Week 15 Reflection

I cannot believe that this semester is basically over. I am so glad this class enabled us to tap into our creative sides. The use of blogger has actually inspired me to take notes this way. I love that you can label it  and it can be accessible on any computer without having to email it to yourself. The tech tips have definitely helped me in improving how I take notes on blogger, especially how to add YouTube videos on here. I also liked that it made me see that it is nice to write about things other than stats and research. Though we did a lot of writing for this class, it wasn't as daunting as I thought it would be. I am really proud of my story book project. It was also really cool seeing everyone else's creative projects as well. Just wanted to add this video to end the class on a high note. Have a good holiday everyone!

Week 15: Reading Evaluations

My Favorite Readings for the Semester:

• The Aviarium
• Lions and Men
• The Differentiation Between
• Before Guenevere
• The Observations of Mr. Yamoto

My advice to the new batch of students coming in next semester is to only do one reading diary a week. Since it is only two points, it can easily replaced by an extra credit assignment, something I wished I had realized sooner in the semester. This way, it doesn't seem like so much reading. Also, using bullet points in your reading diaries helps out a lot. At first, I thought the balance between all the reading, writing, and commenting was going to be difficult.  However, once you get the hang of it, it really wasn't too bad. I also really recommend taking advantage of the librovox audio. You can listen to the stories all while checking your emails, facebook, ect. You can also download Google Speak it! Directions here. Good Luck to all the newbies and Good Job to my fellow classmates!

Week 14 Review

My, oh my. Where did the time go? I can't believe it is already December and 2015 is coming to an end!

Nov. 30

        I saw this on the announcement blog and wanted to share. I guess school is a special kind of hell, but at least we can get out! I can relate most to layer I, V, and VI.

Week 15 Tech Tip: Embed a Facebook Photo

Hello, I have some great news! My cat went missing three months ago and on Monday, my roommate found him at the Norman Animal Shelter! He was literally one street over hanging out with a bunch of cats. My baby is back home and i could not be any happier about it!

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Week 14 Tech Tip: Side Bar Box

Hello everyone. I added an HTML box counting down the number of days till Christmas! It is my favorite holiday of the year. Happy Holidays everyone!

Week 15: Growth Mindset

Welcome to my very last growth mindset quote for the semester! I was so inspired from reading these great quotes and memes, that I wanted to incorporate some of my favorites on to my chalk board calendar I have hanging up. It was blank for the longest. However, after hearing about Carol Dweck and her teachings on the growth mindset, I knew I had to incorporate it into my every day life.

Here it is as a whole. Personal Picture.

"Today is a good day for a good day."

"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."

"Dreams don't work unless you do!"

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Week 13 Story Telling: Harry and The Tortuga

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        Harry and Tim have been best friends since before they were even born. Their mother's met at Lamaze class 18 years and 7 months ago, and have been inseparable ever since. So when it was time to pick out the college of their dreams, there was no question as to who would be each other's roommate. Harry was always on the fast track in life. He was the first to get a girlfriend, the first to get his acceptance letter, and he was even on the track team. Tim, however, was kind of a perfectionist so he was slow at everything he did. His friends and family even nicknamed him, "El Tortuga", which is Spanish for The Turtle. Every one thought it was a very fitting nickname for he moved at the pace of molasses. 

               Though the two lived in the same dorm room, their first semester at college, were very different from each other. Harry spent most of his time playing video games, hanging out with girls, and going to parties. The only time he would study for his exams was the day prior. "You may be smart, but you still have to read," el tortuga would tell his very best friend. Harry would always reply that he had everything under control.  Tim was the complete opposite. Like the true perfectionist he was, he went to every single class, read every assignment, and only went out to go tailgating.
                 At the end of the semester, Harry started to realize he was making Ds in all of his classes. During dead week, he stayed at the library and studied his butt off. He did realize that Tim was very calm, cool, and collected about his classes.
               "Why aren't you freaking out about finals, dude?" Harry frantically asked Tim.
               "I've been making As all semester, I only need like a fifty to pass with an A in all my classes," Tim explained to him. In the end, Tim graduated early, while Harry graduated a year late, despite starting at the same time.

Author's Note: This is a modern retelling of The Tortoise and the Hare. I wanted to imply the message that hard work does pay. Harry had every opportunity to graduate at the same time as his friend but decided he wanted to play around. Similar to the Hare thinking he had enough time to beat the Tortoise even with a nap. Read Story here.

