Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book

After discussing as a group which of the Newberry Award books we were interested in, we chose Neil Gaiman’s, The Graveyard Book as our first choice and Lois Lowry’s The Giver as our second. Once again, we were granted our first choice as there was no overlap in the groups. While discussing in class what we were going to do was easy, talking outside of class was more difficult. Everyone in our group has a very busy and complicated schedule. I commute an hour and a half each way to campus, Lacie is nine months pregnant and due any day, Melanie has a little girl at home and Donielle and Caitlyn have very busy work and school schedules. We found talking through text messages and email work best for us while not in class. Once we figured out how

I have found that in most cases I end up doing most of the work as I do not like my grade being affected by others. However, I enjoyed working on Neil Gaiman’s, The Graveyard Book with my group. My group consisted of Donielle Brown, Caitlyn Colby, Melanie Saechao, Lacie Vaughn and myself. I found that our group worked well together with no disagreements or major differences of opinion. I would love to work with my group again in other classes.

Over the course of creating our presentation and handout I learned many lessons myself. While a children’s book is meant to be entertaining, it must also pass on a meaning and lesson. From the wording to the picture placement, everything in a book has a meaning. I have learned there is more to a lesson than just picking a children’s book and presenting it to the class. Teachers have to find a book the students will enjoy and a fun way to present it; not only so they have fun, but, so they learn and understand. Being aware of the audience and what would reach them is important in not only the creation of a book, but in teaching a tale to

My favorite part was coming up with different ways to present the book to students. I have noticed, for myself personally as a student, I enjoy writing papers and projects more when they are on a topic I find intriguing. With our ideas on different projects to incorporate the book, I found that I would not mind doing any of the projects we suggested; especially the tombstone and graveyard art projects. Researching a dance, as seen in the book, or creating a graveyard present both a learning experience as well as stretching the imagination. I enjoyed reading the novel and picturing how everything in the novel would look in real life. How the graveyard was laid out and how each ghost would look in period