Devyani’s Social Studies Blog

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http://ssmeetsit.edublogs.org/2007/04/19/homework-block-d-april-19/

Famous Egyptians Reflection

1. Think about class today and reflect on the presentations you listened to. Explain with details and specific information what you learned and what you found interesting about the presentations you heard in class.

As I didn’t hear the presentations, because I was absent on the day, I presented mine on a separate day. Because of this, I am able to reflect on the process to get to the presentations but also what I heard from people about the other presentations.

All these topics seemed so interesting when we were researching! There were so many different, fascinating stories about famous Egyptians and they were all so different. For example, King Zoser was a mighty king who created pyramids while Nefertiti was considered the most beautiful woman! Also, everyone was wearing really different costumes. I found most costumes really interesting because they showed what the famous Egyptian looked like. There was a real variety of costumes. In other words, some people were wearing long dresses and people had made really creative, interesting headdresses to go with their costumes, as all Egyptians wore one. Many, many, people though were also really nervous before their presentations. And since people after them really brought the “wow” factor, they thought that they weren’t good enough. But GREAT JOB TO EVERYONE, because EVERYONE DID FANTASTICLY!!!

2. What would you change to improve your speech/presentation if you were to do the assignment again?

If I were to do the assignment again, I would try to speak slower because after the presentation, I felt that I was speaking too fast. Also, I would try to walk around less, since someone had told me that I was walking a lot. Another thing that I would do is to try not to use all the modern terms. For example, instead of using “dad,” I should have used “father.” And I shouldn’t have used the hand gesture of “quotes,” because that seemed really modern too and people didn’t use that back then. Overall though, I think that my presentation was clear and full of expression.