The Time Machine – Comments and Suggestions
The Time Machine Unit
Comments and Suggestions
By posting here, you will be helping me refine the process you’ve been through for future generations.
What did you think?
. . . of the book: coment here and take the Yahoo Poll.
. . . of the assignments: coment here and take the Yahoo Poll.
. . . of the group work: coment here and take the Yahoo Poll.
Comments you can post here may deal with these categories or querries. No matter what you suggest, check your motives…don’t waste our time with fluff:
- Classroom Activities
- What would you like to have seen happen?
- Guest Speaker? Who? Why? How would it be connected to the book?
- Read Aloud – Reader’s Theater Style or not
- Art in the classroom
- Music in the classroom
- What would you like to have seen happen?
- Field Trip Opportunities
- Where do you want to go? Why? How would going there connect tot he novel?
- Technology Use
- What technology? How would it be used? Any ideas? eh?
- Laptops
- LCD Projector
- Promethean Board
- Image Scanner
- Overhead Projector
- DVD
- TV
- Cell Phones? Huh? yes. Cell Phones. Any ideas?
- iPod
- Cameras – SnapShot and/or Video
- PodCasts
- Internet Websites? Which? Why?
- Blogs
- What technology? How would it be used? Any ideas? eh?
Here are some possible questions for your feedback:
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What did you like or dislike about the project?
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What did you not like about the project?
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If you didn’t post often – why not?
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What did you think of the questions each week?
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Did you prefer one big question (like the one for Week4) or would you rather have choice from multiple questions (like we did in Weeks 1 through 3)?
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Would you have liked interaction (or more interaction) with the author?
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Did you like the additional links to learn more about some of the characters in the novel?
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Would you do a project like this again? Why or why not?
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Thanks for your feedback. This suggestion round has helped me a lot. I will consider your ideas for what I present in the second half of the year.
THANKS!!!
ABOUT THE BOOK ITSELF: I find that most books that are assigned to us are fairly easy (in general, not just in this class). It was a very interesting experience to read something that I HAD to look up words and try to understand the meanings, where as others I might not be challenged as much. The book made me think a lot about how far perfection can go, and how far ones imagination can stretch. On a personal level, I’ve found many new words for my mental dictionary, and I plan to use a few from the book to fuel my constant writing to something better. In short, I really loved the book for its ideas and its story. I really liked the ending as well.
THE ASSIGNMENTS: All of the assignments (that I remember) were excellent in getting our understandings of the book to a high level. I personally think that it was NOT too much work, and anyone who says otherwise obviously doesn’t want to go to high school and do all the work we are given.
THE GROUP WORK: I didn’t like the group work at all. Not so much of the work, but the whole idea of the group. There’s always that one (maybe more) person that doesn’t like to work at all. The group itself made everything difficult and unorganized.
DID YOU PREFER ONE BIG QUESTION (LIKE THE ONE FOR WEEK 4) OR WOULD YOU RATHER HAVE CHOICE FROM MULTIPLE QUESTIONS (LIKE WE DID IN WEEKS 1 THROUGH 3)? I would have rather have one big question.
—I didn’t answer everything, because on some I really didn’t have an opinion to.—
My oppinion of “The Time Machine” was that it was confusing, but interesting at the same time.
The chapter summaries and questions were sort of a good way to get us to understand the book better, but I also believe that putting us in groups was a not so much of a good idea because sometimes one person had more of the responsibilities in the group.
I think we did a good job on this book. Better than “REBEL & Freak the Mighty”, but it was kind of too much work to do. I mean if we only did the summarys instead of Test Questions then that would be good. I just didn’t like doing them, because some of them didn’t make sense, & next time, I think we should be able to pick are own group to work with.
P.S- HAPPY NEW YEAR!
In my opinion, the book was……..ok. It was kind of hard to consitrate on reading it. The assignments that we did were ok as well. The only thing was that if some people didn’t understand the book then the assignments would be more difficult. Other then that everything was ok.
I forgot to put my period number.
In my opinion, the book was okay. I thought that some parts were interesting, like when the Time Traveler fought the Morlocks. I would rather read something more exciting.
The chapter summary and questions we did were good. I think it helped some people understand the book more when writing and answering the questions. The chapter summary was helpful too. It summarized the whole chapter and the students know the important parts instead of trying to memorize the whole chapter.
In brief, all I want is to know your opinion of how we did the book.
Did you like the book, the assignments related to the book, etc.
Any suggestions?
I dont understand what this means