Sachi's English Class Reflections

In English class today, we got into groups of 3~5 and gave each other constructive criticism. Mr. Paterson explained to us how it’s helpful. By pointing out the flaws in others’ presentation and giving them advice, you are helping them improve. This is called the Murder Board. Shortly after we learned about it, we separated into groups (which we struggled to do at first due to our inability to be flexible haha). Then, each person presented their book review and got feedback from the rest of the Murder Board. The listener’s job was to point out as many mistakes as possible. Whether it was their body language or something to do with the actual slideshows, we had to tell them. So, what did I learn from this experience? From listening to  someone else’s presentation and critiquing them, I was not only  able to come up with advice for my teammates, I was also able to reflect on my own and really think hard about how the same could be applied for my project. An example of that is sl...

Today, we got into groups of three/four and did practice presentations. First off, today’s lesson helped me realize that my thoughts were not organized enough when it came to explaining the plot. I will need to make sure to clarify which parts of the storyline is important and must be mentioned in my presentation. In terms of content, however, I think everything else was nicely summarized. Additionally, this class was a great opportunity for me to improve my slideshow overall. When Mr.Paterson taught us about the three slides at the end, which are summarizing, questions, then the last point, I realized I’d completely forgotten to put them in. I felt lucky to have been reminded because otherwise, my presentation would have been missing an important piece! I came up with a thought provoking, intriguing question to say on my last slide afterwards, which I’m sure will really get the audience’s brains thinking. Besides the mistake of forgetting the last part, I think my slideshow was nicely...