Week 13 Extrea Reading Diary A: La Fontain

The Tortoise and the Hare

• Classic story
• The hare falls asleep allowing the tortoise to win the race
• I like this story because it teaches some one not to be cocky and that nothing is ever in the bag so to speak.

The Dog and His Image

• This story made me laugh because it reminds me of something my dog would do.
• A dog sees himself in the reflection in the water. Since he had a bone, his reflection did too. He jumped at the reflection thinking it was another bone and almost drowned in the process. 
• He also lost his first bone. 

The Hen with the Golden Eggs

• Another lesson in greed.
• A hen laid eggs of gold and a man wanted it for himself. 
• Instead of the egg, I guess he thought the hen was made out of gold? I am not sure. But he cut the hen's head off and explored her insides. 
• The hen was dead and could no longer lay her golden eggs.
• That man had a good thing going and ruined for himself. How foolish. 

The Frog Who Wished to Be an Ox

• A silly frog puffed himself up big he blew up.
• All that just to be an ox. 

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Week 13 Review

Nov. 29

This man is pretty entertaining and he made me want to actually watch this 20 minute video. I am so glad that someone had the nerve to challenge the overly diagnosis of ADD. 

Week 13 Tech Tip

My Soundcloud track:




Since I cannot seem to get away from this song (All hail Queen Adele) I thought this cover was a breath of fresh air. I love covers as it reminds me of our story telling posts. We take an original and make it our own.

Week 13 Growth Mindset

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Week 12 Review

Twilight. It is so stupid but I can't help loving it. It is like...exactly my brand of heroin...(get it?!). Anyways I saw this and thought it was pretty funny.

Nov. 10

Weel 12 Tech Tip: Weather Widget

I added a cool weather widget to my side bar! What is your favorite kind of weather? Personally, I love the Fall weather. It is not too warm and not too cool. You can wear jeans and a hoodie or shorts and a tshirt.

Week 12 Growth Mindset

For the most part, I have just been posting memes that have already been made. I wanted to try my hand in generating memes. What do you think?

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I know, I know. Probably not the best picture for growth mindset but I've always loved this picture and this quote and thought it would go great together. Perfect for group partners. Hehe.

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Week 12 Extra Reading Diary [Nursery Rhymes]

Nursery Rhyme Jingles:

• Who doesn't know the first two lines of rub a dub dub? However, I honestly think this is the first time I have actually read the whole thing.
• Another jingle I was familiar with is Hey Diddle Diddle. 

Nursery Rhyme Love and Matrimony:

• Jack and Jill! 
• The cutest nursery rhyme was of the little boy and girl in the alley that is for sure. 
• The wife in the wheel barrow was a little morbid.

Nursery Rhyme Natural History:

• I did my first storytelling post on the owl in the haunted barn. 
• Like Three Men in the Tub I don't think I actually read Baa, Baa, Black Sheep in its entirety.

Nursery Rhyme Accumulative:

The House That Jack Built

• The House That Jack Built really reminded me of the style in the Twelve Days of Christmas. In which one new thing is added while the other lyrics are repeated after. Every story starts with that which I believe is called Anaphora. I liked the use of repetition. 
• Another story that is reminiscent to an anaphora is the Key of the Kingdom. I liked the generalization of something to something really specific.

Nursery Rhyme Relics:

• Little Miss Muffet was one of my favorite nursery rhymes as a child. 
• What Little Boys Are Made of was also really cute. I like the line, "sugar and spice and everything nice".

Week 12 Reading Diary B [Alice in Wonderland]

The tea party consisted of riddles, the hatter, a march hare, and a sleepy dormouse. After much bickering, Alice sees one of the trees had a door leading up to it. Tired of the tea party she decides that she would probably manage better somewhere else. She nibbled on a piece of mushroom to grow taller and kept some for later. She then found herself in a beautiful garden. 

I'm the garden Alice finds three gardeners painting white roses red. They say it is to please the queen or it will be off with their heads. Then the queen and the royal court come out and sees what they are doing. She says off with her head to Alice for over speaking and the three gardeners. It doesn't happen. We find out that the duchess is in jail for offending the queen. The queen invites Alice to a game of croquet but everyone cheats in favor of the queen. She sees the Cheshire cat and he does not want to look at the king so the king asks the queen to off his head but the executioner can't behead a head without a body. Alice says he belongs to the duchess to give him time to disappear. 

