I chose to have canvas notifications for this class sent to
my OU email. I find with a class that
has many assignments, that my email is the best way to get notifications. This
is because I check my email multiple times throughout a day, and I only check
canvas one or two times.
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Reading Notes: Russian Folktales Part A
The Dead Mother
A husband and wife lived happily in a village. All of their
neighbors envied them, but the sight of them gave pleasure to honest folks. The
wife bore a son but died during child birth. The husband was very sad, but more
concerned about how he was going to raise the baby without the mother. He
decided to hire an old woman to look after the baby. The baby cried all day,
but slept peacefully throughout the night. One night, the woman heard the door
open and the baby went quiet. This puzzled everyone, so they devised a plan to
spy on the baby one night. That night, the same thing happened. They looked
into the room and it was the dead mother standing with the baby. At the first
light, the mother stood up and left with a sad look on her face.
The Treasure
There was a poor couple living in a kingdom. The old woman
died in the winter time. The old man asked everyone he knew to help him bury
the old woman, but everyone refused because they knew how poor he was. Even the
pope refused because the old man did not have the money for a funeral. The old
man said he could earn the money and pay the pope back with interest. The pope
denied, so the man decided he would have to dig the grave himself. When he was
digging he found a pot of gold. The old man used the gold to hold a proper
funeral. The pope asked the man how he got the money. The man told him, and the
pope became jealous. He thought of ways to trick the man into giving him the
money. The pope then killed a goat and put on the goat’s skin. He pretended to
be the devil and tricked the man into giving up the money out of fear of being
haunted by the devil. The pope took the money home, but when they tried to
remove the skin, they could not. He was now turned into a goat by God for
stealing the money.
Pot of Gold
Found on pixabay
Bibliography:
Monday, November 28, 2016
Class Improvements
I really enjoyed most of this class. The one problem I
encountered was falling behind in the class. I think what would really help in
the future is your idea of changing the review weeks to planning weeks. Another
option would be to maybe have an extra credit assignment or actual assignment
during a couple weeks spread out throughout the semester where you take a look
at where you are at and where you wanted to be. This would help a student
realize if they are behind, ahead, or on track. This goes along with the
planning weeks. The story planning option was also a fantastic idea. I wish that
was a thing for the entire semester because I found myself writing subpar
stories some weeks.
Google Timer Tech Tip
For me, time management comes with discipline. I do not like
using timers because sometimes tasks take longer or shorter than you originally
thought. I also do not like timers because they make me feel rushed. Instead, I
just create a game plan of what I need to accomplish and when I need to
accomplish the task by. Then, I just utilize my discipline to get the tasks
done.
Story Planning: Tom and Jerry
Tom and Jerry
By momokacma found on Flickr
Story Notes:
A cat and a mouse became
very close to each other. The cat loved the mouse so much that the cat
convinced the mouse to live with him. They needed to prepare for winter. They
bought a pot of fat and decided the safest place to store it was in the church
under the alter because no one would dare steal from a church. The cat decided
that he really wanted some of the fat without the mouse knowing. The cat lied
to the mouse and left the mouse home alone to go get some fat. The cat left and
went to the church. He began licking the fat before he went to the town and
walked on the roofs. He did not return until the evening. The cat told the
mouse that they named his godchild “Top-Off.” The cat again lied to the mouse
about going to be a godfather to another child to go get more fat. When he
returned, he told the mouse that they named the new child “Half-gone.” The cat
again lied to the mouse about another new child. The mouse was skeptical but
agreed to let the cat go. The cat finished off the fat before returning home.
The cat told the mouse the new child’s name was “All-gone.” When winter came,
the mouse needed food, so the cat and mouse went together to the pot. When the
mouse saw it was all gone, the mouse realized what had happened. The mouse was
angry and began to accuse the cat. The cat then ate the mouse. The End.
Story Plan:
For this story, I am
planning on writing a story that plays off of Tom and Jerry. This was one of my
favorite TV shows growing up. I think I will start with Tom and Jerry doing
their normal shenanigans before they get lost in the city. They cannot find
their way home, so they decide to team up to survive. This all goes well until
Jerry realizes that Tom is lying and messing everything up. Then Tom eats Jerry
to end the story. Some of my writing goals will be to stay in the same tense
for the entire story and to use active verbs.
Bibliography:
Reading Notes: Brothers Grimm (Ashliman) Part A
Cat with Mouse
A cat and a mouse became very close to each other. The cat
loved the mouse so much that the cat convinced the mouse to live with him. They
needed to prepare for winter. They bought a pot of fat and decided the safest
place to store it was in the church under the alter because no one would dare
steal from a church. The cat decided that he really wanted some of the fat
without the mouse knowing. The cat lied to the mouse and left the mouse home
alone to go get some fat. The cat left and went to the church. He began licking
the fat before he went to the town and walked on the roofs. He did not return
until the evening. The cat told the mouse that they named his godchild “Top-Off.”
The cat again lied to the mouse about going to be a godfather to another child
to go get more fat. When he returned, he told the mouse that they named the new
child “Half-gone.” The cat again lied to the mouse about another new child. The
mouse was skeptical but agreed to let the cat go. The cat finished off the fat
before returning home. The cat told the mouse the new child’s name was “All-gone.”
When winter came, the mouse needed food, so the cat and mouse went together to
the pot. When the mouse saw it was all gone, the mouse realized what had
happened. The mouse was angry and began to accuse the cat. The cat then ate the
mouse. The End.
Bibliography:
Reading Notes: Italian Popular Tales Part B
"Bizarro" © by Dan Piraro found on Hawaii.edu
There was a father and a son who spent 10 years in school.
The teacher finally demanded the father take his son out of school because
there was nothing more to teach him. The father threw a grand banquet for this.
At this banquet, someone asked that the son tell them of the things that he
learned. He said he learned the languages of dogs, frogs, and birds. This made
everyone laugh and the father was embarrassed. The father demanded two servants
kill the son and bring him the heart. The servants did not want to, so instead
they killed a dog and brought him the dog’s heart. The son fled and took refuge
in a castle. When he arrived dogs all came to the door. The treasurer asked why
this was so. The son could understand the dogs who were warning of assassins
about to strike the castle. The son warned the treasurer and the assassins were
captured that night. The son was rewarded but he left the castle to return in a
year. He then came to a city where a daughter of a king was ill because the
frog’s croaking was keeping her up. The son listened and determined the
daughter threw a cross in the fountain. When the cross was removed, she healed.
He was rewarded but too left this city. He went to Rome but on the way picked
up 3 companions. They were sleeping when birds came and sang to them. It was
odd but the son could understand that they were saying one of them was to be
the new Pope. The son was then anointed as Pope. He then sent for the king,
treasurer, and his father. He proved to his father he wasn’t lying. The father
then begged for forgiveness.
Bibliography:
Italian Popular Tales by Thomas Frederick Crane (1885). Link
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