Week 15 review

this is something that I think more people would do

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Week 15 Reading Evaluation

I think my favorite readings were those in the start of the semester. I really liked the short stories that had a good lesson to them.

I think the most effective way for me to do the reading diary was to just write my thoughts as i was reading.

I liked to do my readings in the morning because it was an easy way to start my day.

I really liked that we got to comment on other students work. I think that it was a cool way to get feed back.

I think that it is a good idea to do the reading the day that it is assigned that way if something comes up you still have that extra time to finish it.  

reflections

I think my most valuable take away from this class was the growth mindset. it made me look at school in a new way. I wish that I would have known about it sooner so that I could have spent more time learning instead of worrying about grades     

week 14 review

This made my laugh harder than it should have 

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Reading Diary B: Lang's European Fairy Tales

so this is my second to last reading diary. I can not believe how fast this semester has went by.

as i was reading Lang's European Fairy Tales I I had many different thoughts cross my mind. I think my favorite parts of this section was The Voice of Death. this story i just so...i dont know how else to say it but creepy. this was my favorite story that i think i have read in this class. if you have read my other reading diary posts you will see that i like stories that with different levels to it and this story had just that. the first thing that this story had was a good lesson that i thought was money cant buy you everything. the second thing that this story had was a very good story. i love the idea of a voice calling people and they can not refuse it no matter how hard they try they still end up doing what it asks. this idea just really fascinates me but it also really scares me. obviously the voice represents death. I think the story does a good job illustrating how no matter what you or what you have you can not stop death. It is something that we all must face even if we do not know what it is it will find us. ( wow that was a little dark for me )      

Death drawing from Wikimedia

Reading Diary A: Lang's European Fairy Tales

Wow so this is my last reading diary A for this class i choice to read the Lang's European Fairy Tales  unit. over all it was pretty good. I think my three favorite stories in the unit were The Master Cat, or Puss in Boots, and the continuation, The Dirty Shepherdess and the continuation, and The Young Man Who Would Have His Eyes Opened.

these are in no particular order. 

I really liked Puss in Boots because that cat is just the coolest. the first time i ever heard of puss in boots was in the movie shrek.I never knew what his story was so when i saw that in the reading i was pretty excited. I feel like puss represents the best cat of all time. He takes a lot of the characteristics that we know about cats and personifies them. the best example of this is his cleverness and his wit. he is able to trick every one into doing what he wants. and by the end of the story after all he has done he becomes royalty. 

I really liked the Dirty Shepherdess. i liked the different lessons that it had in it. like do not be quick to anger. the dada should have thought about what she was saying before he got mad at her. I am glad that she forgave him at the end. and the other lesson that looks are not everything. 

In Young Man Who Would Have His Eyes Opened i really liked the idea that knowledge is not everything infact it can even hurt you and drive you mad.

Poss in Boots from Pixabay

Week 13 Review

I thought this was funny 

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Reading Diary A: Russian Folktales

for my reading this week I am reading the Russian Folktales unit. I have chosen to read these all the way and then make my comments at the end. normal i just wright as i read but i wanted to stitch it up.

I chose to read Russian Folktales because i thought it would be interesting and it did not let me down. there were many good stories in this unit like, The Bad Wife. In The Bad Wife there is a man has a wife so bad that demons are afraid of her. the concept to this is just so funny to me. I wounder why this story was written and i do not want to meat the writers wife. Another good story was The Miser. In this story marco is really just a super stingy man who will do what ever it takes to keep his money even after he promised the moujik he would pay him back. the moujik outsmarted him and in the end got half his stuff but marco never ended up paying him. I thought that even after everything he would still not pay. My favorite story from this unit was The Dead Mother.

this story so so  strange and different than anything else i have read in this book. it starts off pretty dark but then ontly gets worse as some one is sneaking into the house. at the end of the story you find out that the mother ( whom is dead) is the one going into the house and feeding the baby but also that the baby is dead. it was pretty spooky.    

