Kelly+Kiesel

=Kelly Kiesel=

**Unit 15 - Author Study**
media type="custom" key="11811610" Kelly, Your Cassandra Clare Glogster is wonderful! I now have 2 new titles I need to get --thanks to you:) I especially liked the jewelry, I have to keep my ears and eyes open to see if the students are wearing it! I also liked her creative writing tips. BJ Kelly.. I love glogster. I felt I could have gotten carried away and needed to know when to stop on the poster. It is like eye candy. I love the jewelry bit and bookmarked the page. When we were doing steampunk lit I looked up this jewelry. Cool! Best of Luck... Meghan Kelly- I haven't read any of Cassandra Clare's work, but after going through your glog, I am very excited about reading it. I especially enjoyed the link to the jewelry! ~Kellie

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Kelly, I really enjoyed the quotes and/or summaries about the books---it made the video so enjoyable ---loved the dog books soooo much:)---great job! BJ Kelly... You did what I did. I wanted to give something beside the cover to grab the students. Your text was great! I also saw some books I still want to put on my top 20 list... Meghan

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Kelly, I wanted to cry! This was one of my favorite books last summer, I am so glad there are people like the Levin's around! Great idea using the Voki and your pitbull!!! BJ Kelly, I love that this is told from the point of view of your dog! So creative, my mom loves books about dogs I will tell her about this one!- Andrea

Kelly, this voki was perfect! I love that it is your dog talking to your students! So cute...Anne
Kelly, I really enjoyed your book talk! I love that the dog was giving the booktalk about a dog book! What a great way to hook your audience! -Jill Kelly... Okay, I have seen this book all over but did not understand its draw until you explained it. How relevant it is after the Michael Vick incident. And something else to read other than a person's point of view. ... Meghan

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Kelly, I loved the literary reviews that you posted in the begining. The music and images combine for a "haunting effect"...really cool to watch. You made a tough subject matter appealing to lread about~ Anne I loved the idea of opening with the praise and review, great idea! - Andrea Kelly, Anne is so right, I loved the reviews before you started this awesome DBT, and the vow of the KKK was truly scary at the end. This would be great for an American Studies class too:) BJ Kelly...Anne is right it gave a "haunting effect" and gave me chills watching your DBT. I am intrigued but also saddened. The past is still applies today. Recently I had a student tell the class he is involved in SS reenactments. I knew what he said but asked him to clarify and sadly I was right. Maybe I can casually share this book with him. Thanks, Meghan

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Love the space ship!!! This was fun too watch...inspite of the heavy topics included in your book! Anne The spaceship was a great touch!- Andrea Kelly, this book talk was great, loved the solar system background and space ship! I am definitely going to read this book and the upcoming one in January. BJ Kelly, This is my genre. I remember reading in the scholastic books this review. Thanks for a more elaborate take on it. I love that your space moved. Clever. ... Meghan

**Unit 8 - DBT 2**
media type="youtube" key="aug9DEGZEWw" height="315" width="420" Loved the background music!. I also liked how you gave a brief discription of the plot but then went into just pictures to tell the story. Really held my interest. Anne Kelly the music went perfectly! Some of the terms reminded me of a show called Game of Thrones is it related? This looks like a great book!-Andrea Kelly, another great book trailer to go with this awesome DRAKI series! I loved the fire background, was that part of your new computer and video accessories? I am definitely getting the 2 books by this author! BJ I love that song Kelly! It really seemed to fit and definitely added something to your book trailer. The book sounds interesting and I can't wait to read it! ~Kellie

Unit 6 Book Talk
media type="youtube" key="WDjdweJ8EB4" height="315" width="420" Kelly, What a cool/creepy concept for a book. I am sure that I would not do well if I had this "number vision" ability. Thanks for making me want to read Numbers! Anne Kelly I loved how you used a background and incorporated it in the presentation! Great!-Andrea Wow Kelly, how did you place the ferris wheel in the forefront of your book talk? This book is a Reading Olympic book this year and I can't wait to read it! BJ Kelly.. Great Job! Love the foreground. I think I need a script next time to live up to your performance. Glad we all get to see each other finally. :) Meghan

Unit 4 Digital Book Trailer
media type="youtube" key="5LUOCC0AJTE?hl=en" height="349" width="425" Awesome Kelly! The hatched background and the muted colors aid in supplying suspense to this DBT, I can't wait to read this one! BJ

Kelly, My daughter read Shiver...she hasn't read this one yet. When I showed her your DBT she was really interested. In fact she wanted me to drive her to Barnes and Noble TONIGHT so that she could buy it. So congrats...you succeed in whetting the appetite of the teenage reader in my house! Anne

Kelly this was fantastic! I loved the music and the way the background looks. I was curious about the books and have heard a lot of great things, but was not really all that interested in reading them. After watching your trailer I am excited to pick it up. I can see how a great book trailer could really get a student motivated to read the book! ~Kellie

Unit 3 - Voki
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OMG Kelly, I love that book! I purchased it for our Life Skills kids. I also read //The Lost Dogs// about the resilience of the Vick dogs who were rescued. I also check in and see what is going on in the blog about the rescued pits, LOVE THEM. BJ

I JUST GOT AN IDEAYOU COULD USE A VOKI AS ANOTHER WAY TO GIVE A BOOKTALK in Unit 6---awesome! BJ

Kelly... too cute. I was engaged the whole time. Nice intro to the book and kids will laugh and go find the book. Great!...Meghan

Kelly, This looks great. I liked how you tied your narration in to your own experiences. You students will love seeing this dog with their teachers voice! ~ Anne

This is amazing Kelly! I would never have thought of using the dog as a way to introduce the book. I'm sure students will love it! :D ~Kellie

What an attention getter...right on the cutting edge.