The next scene begins in the courthouse. The hatter and the tea crew were the first witness but didn't really say an thing of importance. The second witness was the duchess's cook and surprisingly the last witness was Alice. Nonsense happens and we find that everything was just a dream.

The dormouse, hatter, Alice, and the march hare at the tea party

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Week 11 Review

November 11

Fight Club is one of my favorite movies and has one of my favorite actors, Edward Norton. When I saw this play off the movie title, I found it hilarious. Also, who doesn't right click on word so we can find a synonym for however.

Week 11 Tech Tip: Embedded YouTube

I have one more character to do for my story book and I am not going to lie, I have a severe case of writer's block. I went to YouTube to grab some inspiration and came across this really cool fight scene with Medusa.

Week 11 Growth Mindset

The famous scene where Yoda tells Luke Skywalker, "No. Try not! Do. Or do not. There is no try."

Week 11 Reading Diary A [Alice in Wonderland]

Down the rabbit hole: 
Alice is sitting on the bank with her sister as she reads a book. A white rabbit suddenly passes her interrupting her daydream. The rabbit was saying that he was going to be late which should have alerted her but it seemed so natural she didn't think anything of it. The rabbit had pink eyes, a pocket watch, and dressed. He was so curious she decided to follow it down a rabbit hole. The rabbit hole was very long but Alice finds it is filled with shelves. As she goes down, she muses to herself. When she finally gets down she stumbles upon a dark hallway with a table with a key on it which fit a door. She finds a drink that says drink me so she inspects it in case it it poison. It isn't so she drinks it. It makes her small enough to fit through the little door but she forgot the key which is on the table. She finds a cake that says eat me which made her tall. So tall that she hit the roof. Now she couldn't go anywhere. The story cuts off too chapter 4 where she first sees the caterpillar. 

Caterpillar:

Alice and the caterpillar did not get along at first. He kept asking her who she was to which she replied she didn't know anymore now that she has been so many different sizes. I don't know why she didn't just say Alice. The caterpillar advises her how to become taller. She did something wrong and her neck got really long. A pigeon accused her of being a serpent. She finally got it right though.

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Pig and Pepper:
Alice stumbles upon a house where the duchess gets an invitation to play croquet with the queen. Alice puts too much pepper in the soup and the duchess calls her a pig. This is where we first meet the Cheshire cat. The duchess tends to her baby which turns out to be a pig but then ignores it. Alice decides to tend to it but it trots off in the woods. 

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Week 10 Back up and Review

Halloween is officially over and I am really sad about it. I feel like I didn't really get to enjoy it as much. However, I did dress up as a minion at work. Regardless, I feel like the school year just started and it is already almost over! Here are my favorite things from this week:

October 30

Because really, what exactly IS normal anymore? 

Tech Tip: Blogger Template

I have changed the template of my blog. After working on my story book, I realized I wanted something more bright and happy for my blog. Hope you guys like it. Directions Here

Week 10 Growth Mindset

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           Though some can argue it's validity, I have always been obsessed with this one quote regardless. I also think it goes great with having a growth mindset. Here are some other Albert Einstein quotes I enjoy tremendously.

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Week 10 Extra Reading [Native American Marriage Tales B]

The Dog Husband

• A woman had children with her dog who would turn into a man at night. Creepy.
• Her family was so disgusted by her that they. along with the rest of her people, decided to move away. 
• The crow took pity on her and decided to help her by telling her how to make fire.
• She eventually gave birth to four male and one female pups.
• She also finds out that they are able to become human and scold them to stay in that form. 
• The mother teaches them to hunt whales which gains the attention of the same raven. 
• The raven tells the others of the whales and come back. The sons become the chiefs of the village. 

The Youth Who Joined the Deer:

• A deer hunter followed a fresh track that led him to a woman and a child. The woman informs him that she had been longing for him for a while and to leave his wife and two children and marry her but could not have relations with her. Sounds like a great marriage. 
• He killed two deer for his family but it turns out to be his brother in laws.
• Turns out the ate their own kind but resurrected as deer. 
• The couple return to the land of the people and have a son who he teaches how to hunt deer. 