ghost from Pixbay

Week 12 Review

I think my favorite post from this week was this one

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Extra Reading Diary: Nursery Rhymes

so i might have forgot to do my reading diary part B so i decided to make up for it with he one.

these were my thought while reading the Nursery Rhymes unit.

over all these stories are very... fun? is that the word im looking for?

these stories are crazy. I really dont understand the point of them. ( yes I understand that they are for entertainment) Like who made them up and why. they are so silly. when i think of Nursery Rhymes I think of little kids but there is no way that these are all for little kids or that little kids would understand them.

out of all the types of Nursery Rhymes I think that my favorite were the Accumulative Stories. I really like these because I feel like they represent the troubles that we have to deal with in our life. one things leads to another to another and they just keep building on each other, until one day we fix one problem and everything works its self out. just like the woman and the cat. 

while the Accumulative stories were my favorite group of stories my single favorite come from Relics.  

"THE girl in the lane, that couldn't speak plain,

Cried, "Gobble, gobble, gobble."

The man on the hill, that couldn't stand still,

Went hobble, hobble, hobble."

this one just made me laugh and for some reason it made me happy and that's why its my favorite   

Here is a pic of a wild turkey to go with the gobble 

wild turkey found on Wikipedia 

    

Reading Diary A: Nursery Rhymes

these were my thoughts while reading the Nursery Rhymes unit

man these rhymes are pretty crazy. i feel like they were written for kids but there are so many different types that i am not sure what to think. there were some funny ones like 

"I'LL tell you a story

About Jack a Nory, —

And now my story's begun.

I'll tell you another

About Jack his brother, —

And now my story's done." Nursery Rhymes: Tales

what does this even mean?

then there were some insightful ones 

"A SUNSHINY shower

Won't last half an hour."

Nursery Rhymes: Proverbs

there were confusing ones

"I HAVE a little sister, they call her Peep, Peep;

She wades the waters deep, deep, deep;

She climbs the mountains high, high, high;

Poor little creature she has but one eye.

[A star.]" 

Nursery Rhymes: Riddles

there were some violent ones 

"HUSH-A-BYE, baby, on the tree top;

When the wind blows, the cradle will rock;

When the bough bends, the cradle will fall;

Down will come baby, bough, cradle, and all."

how is this a good song to sing to a baby tome it sounds like the baby is falling out of a tree to its death.

 Nursery Rhymes: Charms and Lullabies

and then there is my favorite one 

"1. I AM a gold lock.

2. I am a gold key.

1. I am a silver lock.

2. I am a silver key.

1. I am a brass lock.

2. I am a brass key.

1. I am a lead lock.

2. I am a lead key.

1. I am a monk lock.

2. I am a monk key!"

 Nursery Rhymes: Games

Photo taken by Luc Viatour found on Wikimedia

Week 11 Review

OK so I have two favorite post from this and I hope you like them as much as I do.

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Extra Reading Diary:Aesop's Fables (English)

These were my thoughts as i was reading Aesop's Fables (English)

Wolves- I like how the image of the wold has changed. 

Aesop's Fables: Dogs- the one about the dog trying to bite his reflections food always makes me laugh. that crocodile wanted the dog to drink be he would not. hahahah i never though i would read about why dogs sniff butts. I is better to just be your self and it is way worse if a trusted person messes up. you should never act out of anger.

Cats and Weasels- its cool that the romans would tell stories about the weasels and mice instead of the cat. its just another sly and tricky animal.

Birds- the cock and the Pearl I really like this story even though it is really short i still feel like it has a many different lessons in it.

the first being one mans trash is another mans treasure. when the cock finds the pearl it is just trash to him yet to anyone who knew it most definitely would have been treasure. the other thing i think this shows is to think about what you have. If he would have asked about he would have been able to get all the food that he wished but now he is left with nothing. The Crow and the Pitcher is a true story i have actually seen a crow do this.

Illastration from  Steinhowel (colored)

Frogs- that would be bad if there was more than one son. it would be to hot to do anything im with the frogs on this one.     

