Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Personal Feedback for Fairy Tale Presentation and Picturebook Presentation

Overall Feedback in Class
Each of us learned a lot from the two presentation we gave in this class. We learned different stories, different aspects from the classmates, and various techniques when giving a presentation. For example, Prof. Lee asked us not to stand behind the podium to present,which is a quite necessary training since most of us need to go on the stage and present our essay/project in front of all of our classmates. I also learned many insights in different stories from different people, which is great because with the presentations we've gone through each of us could learn some information out of these amazing stories.

Green represents the feedback for fairy tale presentation; purple for picturebook presentation

For Nick
  1. I think you found very nice and appropriate pictures of the story (The Ugly Duckling), and you put them on the PPT slides with your fluent speech, which made the audience focus more on what you were talking about. But the suggestion is that it will be perfect if you could present without staring at your script.
  2. It was really nice to learn that you have strong connection with the story you shared with us. I saw the true emotion of the character in the story with your beautiful performance. It was really amazing to see you performed your tribe's traditional music with the special instrument.
For Jayne
  1. In your fairy tale presentation, I think you made clear and delicate slides, and the background pictures made the audience be involved in the story. You not only share the story with us but also provided your insights of the lessons behind, which I think is great.
  2. You summarized the story with three key points of the interactions between the tree and the boy in each section and put them in different shapes and colors respectively on the slides. I could tell that you have put much effort preparing the presentation. Although there was a minor mistake on the slide, I think it didn't affect the whole presentation. The only suggestion is that your voice should be more initiative to keep the flow of the story more interesting. 
For Carol

  1. You have delivered the story in an appropriate way. And you also gave us good explanations of the symbols in the story as well as the relevant scene of the story on your slides, which are quite impressive. Your speech was very fluent as well.
  2. I'm impressed by your performance with the actual picturebook showing to us. You really participated in the presentation this time. The picturebook you shared with us is also interesting!
For Chairs
  1. The presentation slides you made were delicate and easy to understand. But it will be more appealing if the summary part could be shorter. Yet, you provided us with a complete conclusion and profound insight, lead the audience to digest the true meaning of the story. 
  2. I think you were quite good at producing PPT slides, you can always combine the illustrations and the context properly. I appreciate your ability very much.
For Shelly
  1. Although you presented the same topic as Carol's, I really appreciated your explanation and the information of "why the shoes are red". And the "important elements" part is also impressive.
For Ally
  1. The story is quite new for me, but with your sharing and the good-looking slides, I learned the profound story. I like you offered different definitions of "love" in your presentation as well as the beautiful insight about the story.
  2. The interaction with the audience made the presentation more appealing. I admire your skill which knows how to interact with the people down the stage to catch their attention on your presentation. The delight ambience spice up the presentation and the story.
For Boots
  1. I love the design of the your slides. The interaction between the speech and slides were interesting. The intonation of your presentation was appropriate and interesting since you would have nice and impressive expression of different tones for different character. You provided the new knowledge about the origin of the story as well as a real story to the story, making the fairy tale more meaningful. 
  2. The slides this time was also interesting. I could tell that you found many resources to search for proper pictures to suit your story. The animation in the PPT slides matched your speech so well, and I indeed appreciate that. 
For Stella
  1. The background of the slides fit the story really well. The green color would unconsciously remind the audience of the topic of the presentation. You not only told the story very smoothly and gently but also offered good insights of it. These all proved that you can be a good teacher some day.
  2. Again, the simple background of the slides easily catch the audience attention without any interruption. You intonation of delivery was quite fine and gradually guided the audience into your story with clear expressions. 
For Elsie
  1. You made beautiful slides and you prepare a video of your story, which is quite good. The first suggestion is that if you could avoid reading the content sentence by sentence, word by word, then your presentation would refine. Second, maybe next time you should notice about the sound from the microphone, so that the audience won't feel annoyed. 
  2. You gave us the nice pictures of the story you shared on the slides, which I think is good, because the illustrations would make the audience more immerse in the story itself. But again, if you could tell the story without watching each sentence on the PPT slides, I think it'll be better. But if you tried to tell the story like parents telling night stories to their kids, it's okay to read the lines of the content.
For Jerry
  1. I like the way that you made the full scene of the illustrations on the slides, the visual effect is that the audience would feel that they are reading the story book by themselves. It's clever to do so. Your expression on stage was clear as well.
  2. You provided the whole story for us in a comfortable way. And you used the same technique on designing your presentation slides, I think it's really appropriate to do so especially teaching children. 

