Monday, September 12, 2016

9/10 English Writing Warmup: How to Review a Book for YouTube (9/13/16)


Bell Ringer Activity:
For today's class, we will be jumping headfirst into our next big assessment! YouTube book reviews that hit learning targets RL1 ("I can use evidence to support my ideas") and RL2 ("I can analyze theme").

 [ Want a list of our learning targets? You can download them HERE. ]


First, watch the video, "Wonder by R.J. Palacio" and then answer the following questions.

1) What information does ReadbyZoe share in her video?
2) How does the user, ReadbyZoe, organize the information in her video?

24 comments:

  1. ReadbyZoe shares information like what the boy looks like and how people act towards him. Also she mentions who's point of view the book is written in and how many surgeries the boy has had. ReadbyZoe organizes the information in her video by having a plan of what she's going to say in an order that makes sense.

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  2. The user structured her video by setting out what she was going to present in her video and going over it once or twice by herself an then having someone look over it to see if it makes sense.So when she gets ready to make the video she has and idea of what she's gonna say in the video so she has somewhat of an idea...ReadbyZoe out different parts of the book in the video just enough to give us her perspective about the book but not enough to spoil it for people.


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  3. She talks about the main character and then goes on to talk about his family and the other people in the book and how they affected the story. She talks about her own personal opinion about the book and recommends the book to others. She organizes it into sections for the different parts of the video like what the book is about and her opinion on the book and stuff like that.

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  4. Zoe says what the book is about without spoilers in the first half. She talks about what age level the book is and how many pages it has. She organizes it by having separate categories on each subject I have mentioned above.

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  5. She shares info about the main characters and his family. she organizes the information by most important to least

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  6. ReadbyZoe talks about the main ideas of the book, and little things like how the boy with the deformity feels and what he's been through. She also shares what the little boys sister feels just going into high school and what she feels at home.

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  7. ReadbyZoe shares about what the boys deformities look like and peoples reactions to him going to a public school. She had said roughly how many surgeries he went through and some information about his family (like his sister). ReadbyZoe brought up how the book is written in different perspectives. Her structure of her topics made sense, it was in an organized order of topics. She doesn't spoil the book in the beginning then she goes onto another clip about spoilers, but she does warn the viewers of her book review first.

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  8. Zoey gives out the name of the book and the author,the name of the main character, what he has to deal with(deformities/bullying), and people around him. The way she organizes it is she starts off with the author name and book name first. Then as she gets into the book we learn more about the characters and the different perspectives they have on the main character.

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  9. She talks about how everyone involved reacts to the situation of August's condition. She started off by explaining the basics of the books story and not spoiling anything major. Then she starts to talk about more specific stuff, including spoilers of the story.

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  10. She shares what the physically is like how a gist of what happens in the book, and how there are different perspectives going on. She also shares her opinion on on the book and what she though while she was reading the book. She starts of with the title and the author, then talks about the moral of the books then moves on to what the books is like physically, then puts in her opinion on the book.

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  11. She shares information on the book, like what its about, the characters, and the different perspectives in the book. She organizes her videos by first just telling people about the book without actually saying specifics, and then she moves on to specifics about the book.

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  12. ReadbyZoe shared mostly the relevant information to the book and what her option was on the book, she organized it by saying what the books story was and after that spoilers about the book

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  13. The user talks about the plot of the story and the main characters. She also talks about the different perspectives of the characters and how they felt going through the book. Readbyzoe also gives her opinion on the book. She organizes the information by saying the facts of the book such as what happens and who the book is about and then gives her opinion on the book.

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  14. She shares a short summery in her video and talks about the main characters and even shares spoilers.

    She starts with the title of the book then goes to number of pages, characters, and spoilers in the book.

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  15. What she did in the video was talk about what interested the main character and what the problem was in the book. She then went on to talk about all the characters in the book and how it effected them without spoiling the book.

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  16. ReadbyZoe says all the basic information about the book "Wonder". She states her own opinion while not just making it what she thinks. First she just talks about the book and how the book is set up. She then starts to state her opinion about the book.

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  17. ReadbyZoe starts by introducing the book. She talks about the main character and the general idea of the story. Then she goes into a "spoilers" section where she gives away more parts of the book. ReadbyZoe organizes her information by introducing the book before she talks about the general idea.

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  18. She talks about how the boy in the book was just like any other ten year old boy although he has a rare facial genetic condition.

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  19. she talks about the boy in the book..she seems to know what she is talking about in the video. she kinda seems like she loves the book and could just talk about it all day long if she wanted to another thing is there is one person in the book that she does not like at all.

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  20. She talks about the book and what its like.
    She says some stuff that charters has gone throw.

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  21. She talks about the boy and how he is like any other kid his age even though he has a rare facial condition.

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  22. She talks about the book and gives little teasers in the book. She talks about the characters in the book and the different perspective. She organized her video pretty good and wasn't all over the place.

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  23. ReadbyZoe did a very good job explaining the book and the main character. This is definitely a book I would consider taking interest in!

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  24. Here is a list of what period 3, 9/10 English came up with for ReadbyZoe's video.

    Question 1:
    Book
    Author
    Main characters
    Plot
    Central conflict
    Age level of reader
    # of pages
    Perspective of the speaker

    Question 2:
    Zoe introduces herself, the book/author, and addresses the audience (sort of like a thesis).
    Zoe gives a "nonspoiler" review of the book in the first half and a "spoilers" version in the second half.

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