Reading Diary B: Beowulf

these were my thought while reading Beowulf

I really enjoyed the story of Beowulf. the reason I chose to read this unit was because i had read it my last semester of high school so i though it would be fitting to read it my last semester here at OU. this story or i guess i should call it an epic is just packed with so much stuff. like in Grendel Attacks, when Grendel is described walking in and eating someone i just get chills. another part that i really like was in Seeking Grendel's Mother, when he sinks down down down. i think this is a very important part of the epic because it show that Beowulf is superhuman. that is one of the thing he has to do to make this an epic so with out that this would just be a story. there is one thing about Beowulf that makes me upset and that is the fact that he dies. I understand that at some point he has to die but i just hate seeing our hero die in Battle with the Dragon. Beowulf's charter is something that i admire throughout the epic. he is a good leader. A fantastic warrior and true to him self. even though he dies I like that he gives every thing to the one person who was fateful and stayed by his side. over all I really liked reading this epic even though i had already read it before. Oh i almost forgot the part where he rips off his arm is so brutal!

Beowulf fights dragon from Wikipedia 

Reading Diary A: Beowulf

these were my thoughts while reading Beowulf

King Hygelac of Geatsland- they live in a scary world fild with all kinds of evil good thing they are so strong.

The Young Beowulf- it must be hard for him because all he wants to do is prove him self but he has not yet got the chance

The Wanderer's Song- Grendel is a bad monster. attacking a hall for 12 years is a long time who will kill him *couch cough* Beowulf.

 Beowulf's Resolve- he is final able to start getting the respect that he deserves 

Beowulf's Journey- while not much happens at this part the descriptions are just so good that i can just see them running towards the ship.

Beowulf Lands in Daneland- wow that must have been a hard trip. i am surprised that nothing attacked their ship.

Beowulf Comes to Heorot- oh man this place is really run down. i guess the 12 years of attacks really took a tole on the place. its good that they welcomed and remembered Beowulf.

 The Words of Unferth- Unferth has no faith in Beowulf. here was have a guy who wants to help but is being mocked for something that happened when he was a child. 

The Words of Beowulf- Beowulf really put that guy in his place. no one should call some one out like that.

Beowulf's boat From Wikimedia 

I am really excited to read part two. 

Week 10 Review

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Extra Reading Diary:Turkish Fairy Tales

all of the stories in the Turkish Fairy Tales unit A were very unique. I liked them for the most part they area all very entertaining.

the stories of fear were almost inspiring to me. I wish that i could walk around with out any fear but i experience fear every day.the The Wizard-Dervish was a strange story but i guess in the end when he realised it was not a dream he tried to do the right thing. The Fish-Peri was probably my favorite story in this set. I thought that the king guy was a jerk and i laughed pretty hard when the baby walks to him and slaps him in the face while talking back to him. who makes some one do that many impossible things. The Crow-Peri was pretty good as well but i still think that i liked the the fish peri better. I decided to read these because most of the stories that i have read are only one pages but these are 2 pages. it was a good change of pace for me. while reading i did see a pattern. any time they used time the used 40 days and or nights. what is the importance of this and why does it show up in each story.

 Padishah being hit by child found on unTextbook

Reading Diary B: British North America

These were my thoughts while reading the British NorthAmerica unit. 

Origin of the ChinookWind- Aww man pore hare last his pipe, his friend and his old home. I also think its kind of strange that they are smoking.

 

Origin of the Pleiades- I am pretty sure I have heard this before but it was told differently and how to due with a bow.

Turtle and Thunder-This is a cute little story or at least it would be if the little turtles did not die

The Making of Lakes andMountains-wow she was able to escape and make to the water.

Coyote's Gifts-  of course if you ask coyote not to touch the baskets he is going to open them.

The Coming of the Salmon- its interesting how different tribes come up with different storys for the same thing.

Coyote and the Salmon-so we have not seen it in a while but the number 4 came back in this story

Wolverene and the Geese- there is another story where the ducks eye turns red for looking but it is from a man not an animal.

Nanebojo and the Geese-this was a very clever idea if only the grand mother would have listened.

