Creating my first ebook

Having read the ebooks on weread.org, I was tempted to create one of my own. So I did. I made an ebook using a poem I had taught a previous class some time ago. It is called "Someday," by John Ciardi. For a first-timer, I was rather proud of myself. I haven’t gotten any feedback on it as yet, but I discovered that it was not difficult. It took a lot of time, however, because I was unused to the process. I had to search quite a lot for appropriate pictures and I did the voice-over several times before I was satisfied. However, I was pleased with the final product.

I have a class of very poor readers. This ebook will allow them to hear the entire poem, read along where they can, and see the visual so that comprehension is facilitated. Their interest will be high because of the lovely, colourful pictures, the sounds and the fact that the poem is short. I can use this ebook to teach a poetry lesson and I know my students will love it. However, I have to wait until school reopens to try it. So I may not be able to blog about their reactions for the purposes of this blog.