The Girl and The Turkeys

• There was once a poor woman who made her living raising turkeys. She loved the turkeys very much and treated them very well. Her kindness was much appreciated by the turkeys. 
• She really wanted to go to a festival but thought she was too ugly to go. Her turkeys helped her out. 
• This story reminds me of Cinderella. The turkeys hooked her up and asked her to not stay out too long. She went to the festival and danced with boys.
• Upset that their turkey maiden left, the turkeys left her captivity and the maiden went back to the poor woman she was, only now, without any turkeys.

The True Bride:

• A girl was so upset by her stepmother's attitude towards her that she leaves home.
• She wanders around and finds a home with four men. It turns out they were related to her. 
• She told them that she was poor so they gave her the power of spitting out gold. 
• She goes back to her house and her stepmother is jealous of her new powers. She sends out her own daughter to follow her tracks. She finds the house but she acted stuck up towards the men.
• When she returns to her mother she finds out that she spits out toenails. That is awesome.
• The girls ends up marrying a chief's son. She was named She-Who-Spat-Out-Gold. 
• The girl gives birth and has her stepmother as her midwife. She kills the babies and gives the woman a cat and snake as her children. 
• The stepmother tells him to kill his wife and marry her own daughter.
• The four men find out and save her life. They transformed her into a swan.
• The girl had a dog who took care of her supposedly dead babies. 
• The stepmother finds out and poison them but the children were saved by the dog once again. 
• The dog tells She-Who-Spat-Out-Gold's husband what happened. He had the stepmother and daughter publicly hung and took back his first wife. The lived happily ever after. 

Week 10 Storytelling: The Sun and the Star

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         Sun and Star were brother and sister and although they were as different as night and day, the pair were very close. Star noticed how her brother seemed to shine exceptionally in a certain region. After a bit of investigating, it was clear he seemed to fancy the younger daughter of the chief. For many months she watched her poor love struck brother pine after her. She studied the girl quite intensely and was pleased to find out that she was warm and radiant, much like her brother. Her sister however, was not. She was cold, distant, and materialistic. Wanting to make her brother happy, Star hatched up a plan to win the younger daughter's hand in marriage. Their frustrated father was fed up with their reluctance to marry the potential suitors so he set up a competition for their matrimony. One night, the two disguised themselves as poor peasants; Sun was disguised as a dirty boy and she, his grandmother. Sun was able to successfully win both contests by knocking an eagle off it's perch and trapping two fishers of two different colors. The only problem was that he now was able to marry both daughters.
         Knowing the older daughter was not good enough for her brother, she led a shining path to the Raven's house. The older daughter decided she would rather marry the ugly Raven then go back to the dirty boy. Star knew that the older daughter's vanity would get to her and would rather marry for wealth than love. Alas, Sun had the younger daughter all to himself, and as his wife no less. Star knew of the girl's good nature but she wanted to make sure she would be able to keep her vow of in sickness and in death. So she told the daughter to take care of her poor, dying husband during the day and return to her father's house at night. Star figured that if she kept coming back to her new home, she would take her new role as a wife seriously. This was no easy feat for the daughter for she was constantly ridiculed by her sister's new family. They flaunted their wealth that the poor boy could never compare to. But like a good wife, she did not notice them and kept attending to her husband. Sun was happy with the level of loyalty his new wife had and decided to show her their true forms where they lived happily ever after.

Author's note: I wanted to stay close to the story but wanted to focus on Star's intentions. This was based of the story Dirty Boy.

Reading Diary B [Heroes]

Lodge Boy and Thrown Away:

• Oh wow, so much gore in the first paragraph. This red woman is wicked. 
• I think its sad they call themselves after how the red woman left them. 
• The resurrect they mother. 
• Why does the father keep telling them to no go places knowing that the boys will disobey by not listening to him? Regardless, each time they do, they bring their parents back something.
• This story is seriously messed up. I sort of wish they took care of the red woman.

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The Jealous Father:

• Incestuous relationships. Wait, it is the step mother. Doesn't really make things better. 
• The jealous father deserts him. The boy finds his way back with the help of a walrus. The walrus ultimately died when the boy lied to him about thunder. 
• The powers of a mother's love.
• The blind hags ended up killing each other. 
• The boy found himself back home and killed his father. 
• Then he told his mom they should be birds.

