I  am still speechless about tonight’s presentations!  They were so heartwarming!  I think I had to wipe away tears about ten times…starting with Toni’s spiritual dance and ending in Cher’s I poem of the courageous Ruby Bridges. Each person really put her heart on her sleeves.  I think everyone went over and beyond the project assignment, which proves the power of multigenre and topic selection!  Everyone really got into the role of the person she was writing about.  I was so pleased to see how each person was as personally touched by the project as I was.   I feel similar to Kari who stated that her multigenre was so much more than a project—it was a family heirloom.  For someone like me who can’t sit still much longer than an hour, I had absolutely NO PROBLEM with my attention span!  The presentations were so visually appealing.  This is so encouraging because I know when I do this with my students, the projects will keep the attention of so many different  types of learners!  The best part of all the presentations was how much I learned!  Not only did it spark my interest into further researching a few of the topics…but I picked up a general overview of about twenty different topics!  Well my brain has been so stimulated by these amazing projects, this is about all I can write at the moment.  Thank you, classmates, for all of your insight and for sharing a bit of you along with these interesting topics…and thank you, Dr. Frye, for always inspiring us!!