Wednesday, March 24, 2010

reflection on book talk

okay so from my book talk yesterday, i think i did pretty good.
I liked how i told my summary of the book, it wasn't long nor short.
The imagery passage that i read was nice, but i think i could've thought of a more descriptive passage. My visual aid was enough to get my audiences attention, in my opinion. The universal theme i came purposed could have applied with many other things so that made it seem easy, but is easier for me to apply it with another text. The questions also asked from ms. crabtree was average questions i seemed to have difficulties trying to answer, perhaps i was nervous or didn't think about the book, palpably. I think i should be prepared when given questions, by asking myself what the audience would ask me, so i could answer it ahead of time. So i won't have to repeat the statements i made, i should state my statements clearly and understandably. Maybe even say a conundrum to break the ice between audience and speaker, so i can possibly relate to them more too.

Thursday, March 18, 2010

what love can do

in my book Morning Light the cowboy named Clint Harrigan changed his mind about believing in psychic.
He has changed from believing in his religion and being so hard headed to believing in love and being kind and gentle.
This change has made it possible for him to save his child.
I don't have an exact quote that shows how he is dynamic, but I have read the book well enough to understand Clint's characteristics.
I believe Clint has become dynamic by the love, affection, and connection that has affected him.