English 10A Alyson Rowe's talk

Thank you for your rapt attention, the feedback, and the respect you showed our guest today. What an amazing experience. I'd like you to think about how this talk has impacted you and write a response. Bring your response to class Wednesday.

You can visit warchild on facebook. You can read Alyson's tweets @alysonrowe
You can vist warchild's site: www.warchild.ca and you can sign up for their monthly newsletter.

In your response you can discuss any of the topics that Alyson raised:

• social media
• social media and new ways you now know to promote your literacy project
• You can talk about your literacy project
• You can talk about the mockumentary films she showed us
• You can talk about warchild
• You can talk about service and student leadership
• You can talk about fundraising (what you've done, plan to do, re-thinking it etc)
• You can talk about Alyson's approach, her talk, her life,
• You can talk about what you enjoyed about the presentation, what questions you have
• You can talk about other sites you visited
• You can talk about whether you would like to learn to tweet in this class
• You can discuss Dr. Nutt's plans, approach, her book
• You can go hear her speak tomorrow night at 7 p.m. in the lecture theatre--you must register. See your email

Marks award for an enthusiastic, informed response, which offers concrete examples from the talk, your life, your readings, sites you've visited etc.
Length: 300 to 500 words. Double space. Focus on your writing style as well. This type of writing is good practice for section C of the provincial exam which I will be explaining to you on Wednesday.