Book Talk

I really enjoyed doing my Book Talk.  I chose Ender's Game, one of my favorite books from childhood, as my topic.  Ender's Game has a huge focus on technology and video games, so I decided to bring in some of the video game controllers I have collected ever the years to demonstrate how fast technology advances, and to engage my audience in my topic.  I think that this strategy worked well.  I have included below some of the responses that I received from my presentation.

Cute props with the controllers.  Wow- the thought that you are only allowed to live because of your level of intelligence.  The excerpt you chose makes me want to read the book and I don't always gravitate towards science fiction.  -Danelle

Nice hook.  You certainly got all of our attention.  Funny too.  Sounds like a good book.  -Hilary

Excellent use of visual elements!  Using the game controllers to explain some of the sci-fi elements of the book was a great choice.  This is one of my favorite novels and I think you did well in summing up the complexities of the story in a few minutes  -Jenifer

Spent a lot of time explaining your tie-ins instead of the game.  -Zach

Controllers, innovations, video game techonology, population control- tie to The Giver  Detailed information was very interesting.  I am happy you didn't give away anything about the ending.  -Amanda