Hi Everyone! Its been a little crazy in with my project since the school year is coming to a close. Since returning to school from Easter break, I unfortunately have not been able to write a review onThe Mortal Instruments City of Bones or The Great Gatsby. However, once AP testing and my dance competitions are done, there will be much more time to write and publish reviews for my website. I also have starting reading the second book in The Mortal Instruments series. It is called the City of Ashes and I really like where the story is going. I was reading the book yesterday and was cringing at the different interactions between Simon and Clary. It is so interesting to see what has become of them after the 'jaw dropping ending' in the first book. So far, I have read up to page 96 since picking the book up from the library two weekends ago. I am at the point in the story where the evil Valentine has returned from the shadow hunter dimension to finish what he started in the City of Bones. Over all I am excited to see what will happen in the story; and I am hoping that I will be able to read the rest of the books this coming summer in time for the next book coming out in the series.
In addition, I have written my entire 20 time speech and I'm working on memorizing and practicing presentation. I am getting excited that the TEDx event is coming up so soon but also worried about speaking in front of over a hundred people. I know that standing in front of people will not be a problem, due to my dancing experience up on a stage, but I am not sure how I respond to actually having to talk up on stage. This weekend I plan to convert my eight minutes of speaking, that I have written out, into bullet points and slowly work my way to not needing any notes at all before the finally week of May. If anyone wants to attend this TEDx event, please sign up for a ticket request soon by checking out the TEDx website for Grosse Pointe South High School for more information (http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/11505).
Thanks again for reading my blog and I hope that as the school year comes to an end, the end result of my project will be just as great as anticipated.
~Jackie
(http://jackiekbookreviews.weebly.com/)
In addition, I have written my entire 20 time speech and I'm working on memorizing and practicing presentation. I am getting excited that the TEDx event is coming up so soon but also worried about speaking in front of over a hundred people. I know that standing in front of people will not be a problem, due to my dancing experience up on a stage, but I am not sure how I respond to actually having to talk up on stage. This weekend I plan to convert my eight minutes of speaking, that I have written out, into bullet points and slowly work my way to not needing any notes at all before the finally week of May. If anyone wants to attend this TEDx event, please sign up for a ticket request soon by checking out the TEDx website for Grosse Pointe South High School for more information (http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/11505).
Thanks again for reading my blog and I hope that as the school year comes to an end, the end result of my project will be just as great as anticipated.
~Jackie
(http://jackiekbookreviews.weebly.com/)