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Reading Notes: Mississippi Valley/Great Lakes, Part A

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 Main Characters: A god figure in many different forms Manabush Secondary Characters: People and animals of the earth Important things to remember: The Earth-Maker The Earth-Maker was sad there was nothing, so he created a piece of earth from what he was sitting on, then creating grass and a man named Tortoise Tortoise made war on earth, so he took him back and sent a Hare instead Creation The Creator of All Things had no eyes but could see all, and he created earth underwater with fish first A crawfish brought up the mud to make land, and man was created Man was created before woman, giving man tobacco The Creator gave them bows and arrows, taught them to make fire and to honor bones The animals were smarter than man and gave them council The Great Flood A new world was made when Manabush balled the earth and tossed it into the water In the new world, many men went as animals to the Sky-World and came back with many new gifts from above The Origin of Tobacco and Maple Sugar Tobacc...

Reading Notes: Brer Rabbit, Part B

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 Main Characters: Brer Rabbit Brer Fox Secondary Characters: Brer Buzzard Brer Bear Important things to remember: Old Mr. Rabbit, He's a Good Fisherman Brer Rabbit got in the bucket of a well to take a nap, and fell down in to the bottom of the well in the bucket Brer Fox saw this and assumed it was purposeful, and that Brer Rabbit had money stored down there Brer Fox went over and yelled down to him, and Brer Rabbit told him he was fishing Brer Rabbit convinced Brer Fox to join him, and when he hopped in the opposite bucket, Brer Fox's larger weight pulled Brer Rabbit back up Mr. Rabbit Meets His Match Again Brer Rabbit and Brer Buzzard counted their crops together, and found Brer Buzzard had none They made a plan to raid another gold mine, but things took a turn and Brer Buzzard was going to leave Brer Rabbit behind Brer Rabbit promised that he had another gold mine back home and that he would divide it with Brer Buzzard if he flew him back Mr. Rabbit and Mr. Bear Brer Fox fi...

Reading Notes: Brer Rabbit, Part A

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 Main Characters: Brer Rabbit Brer Fox Secondary Characters: Miss Rabbit and the chilluns Mr. Wolf Important things to remember: The Calamus Root This whole story is written in very broken/old English Brer Fox had always tried to eat Brer Rabbit, but they decided to make up and be friends and have dinner together at Brer Rabbit's house Brer Fox claimed to be sick and said Brer Rabbit should come over instead Brer Rabbit went over but was unsettled and left to get a calamus root to season the chicken they were to eat When he left he saw that Brer Fox was not actually sick and was faking to try to lure him in The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story Brer Fox devised a plan to trap Brer Rabbit, and created a tar baby and placed it in the road When Brer Rabbit came by he tried to talk to the tar baby but it did not talk back He punched the tar baby for being disrespectful and then got stuck to it Brer Fox came out of the bushes laughing, and said they would have dinner together How Mr. Rabbit was ...

Week 8 Progress

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 I like where my progress is at so far in this class. I feel like I have been able to stay on top of my assignments really well thus far this semester, and even if I miss an assignment or two I have a couple of extra credit assignments I have become very familiar with. My favorite is the Check-In/Connect extra credit assignment, because it allows me to just take a second and think about the previous week and what I have upcoming, and express how I feel in a fun way. I also like extra commenting, because it allows me to look at more works of my peers. Overall, my favorite assignment has been the Thursday writings because it lets me creatively express myself. However, in the future I want to move towards using more dialogue in my works and being more constructive in my commenting.  Image via  Meme Generator

Week 8 Comments and Feedback

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 The quality of my feedback has been great and better than what I expected. Truthfully, when I first learned we were going to get feedback from others I went into it with a prideful mindset, thinking that this was my work so I would know it way better than anyone else. However, no one is telling me my work is bad or bossing me around, they are just giving me small pieces of advise that I am grateful for and that has guided my work to become better. In terms of my own feedback, I feel like I am a good encourager, but need to be more helpful in giving constructive criticism. Because I am reading posts by people I don't know, I feel less inclined to tell them how I think they could make their story or layout a little better, but instead only encourage them in the good. While I don't think this is a bad thing, I know the criticism has helped me so I want to help others from this point forward.  I do feel connection more than I thought, as I find myself returning to peoples pages t...

Week 8 Reading and Writing

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     While it is fun to personalize your blogs and webpages, I kind of like the more bland and classic feel that mine has. While spicing it up could be fun, I really do like the basic feel.      Looking back at my writing, I realized a lot of it feels the same. I don't think that is a bad thing, but you can directly see my the stories I am interpreting in my writings. I haven't  really branched out and tried an alternate ending or a major shift in a character's personality or actions, so that is something I think I will try with my next story. Don't get me wrong, I am proud of my work and think it is quality, I should try taking a different approach with my writing. Looking back at my first story, I drifted away from using human characters and using dialogue, which is something I might move back towards as well.      Noah's ark during the flood, via  UN-Textbook I chose this picture because it is not at all what I pic...

Week 7 Story: The Panda King

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  The Panda King     Long ago, a very average panda lived on an island among others like him. One day, many pandas were unable to get beyond a wall of bamboo. The very average panda approached them, and jumped through the bamboo finding a hidden passage to an uninhabited iron city. The other pandas were amazed, and inhabited this city crowning the average panda their king. The Panda King ruled for years, living in harmony with the citizens and nature. However, one day he broke down into tears thinking about death, and how he could not save those around him from death. One of those close to him, heard of a master who knew about eternal life, and the Panda King was so intrigued that he left the island in search of this master.      The Panda King found himself in The Valley of Peace, where he searched many years for answers. He found that the inhabitance only cared about worldly things, and not of th...

Reading Notes: The Monkey King, Part A

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Main Characters: The Stone Ape/ Sun Wu Kung The Discerner/The Master Secondary Characters: Other apes The wood-chopper The master's disciples Important things to remember:  Handsome King of the Apes Mountain of Flower and Fruits, great rock, magically burst and a stone ape was hatched The stone ape was able to hop through the waterfall and found an iron bridge, and was crowned king of the apes, and he remained untroubled for 300 years The Great Sea The king of apes was saddened one day when he thought of death, so he went out in search of those who are except from deaths power - Buddha, the blessed spirits and the gods He found his way across the sea to Asia, where he stayed hoping to learn more, and acting as a human But he found all the people only cared about money and honor, not life, so he went out again to the sea after 9 years in Asia Sun Wu Kung Gets His Name The ape came upon a wood-chopper when he reached land, who was singing a divine song The ape thought he was divine b...

Reading Notes: The Voyages of Sindbad, Part A

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 Main Characters: Sindbad the Sailor Secondary Characters: King Mihrage Roc Other sailors/merchants/captains Great beasts such as giants, snakes and eagles Important things to remember:  First Voyage Stories told in first person Sindbad sold his riches to join merchants at sea The merchants stopped and traded at islands, but weather forced them to stop on a random island However, this island was actually the back of a sleeping whale Sindbad was flung out to see while holding onto a piece of wood, and finally came upon another island He met one of the grooms of the King of the Island and went to a cave and ate  King Mihrage made Sindbad at home, but soon Sindbad went to find other merchants After learning more about the island and sailing, he returned to find his old ship at the port The captain did not recognize him but soon after did and gave him all his stuff Sindbad gave it as gifts to the King and the King returned the favor with many gifts Second Voyage Sindbad wante...