Dirty Boy:

• Two daughters of a chief denied all of their suitors in marriage. Their father desperate to marry them off decided to hold a contest for their hand. The man who was able to shoot an eagle off ta perch would marry them (two shots). 
• Sun and Star disguised themselves as a dirty grandmother and a dirty boy. [Sun was the dirty boy and the grandma was star.]
• Sun shot the eagle off the perch but naysayers claimed the boy was not good enough for the women. The chief agreed and held another contest where the winner would get both daughters.
• The contest consisted of catching two fishers, one light and one dark. 
• The dirty boy caught the fishers and was able to marry the daughters. 
• The older daughter ended up marrying another while the younger daughter married dirty boy. 
• She stayed faithful to her new husband and star told his sister he wanted to tell her the truth. 
• Star became beautiful and Sun was handsome. He gave his wife a kettle, pushed her head inside the kettle so she could have stars on her body and he told her to pour the rest of the liquid out and it made a pathway to her father's house. 

Week 10 Reading Diary A [Heroes]

The Jealous Uncle:

• Why would he kill his nephews? Too bad the parents didn't have a girl.
• He is so evil even his wife tries to go against him. 
• Why didn't his parents explain the situation to the son? He was obviously smart enough to understand.
• I am glad the boy got away from all of his uncle's evil plans to kill him. I wonder why he tries to get rid of him by trapping him places instead of physically just  murdering him. 
• The boy eventually found his way to the Eagle land where he was able to marry the chief's daughter. 
• I am also glad that the boy was able to take his parents to his new home but I wonder what happened to the village after the boy was able to get rid of him. 

Blue jay and his Companions:

• The blue jay and his companions found themselves in a land that was not theirs.
• The inhabitants of the island kept doing competitions with them. 
• The blue jay beat the squirrel in climbing the pole, tricked the seal that it was the better diver, suffered the sweat house, and stayed up for four nights. 
• On the fifth night they snuck out in the night. They found themselves with good people that told them they were stranded with a bad lot.

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Week 9 Review

Oct. 26

I thought I was done with English class but this course has taught me some valuable lessons in my grammar and punctuality. In that, I really need to be better at it! Serious note though, what happened during the OSU homecoming was so unbelievably tragic. My thoughts go out to the victims.

Week 9 Tech Tip

I love wix. I really do. It seriously gives you so much room to be creative. I know everyone is pretty much set on their storybooks but just in case y'all might want to use it in the future, here is a cool feature. If you would like to start working on a page but not ready to publish it just yet, you have the ability to hide the page.

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Just go to your pages navigation, click on the page you would like to hide, click on settings, and check off hide from menu.

Week 9 Growth Mindset

Have you ever studied so hard for an exam and you get your grade back like... womp, womp, womp. That happened to me this week. Though I am certain I will still make the grade I want, it still sucks. However, I saw this meme and it made me laugh and feel better.

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Week 9 Extra Reading [Hiawatha B]

Hiawatha and the Pearl Feather:

• This was sort of hard to read.
• The Pearl Feather is heavily guarded. He must have something good. I'm guessing pearls.
• Hiawatha was to slay the Pearl Feather to avenge an old woman's father. She also says that this thing is responsible for everything bad that happens.
• Hiawatha was able to get through all the obstacles to get to him and basically says that he is more bark than bite.
• He was wearing a magical shirt that does not penetrate the Pearl Feather.
• Hiawatha was told to target the roots of his tresses, kills him, and takes his shirt.
• He came home a hero and shared the treasures of the Pearl Feather equally throughout the people. 

Hiawatha's Wooing:

Minnehaha and Hiawatha

• Men and women are useless without the other. 
• The old woman warns him to marry one of them, not another from a different tribe.
• Alas, he didn't listen. He chose a woman (daughter of a arrow maker) from another tribe whom often they went to war with. His reasoning is that they could merge. 
• Minnehaha: best name ever. 
• He presented a red deer to her father to which he welcomed Hiawatha. 
• She listens to him and doesn't say a word. He asks her father in her hand in marriage. He agrees and takes her back home. 

Hiawatha's Wedding Feast:

• He basically had a good wedding. 
• The storyteller tells the next story.

The Son of the Evening Star:

• Osseo: son of the evening star, old and ugly
• Osseo marries Oweenie, a young woman with many suitors. He has a good personality.
• Somehoe, Osseo turns into a young handsome man and Oweenie, old and wrinkled. But he loved her just the same.
• Then her sisters turned into birds while Oweenie went back to being beautiful with a feather staff.
• They had a son with the beauty of Oweenie and the courage of Osseo.
• The story ends back to Hiawatha's wedding feast. 