The Adventures of Nanebojo- nanebojo is a strange guy. I did not know he could turn in to things.

Coyote and Fox-the coyote should have just kept the cape that he had.

Wolverene and Rock—he should just have been happy that he was alive.   

silver fox from wikipedia

Reading Diary A: British North America

These were my thoughts while reading the British North America unit

Beliefs- this is an interesting take on how the world is. it would be interesting to see the mountains  while they were humans.

Creation of the World- this is cool I like the idea of falling out of the sky in to the water because what else would be below the sky.

How the Earth Was Formed- this is similar to the last one but this time it was just animals.

Creation of the Earth- got to keep all these people where they can see each other so what better place than the sky.

Origin of Rivers in Queen Charlotte Islands- that is a cool story for how the rivers were made.

Origin of Haida Land- its creepy that he took the bones out of the baby

Raven and Moon Woman- so raven broke the moon and made it into stars that was a cool idea I just wish he was not so winey.

Creation of Light – he got way to excited also the chanting in this maks me thing of finding nemo.

 Grizzly Bear and Coyote- woo go coyote saving us all from darkness.

Origin of Light and Fire- at first I thought he was bad but really he just wanted the fire.

The Burning of the World – this story remindes me on Noah’s ark

Why the Sun is Bright- so its not the light of the sun but the robe.

The Man in the Moon – Im still not sure where the deer came from.

Chief's Dancing Rattle From wikimedia 

week 9 Review

My favorite thing from this week was this picture because it always makes me laugh.

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Extra Reading Diary: Blackfoot Stories

These were my thoughts as i was reading Blackfoot Stories

The Smart Woman Chief- the man thought he was being tricky but it was the woman who was okaying tricks on him. you should never judge people on their looks. why did it have to be a pine tree,
Bobcat and Birch Tree- this was like a two in one story. it reminded me of the boy who cried wolf but this time it was a nose and a bobcat.
The Red-Eyed Duck-every time some one falls asleep bad things happen. these people need to stay awake while they are cooking.
Kut-O-Yis, The Blood Boy- the son in law is so mean. the old man helps every day but yet gets nothing for it. I hope this child will help them
Kut-O-Yis, The Blood Boy (cont.)- the son in law got what was coming to him. I am glad that he did not punish the youngest daughter to badly
Kut-O-Yis, The Blood Boy (cont. again)-Kut-O-Yis is a real hero he keeps giving food and houses to people that need it.
Kut-O-Yis, The Blood Boy (cont. yet again) not only did he kill the snake but he also killed the wind sucker. in still not sure what a wind sucker is but he killed it.
Kut-O-Yis, The Blood Boy (end)- wow he really did a good job cleaning the earth of bad people. I would still like to know the importance of the number 4 it has come up in a few stories now.

Blackfoot tipis from Wikimedia 

Reading Diary B: Apache Tales

these were my thoughts while reading the Apache Tales unit.

The Supernatural Person in the Lake- Im not sure what he means when he gives the power the supernatural one. is he talking about himself because he leaves after that 

The Man Who Traveled with the Buffalo- ok i was very confused until i read your notes. I wish that part of the story would have been included.

Coyote Steals a Man's Wife- silly Coyote thinking the man was not going to do anything to him.

Coyote Takes Arrows from Owl- not only does he take the arrows but he kills him with them as well.

Antelopes Take Arrows from Coyote- I like the second version much better It gives more detail on why they are doing this.

Coyote Tries to Make His Children Spotted- this story is so dark but it serves that trickster coyote right.

Coyote and Porcupine- these animals are quite mean to each other. I guess thats just the way the world works.

Coyote Kills the Prairie Dogs- he should have not been so greedy.

Coyote and His Hosts- dont try to be something you are not.

 Coyote and Mosquito Marry Under False Pretenses- I was really hoping they would marry each other.

Coyote and the Mexicans- I mean naturally if money is in the tree it would become an apple tree...

 The Animals Race- this reminds me of the saying work smart not hard. while everyone else was running he just got to fly there.    

Picture of coyote from Wikimedia