Note

The Last Pearl by Christina
l   Happy and rich family welcomes a newborn baby.
l   Angels come for the house.
l   They go for searching the one that is absent.
l   Tear from funeral is the last pearl, which stands for sorrow
Ø   Profound story
Ø   Sorrow brings lots of meanings to people. 
Ø   Live and enjoy every moment without regret. 
Ø   Go for what you want.

The Ugly Duckling by Nick
l   Biggest egg
l   Big and strong but ugly duck
l   It runs away to a river and feeling delightful.
l   Spring comes and swims with beautiful swans and when it looks into the water, it finds it has become a white and pretty swan.
Ø   No one can judge others by their appearance

The Red Shoes by Carol and Shelly
l   No shoes to wear
l   Buy red shoes without mother’s permit and wear it to church (not allowed).
l   Cannot stop dancing
l   Happy ending
l   Damsel in distress (important elements in story)
Ø   Everyone has strong desire in mind.
Ø   Soliderjudge and Red shoessymbol of vanity and lure
Ø   知錯能改
Ø   Don’t disobey, be vain, lie
Ø   Adults write stories for children

Rumpelstiltskin by Charis
l   Beautiful daughter to marry a king
l   Failed to the challenge risen by the king
l   A little man came for the room for solving challenge
l   Asking for necklace, ring, first child
l   Guessing the right name so the queen would not need to give him the baby
l   Singing revealed his name
l   Commit suicide in the end
Ø   KingGold and MillerRich

The loveliest roses in the world
l   Queen, lovers of roses, got sick while the disease had no cure.
l   Loveliest roses can relieve the pain.
l   Queen was cured by her little son.
Ø   Loveliest thing represents something important to the person.

Diamonds and Toads by Boots
l   Two daughters, Fanny and Rose
l   Mother has no love to the younger one.
l   At the fountain, Rose meets an old lady, who is actually the forest lady.
l   Diamonds and jewels would go from her mouth because she helps the lady.
l   Fanny encounters a princess asking for water but she refuses.
l   She was cursed to have spiders, snakes, and so on while talking.
l   The prince proposes to Rose and tells her she is the biggest diamond.
Ø   Words may hurt someone.
Ø   Although they are words, they can be powerful.
Ø   Always be kind and say something good.

The Frog Prince by Stella
l   First story collected in Grims’
Ø   Two endingThrow the frog away or Kiss the frog

The Snow Queen by Jerry
l   Mirror breaks into pieces.
l   Two children are friends but one is taken so the other one looks for him.
l   HostMagician
l   The boy is affected by the piece and the girl is the only person who can solve the situation.
l   Tears drop on him and his heart is melting.
l   The task is given by the queen
Ø   Warmth of love can influence everyone.

The Little Match Girl by Elsie
l   A girl with dirty clothes but without shoes went on the street.
l   She lighted matches to feel warm.
l   The feeling seemed to be in the paradise.
l   Lighting the last one, she saw her grandma and she took her away.
l   The girl would never feel hunger or coldness.
Ø   Give something to those in need

Reflection
By Christina's summary, I could know what the story would like to convey. However, I was wondering why it was the last pearl because the pearl could be produced when the angles felt sorrow. For Charis’s story, I agreed with the reflection she gave that everyone instead of the queen was greedy. On the other hand, I regarded the prince was greedy as well while Boots talking about the prince proposed to Rose, who could have diamonds and jewels from her mouth. Her last sentence changed my mind because she said that the prince told Rose that she was the biggest diamond. In addition, Shelly said an important point that stories were written for children so there would be some moral rules or common principles to obey. All in all, each presenter gives me great story as well as the profound reflection.

Things need to notice
        Words shown on PPT slides should be in the same tense.


Comparison between Charles Perrault and Grimm Brothers

Charles Perrault
Paris
Lawyer
Criticize previous authors
Rewrite story into more realistic way, including moral, social, psychological story.