Week 9 Reading Post B [Inuit]

Inuit Family

Papik, Who Killed His Wife's Brother:

• Papik was mad that his brother in law always caught a seal while fishing and his envy grew. 
• One day, he did not come back from hunting and his mother accused Papik for killing him. She vows to eat him alive. What?
• The old woman took her revenge on him by disguising him as a bear. It is told that when ever a man killed another for no reason, an evil spirit will come kill him and leave no part whole. 

Pat, Who Killed His Uncle:

• Pat was fonder of his uncle's wife than his own. 
• He killed his uncle and tried to kill his wife. His wife saw her husband kill his uncle and fled. He returned home, married his uncle's wife but she died. 
• One day he went hunting and struck a fox but it did not hit the animal. It ended up being the ghost of his uncle who kills him. 
• Punishment falls upon the man who kills.

The Wife Who Lied:

• A woman lied to her kinfolk saying that her husband's tribe mistreated her. Her kinfolk took revenge on the woman in the village for the men were away. 
• When the men returned, they took their revenge on the woman's tribe.
• When they captured the woman, she thought they were arguing about who was going to take her as a wife. 
• They cut her arms off and she died.
• Pretty brutal but she did basically kill half a village. 

Angangujak:

• A woman's child felt great dread that her child went missing. When she tells her husband he accuses her of killing him and tells her he would kill her. She begs him to try to find the child first.
• He finds him with the help of a wizard. His child was being taken care of by two people in the mainland. 
• His father takes him from the people's house and never went to the main land again. 

Tungujuluk and Saunikoq:

• Wizards who would turn into a bear and walrus. S was jealous of T for having a son. 
• S turned into a bear and tried to kill his son but T was there to wield his knife. He did not kill him but he remembered what S had done. 
• T made a fool out of S and shamed him out of the village. 

Week 8 Reading Diary A [Inuit]

The Coming of Men:

• It is interesting to see how different cultures believe how the world begun
• They focus on nature and the earth
• Death brought the sun, moon, and stars in which they become. 

Nukunguasik, who Escaped from the Tupilak:

• Tupilak-monster created by magical being who uses it to create havoc
• Nukunguasik had a bunch of land where his brothers lived
• One of his brothers made a Tupilak to kill Nukunguasik but he stopped his brother who was so scared he died on the spot
• Nukunguasik and his brothers burried the Tupilak

The Woman Who Had a Foster Bear For a Son:

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• Poor little old lady. If that hunter would have just left him alone, she would have been able to keep him. 
• I am glad that the story ended with the bear being able to find his own kin. 

Isigaligarssik:

• A bad wizard took Isigaligarssik's wife away from him. 
• I am glad he was able to stand up for himself and challenge the wizard. 
• He won back his wife. 

The Giant Dog:

• The man looked at his dog like a son. So much so that he gave him an amulet meant for his child he did not have. 
• The dog ate humans. I must admit, even if he was my dog, I would have slept with one eye open. 
• Could it be possible that the dog was simply killing bad people? Vigilante dog, perhaps?

Week 8 Tech Tip

Embed a Pinterest Pin in a Blog Post

  

STEP ONE: Choose pin. Start by choosing the pin you want to embed. You need to have that pin's page open in one browser tab.

STEP TWO: Pin Builder. Next, open another tab in your browser and go to the Pinterest Widget Builder and choose "pin widget" on the left-hand menu, or else just follow this link: Pin Widget.

STEP THREE: Generate code. In the Pinterest Builder tab, paste in the web address (URL) of the pin you want to display and click "Build it!"  Then, just copy the code from the grey box and paste that into your blog post. For tips on copying and pasting HTML code, see the Embed Board Tech Tip.

STEP FOUR: Publish post. Now that you have pasted in the pin code, you are ready to publish your post! Did it work? If you see the embedded pin in your post, you're good to go! Make sure to include the phrase "Tech Tip: Embedded Pin" in your blog post title and use "Tech Tip" as the label on the post; then you can do the Declaration. 

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Week 8 Review

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Week 8 Growth Mindset

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Oh my gosh, that face, cracked me up. 

Reading Plan

Native American

Week 9: Inuit (Eskimo). The description had me hooked. I love supernatural characters like shamans and ghosts.
Week 10: Hero Tales. I like that it has a combination of animal and hero humans.

