with a little reflection What is your favorite book ever Why Whats your genre Ready Set Lets play 1 Fold your paper hotdog style 2 Write your name at the top ID: 157712
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Slide1
Let’s Begin…
with a little reflection!
What is your favorite book
ever
?
Why??Slide2
“What’s your genre?”
Ready? Set? Let’s play…Slide3
1.
Fold your paper hot-dog style. 2. Write your name at the top.3.
Record your answers down one side.Slide4
For each question, choose the answers that apply to
you. Try to list 3 or 4
best
answers.Slide5
Let’s Check Your Understanding!
Your paper should look something like this
Mary Ann Smith
A, H, L, M
foldSlide6
Any Questions?? Slide7
1. When with your friends, you like to:
Spy on your neighbors; help find missing neighborhood petsPlay role-playing games (Everquest, Dungeons & Dragons, Star Wars
, etc.)
Watch
Modern Marvels
or other shows about the newest gadgets
Sit around and talk about your lives; help friends with problems
Talk on the phone; go shopping; gossip
Play football, basketball, baseball, or other sports
Visit museums, art galleries, battlefields/ historical sites
Watch scary moviesWatch Twilight and Vampire Academy over and overLook for new places to explore; go campingDraw cartoons or read comicsTell jokes, play practical jokes, or just generally goof off
Sing Disney songs at the top of your lungs & watch Disney moviesCreate or build useful things with Legos, gears, popsicle sticks, etc.Slide8
2. The job you would like best for yourself:
Crime Scene Investigator; detective
Knight, sorcerer, seer, or princess
Artificial intelligence expert
Psychologist or psychiatrist, school guidance counselor
Own a dating service; wedding planner; cosmetologist
Sportscaster, athlete, or coach
Historian, history teacher, museum curator
Grave digger; funeral director; inventor of a new fake blood
Ghost whisperer; vampire hunter
Storm chaser; pirate; international spyGraphic designer; video game creator; ninja warriorComedian; own a Spencer’s storeSinger or songwriter; storytellerInventor; computer repair; engineerSlide9
3. Movie/TV shows you like best:
CSI, Law and Order, Decoded, old episodes of
Scooby Doo
Lord of the Rings, Chronicles of Narnia;
Harry Potter movies
Independence Day; Transformers
; Star Wars movies
My Sister’s Keeper; Bridge to
Terabithia
; Basketball Diaries
Pretty Little Liars; Enchanted; Legally BlondeRemember the Titans; Gridiron Gang; Bad News BearsPawn Stars; WWII movies; The History ChannelDisturbia, Paranormal Activity; ScreamTwilight movies; True Blood series; Vampire DiariesJourney to the Center of the Earth; Pirates of the Caribbean; Castaway; Naruto; Dragonball Z; PokemonDiary of a Wimpy Kid movies; Jeff Dunham;
Family GuyOnce Upon A Time; Beastly; GrimmHow It’s Made; Prototype This; League of Extraordinary Gentlemen; HugoSlide10
4. You love movies or books that:
Have crimes, puzzles, or mysteries to solve
Have dragons, magic, elves, and evil forces
Take place in the future; have robots, cool gadgets; setting may be in outer space
Have real people with real problems—abuse, divorce, illness, death, gangs, drugs
Have a great love story
Have something to do with sports
Tell a story that took place sometime in history
Are gory
or so scary you sometimes lose sleep at nightHave vampires, werewolves, ghosts, or zombiesHave some sort of adventure or quest; lots of action! Have people who face harsh conditions—deserts, extreme cold, marooned on a deserted island, etc.Have lots of pictures; violence doesn’t bother youMake you laugh!Have romance, castles, magic, or spin-off well-known storiesHave mechanical animals/people or genetically-mutated animals or peopleSlide11
5. Your friends/parents say you:
Are curious; you ask a lot of questionsPlay too many role-playing games online
Are very inventive or are good at creating new things to make your life easier
Are a good listener; you are a shoulder to cry on
Are boy-crazy or girl-crazy; like to spend too much money
Are great at catching, pitching, or kicking a ball
Know a lot of useless facts (names, dates,
etc
)
Scare them sometimes
Are too obsessed with Twilight!Are a dare-devil; are always looking for an adventureAre practical and would be great at living in the woodsAre a class clownAre a drama-queen; are always singing or dancingWere born in the wrong time periodSlide12
6. You would most like to meet:
Nancy DrewA fairy or elf
An alien
Dr. Phil
Your true love, whoever that may be
Tony
Romo
; Dirk
Nowitski
; Josh Hamilton
General George PattonA real zombieA vampire or werewolfThe Cast of Survivor or Sir Edmund Hillary (first to scale Mount Everest)Trey Parker (creator of Southpark)Larry the Cable GuyWalt DisneySomeone living 50 years from nowSlide13
Now turn your paper over, and write the letters A-N
down the fold of your paper like this:A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
(etc.)Slide14
Now open your paper. Count the number of times you use each letter and write the number beside each letter.
A. 1B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
G.
H. 1
(etc.)
Mary Ann Smith
A, H, L, MSlide15
Do you have the total number
of each answer?? 1
5
3
1
0
1
2
(etc.)
Circle your top 3!Slide16
Double Check…
Did you circle the three letters that have the highest numbers?
(Some may have the same number)Slide17
Here come your top three genres based on this quiz!
(Of course, you are always free to choose from any genre you wish!)Slide18
List Your Genres!!
153
1
0
1
2
(etc.)Slide19
Mystery
Fantasy or Mythology Science fiction
Realistic fiction
Romance/chick lit
Sports
Historical fiction or biography (#92)
Horror
Paranormal
Action-Adventure (Survival/pirates/spies)
Manga/graphic novels
Humor Fairy tales Steampunk