in the grammatical part of my Glogster Book Report. To find answers to the “guiding questions” I used a few sites which gave me information about the author, how many prizes did my book receive and what other books has my author written. Then after writing in all the information into a Word Document I then transferred it onto my Glogster. I then searched Youtube for some videos that would further explain my book. Something important though I had to do is read the book before all of these steps.
I thought that this project was actually quite fun to do because it allowed me to delve into the book and understand it more but in a somewhat fun way. I found it more interactive than just writing the standard book report and I found that I was able to use my creativity and discover new things. For example during this project I found out that my book in fact has its own commercial which I was able to use one the Glogster, but not only did I find one for myself but while searching for it I stumbled across one that was about my friends book and I showed it to her. This shows that this project also allows us to communicate with others and share ideas because you can learn a lot from your peers.