British

Week 11: Celtic Fairy Tales. Again, I was hooked by reading the description.
Week 12: Alice in Wonderland. I preferred this to Looking Glass because I love the Cheshire cat.

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European

Week 13: LibriVox/Grimm Brothers. Like I said on my reflections post, I like stories with audio so I can read along to it while listening. I figure I can listen to it before I go to bed, like when we were little! Just kidding...or am I??
Week 14: Hans Christian Anderson. Because of Little Mermaid.

Reflections: Looking Forward

      I am kicking my self for not working ahead. Especially for this class. I missed a week so I am pretty sure I will not be able to finish early. However, my goal for the second half is to definitely find the time to work ahead and really get those bonus points in. I'm really enjoying working on my story book and I have a vision in how I want to tell my character's stories. I think the next two weeks I want to focus on getting that on my site. I'm really excited about the European unit, it has stories from the Brother's Grimm and Hans Christian Anderson.

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Reflections: Looking Back

       I honestly didn't think I wouldn't like this class the first time I opened the syllabus. Now that we are in week 8, I have found myself really enjoying it. It really breaks up the monotony of lectures, quizzes, and tests by having a creative outlet. My favorite story so far is the one I wrote in Week 2 on Lilith. Before I wrote it I honestly didn't think I was able to do it. Next thing I know, i was really getting into writing it. It is also the story that inspired my story book. I think my project is going really well. I wanted to add an extra character but decided against it due to time restrictions. As for other projects, I am really impressed with Whitney's storybook. The writing is well written and she does a really good job in tying everything in with her theme.

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      My favorite story units so far are definitely the classical/biblical and the Japanese unit. I find the stories in those units the most enjoyable to read. I also enjoy the stories with audio. I like reading along to the stories while listening to it. It makes it easier to focus on the details. 

Week 7 Back up and Review

This made me laugh yet it provides some seriously good advice. I tend to dwell on things that go wrong so i really hope I remember to do this for next time. This came from the October 7th, 2015 blog post announcement. Find more information here.

Also is anyone going to the Biology block party on Tuesday? I am still deciding if I am going or not.

Week 7 Growth Mindset: Note Taking

           I'm not going to lie to you. I thought of this while day dreaming in my biology lecture the other day. As I was thinking about taking notes, I thought to myself, wouldn't it be really cool to create a blog for each class. Everything will be organized by date, would have a heading, and you can access it anywhere because all you need is a link. You would no longer have to email yourself the document to view it on another computer. Just a thought. Plus a cat meme.

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Week 7 Curate and Share

I want to share with you guys some really cool websites that are super useful when doing your story book project.

1. I just want to give a shout out to this wix. I find it way easier to use than google sites and it gives you a lot  more freedom in graphic design. Also, might I say it is super super suuuuper user friendly!
2. Cool Text is a web site that allows you create really nice looking headings. I think of it as word art for the web.
3. Be Funky is one of my favorite websites for online photo editing. I used this for a majority of my pictures on my story book. 

Hope this helps you out if you feel like your in a rut with your project. 

Week 7 Tech Tip

It is no secret that we have to read a lot for this class. Sometimes, my eyes get tired and sore from reading on my laptop and I appreciate the stories that have audio. However, with the stories that don't, I use Google Speakit! It is an app you can put on your web browser and it will read you the text you have highlighted. the only drawback is that it sort of has a robotic voice but it has really worked wonders for me. Link to Download

Extra Reading Diary [Japanese]

The Goblin of Adachigahara:

• Adachigahara-a large plain haunted by a goblin that disguises itself as an old woman who eats only human flesh.
• An old priest who lost his way came wandering around the plains. It was late and no one was there to warn him about the goblin. He stumbled upon a worn down cottage and asks the old lady residing there to stay for the night.
• She tells him she can only offer him miserable conditions and reluctantly agrees. 
• After supper, the fire dies out and the old lady goes out to find more wood. She tells him to don't go to the inner room but he started to get suspicious and it made him curious. 
• He finds that the room is full of human bones and suspects her as the cannibal goblin. 
• He runs out of the house and she tries to stop him. He prays to Buddha and was able to escape. 

