Jennifer+Buonpastore

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fault_in_Our_Stars Document: www.voicethread.com Jennifer, I enjoyed listening to your description of Hazel and Gus, this is a sad, sad book and you captured the essence of this achingly raw side of cancer and teens. BJ Neary

Jennifer, I really enjoyed listening to your voice thread. Your detailed description painted a very clear picture of what the book was about. The details that you included were enough to pique interest, but not enough to give the story away. It sounds like this book deals with some very relevent topics to teens such as love and loss. I thin many students might be interested in reading a book that involved a love story. As a student, I could see myself being drawn to a book like this.-Turea

Your description certainly makes me think about reading this book, but I still try to avoid books that deal with cancer for personal reasons. However, this would certainly be a book that I would recommend to students dealing with a difficult time or even to have available to find a character that they could relate it. I have a few of John Green's books that I have been hoping to read, so I am sure that this one delivers just as well as those of his that I have read already. -Amy

Book Talk #1
"Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys I apologize for the delay...I wanted to finish this particular book in time for the Book Talk Jennifer, I loved your book talk, your quote from the book was perfect; I think you showed just how hard it was to live and endure in Siberia. BJ Neary

Jennifer, I really enjoyed your book talk. The quote that you shared was extremely powerful, and a great "hook" to get people to want to read the book. It sounds like this book would be awesome tool to teach social studies and language arts at the same time. When paired with a non-fiction book on the same subject, this book could provide a opportunity for students to really connect with the subject matter. Thanks for suggesting this book! -Turea

Thank you! Turea- I love that idea! During one of my classes at AU I read //Fever 1793// by Laurie Halse Anderson and we also paired it with //An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793// by Jim Murphy. It was really cool to read the book while following along with the real events that happened. This book was really good and it just shows you how incredible the human spirit is.

Digital Book Trailer #2 - "The Girl of Fire and Thorns" by Rae Carson
I hope the video link works...my flash is acting up on my computer and I can only watch videos on fullscreen. Jennifer, I really enjoyed the pictures, text and music for your DBT of The Girl of Fire and Thorns; I want to read this, it is definitely going on my TBR pile. I have the code if you want to create any others longer than 30 seconds. BJ Neary

This book seemed right up my alley - it seems like an exotic adventure with a strong princess character. I definitely want to read it! - Allison

Digital Book Trailer #3 - Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
The photo at the end of the slideshow is the real Ashley Rhodes-Courter. I found her picture on google images. Jen, the music, text and pictures were a good mix for the upbeat message of this book. There was a code I provided for DBTs to be longer than 30 seconds. BJ Neary

Book Talk #2 -
"The Girl of Fire and Thorns" by Rae Carson Yes, I just noticed that I used this book for the digital trailer too. It was a good book, but a tough one to get through length-wise. It took me two weeks to find the time to finish it. Jennifer, this book sounds right up my alley. I reminds me a little of the Avatar the Last Airbender series but this book seems more directed toward girls. Give me a strong female protagonist with magical or supernatural abilities and I am hooked. Very good-Holly Jen, your book talk gave me just enough details to want to read it as well! I liked that the princess wanted to rise to the challenge. Good job! BJ Neary

This book sounds like a great Winter Break read! I really want to check it out now! - Nicole

Book Talk #3
"Beautiful Creatures" by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl I LOVED this book and tried to give a hook by reading a quote from Ethan, and how much Lena means to him. Hate to admit it, but supernatural teen romance is now my thing! :-)

Jen, I loved this book (and the 2nd one too) and your book talk hooked me; I am so glad you are into supernatural teen romance, I love this genre too. Great job, BJ Neary

Professor Neary ~ I'm going out to get the sequel today! Can't wait to start it over winter break. I don't know what happens in the next one yet, but I was kind of disappointed that Ethan was just a plain mortal, and didn't have any extraordinary powers. ~Jen

**Top Ten 2012**
media type="custom" key="21609804" My Prezi of top ten books! Jen, I loved your Prezi! The maze is such a great way to present your Top 10. I saw you read Every Day by David Levithan, I found that book so compelling! Good job! BJ Neary

**Author Study**
Stephenie Meyers

Jen, I loved your glogster on Stephenie Meyer, especially the mini biography. How were you able to put it in allowing a viewer to use a scroll bar to read the entire article? Great job, BJ Neary

I liked your glogster as well! I used glogster for the first time for this unit, and I'm realizing how much I have to learn about it still. I also enjoyed the biography with the scroll bar. You were able to include a lot more on the limited space available. I really liked the fang text frame too. ~ Krista

I am a big fan of your Glogster! I find Stephanie Meyers to be a fascinating individual. It was great to get to know a little more about her through your author study. I particularly liked the TIME interview that you included. This was the perfect touch to give a little insight into who Myers is as a writer. I think you did a really god job, and I enjoyed reading/watching!-Turea Jennifer, I really love the layout of your glogster and all of the fun details that you included. I especially appreciated the traditional tattoo design rose with the "Bella and Edward" banner. Great job! -Holly

Take two! My Avatar got deleted!!! Still learning how to use wikispace!!

This reminds me of my fave (children's) book of all time: //One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish//. I'm a huge Dr. Seuss fan and have almost all of his books. Plus I like the fact that this is silly.

This reminds me of Kukula Fran and Ollie hand puppets I love your work thanks!!! I'm still trying to get used to using wikispace too!! I agree...this was very Dr. Seuss like. Nicely done, I really enjoyed it- Joann