Grimm Brothers
Collect and publish folktales
ScholarsWriters for children
Write down both the story and the way storyteller expresses
Why they write/collect storiesSave those great tradition that was gradually being lost
StoryFragments of grand old mythsKnown by literate and illterate
1st collectionAppeal to the youngDecent success
TranslationEnglishPopular
TaylorIllustration

Comments on Children Book Presentations

Class Activity
Comment on the Children Book Presentations
We had 11 presentations on children book last week. There are not only good presentation skills that we can learn from our classmates, but studying from mistakes can also improve our performance. First, I would love to share the strengths of our classmates. 

Preparation were welly done by the outstanding performance. Powerpoint were beautifully crafted. For example, Jerry made a picture book-like Powerpoint. It is undoubtedly very pleasant to read with his explanation in class. Confidence were also shown. For instance, Boots had many hand gestures when she was elaborating her points with example in which it is a mean of fully prepared. Creativity of musical instrument sharing by Nick was another way of showing perfect rehearsal. Not only he combined the picture book with his own personal experience, but also an attractive way to capture the attention of his audience. Therefore, well prepared presentation skills are the power that our classmates has obtained. 

However, there were certain mistakes that need our attention to learn from, which were all minors mistakes on the design of the Powerpoint. Since this class has adopted English as the teaching medium, we should be careful when it comes to explanting ideas for not including Chinese. Boots had put in a Chinese word in her presentation, although it benefited to the clarification of her theory, it is after all an English class. It is suggested that she could translate the word into English and use brackets to include the Chinese word, which is a proper way to indicate the translation. Presenter confused the wording in some case. For Nick, he mentioned that he would give us a summary of his picture book. Yet what he did is telling us the story in detail. Presenters should pay attention to their wording for avoiding confusion of readers. 

Sunday, April 3, 2016

Comments of Picture Book presentation

Picture Book presentation
1.Thank Professor Lee pointed out we should stand on the stage instead of standing in front of the desk.
2.We should keep our Power Point coherently.
3.I thank Christina gave me suggestion that maybe I can just put some key word in the PPT so that I wouldn't too nervous to focus on my slides.
4. I appreciated Nick's presentation. He not only introduced his picture book but perform the traditional instrument on the stage to support his book about music.
5. Joyce used the video to tell us the story was also a good way. It made the story more clear.

In sum, I think all my classmates' presentation are awesome. Everyone's story has own meaning to children.

Friday, April 1, 2016

Comments of PPT presentation

Comments of my two PPT presentation: fairy tale and picture book

I. Fairy tale
Prof. Lee pointed out that she liked my ending part of the story, for I gave two different versions of ending. It's good to have different of story for everyone to make comparisons between them.

I like what everyone wants to convey through the fairy tale. Those morals are just right and positive, and they did inspire me.

II. Picture book
I got some very useful suggestions from Prof. Lee.
1. If we use bullet points on the PPT, then we need to keep them coherent. Ex: the part of the speech should be the same

2. Stand on the stage not behind the table.
3. Remember the eye contact with the audience.
4. We can dramatize a little bit and take this as a practice.

I also got one compliment from Boots. :) She likes my way of presenting the story: summarizing the story.

I appreciate my peers' presentations a lot. Some of them have good storytelling skills, and some of them use creative ways to present their picture books. :)


Thursday, March 31, 2016

Order in class

Out of the dust
Order
Name
Title
1
李宜柔
Beginning: August 1920
2
李子群
Rabbit Battles
3
Boots
Losing Livies
4
Jayne
Me and Mad Dog
5
Ally
Permission to Play
6
Charis
On Stage
7
張哲睿
Birthday for F.D.R
8
林鶯
Not Too Much To Ask
9
周晨宇
Mr. Hardly’s Money Handling
10
Elsie
Fifty Miles South of Home
11
鐘采燕
Rules of Dining
12

Breaking Drought
13

Dazzled

Teaching plan
1
林鶯
2
李宜柔
3
Boots
4
Elsie
5
Ally
6
周晨宇
7
Jayne
8
鐘采燕
9
李子群
10
Charis
11
張哲睿
12

13



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