The Ogre of Rashomon:

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• Another cannibal story
• Raiko-general who killed a band of ogres who was always followed by five faithful knights
• Hojo gossips about the Ogre of Rashomon. Wantanabe discredits him and asks how he could listen to an old woman's story with such belief.
• Upset, Wantanabe goes to prove the ogre is real by riding up to the gate of Rashomon he brings paper with the names of the knights he plans to plant for proof. 
• There was a bad storm but he still reached the gate. He realized nothing was there and planted the paper on the gates. However, when he turned to leave, the ogre grabbed him by the helmet.
• Knowing that Wantanabe is not afraid of him, the ogre tries to flee. The knight goes after him.
• The ogre gets away from him but he notices that he must have sliced his arm off during the struggle. He takes it as a prize, growing obsessed with it, never keeping it out of his sight.
• One day an old lady comes to the house and claims to be his old nurse when he was a child. Feeling sentimental, he lets her in. 
• She tells him that her dying wish is to see the arm but he refuses. Sounds sketchy. But she guilts him into it. Typical. Turns out it was the ogre disguised as the old woman and takes back the arm. 
• Wantanabe tries to catch him but he got away again. He was not able to kill the ogre but it was so afraid of him he never bothered Kyoto again. 

The Story of Princess Hase:

• A prince and princess could not have a child so they went on a pilgrimage to see the heavenly mother. Alas, they names her Hase-Hime after the location. Hase's mother eventually died and told her to be a good girl. The prince re married a cruel woman who did not like her step daughter. Hase was very good at the koto (Japanese harp), and when she was 12, her and her step mother were summoned to play before the emperor. 
• Her step mother played the flute but she was lazy and did not practice. She broke down and had to ask someone else to play for her. Failing at her task, she became jealous of Hase. 
• She was kind of useless. The step mother accidentally kills her son, when he drinks the poison laced wine meant for Hase. She hated her even more now.
• There was a flood. If Hase was so good at poetry, she will offer one up in prayer and stop the flood. It worked, she got a rank. Her stepmother is a hater and told one of her servants to kill the girl, making up some story. 
• He ended up not killing her but basically holding her hostage. Hames had faith that her father would look for her as soon as he found she was missing.
• He found her, the step mother fled, and Hase married the prince's adopted son. She had a son of her own and all was well. 

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Cautionary Tales of the Internet

       

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                It was no secret that Murphy Macmanus was an introvert. He literally spent all of his time when he was not at school watching Netflix and browsing the internet. It was so bad that his only "friends" he had were the ones he made on his online gaming account, but even then he would rather not be disturbed. Due to his obsession with his laptop, he was extremely smart. He had a deep knowledge on a vast amount of subjects. In his mind, there was nothing Google couldn't tell you and nothing YouTube couldn't show you. He was perfectly content with his life and had no intention on changing his habits. Murphy just had one tiny little quirk about him. He basically believed everything he read on the internet. Due to his lack of interaction with others, he just could not grasp the concept of a joke and anything satirical just went over his head. 

               The Friday after school, Murphy was particularly excited about the weekend. He just added a new show to his queue list and he could not wait to cram the next four seasons in two days. Running up the stairs into his room and went straight for his Dell. As he switched the power on, the message came up almost instantly, "5% Battery. Please Recharge." He looked and looked everywhere but he just could not find his charger. He looked under his bed, in his closet, but it was just nowhere to be found. His mother walked past his room and saw the crazed look on her son's face. "I'm sorry I had to do this Murphy but your father and I agree that you have been spending too much time using your computer. We both agreed to take your laptop away for three hours every day to do you some good. I just took your charger today because I noticed it was on low battery." With a firm nod she walked away, leaving him to his own devices. 

                'What's three hours? I should probably just take a nap so I can pull an all niter,' he thought. Thinking he has outsmarted his mother, Murphy went to bed. When he woke up, he looked at the clock. It has only been 45 minutes! What was he going to do now? Then a brilliant idea came to him. He once read an article stating that you can charge any electronics by putting them in the microwave. Something about the radio waves being able to charge. The author didn't really go into much detail, but of course it was true! So he set off into the kitchen, for the second time outsmarting his mother. He put his laptop into the microwave and set it for five minutes. He set off to the bathroom to do some manly business but when he went back to the kitchen, there was smoke everywhere and it was coming from the microwave. He opened it up and was shocked to see his laptop ruined. 

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Author's Note: I based this story from the moral in The Iguana and The Turtle. One who believes foolishly we be injured. I also wanted to play on that April fool's prank going around Facebook. It is the one saying that microwaving your phone will charge it. Though Murphy was not injured, his laptop sure was. 

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