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This week I decided to try out the StoryLab assignment. I read ch. 2 from the EmpoWord website, which is a great website for college-aged students to gain writing skills. I included a list of pointers that I read which I really enjoyed and found useful. Hopefully, you all will also see the importance of these tips! "We're all stories, in the end." This is by Steven Moffat from Dr. Who, and the author of this chapter wrote some interpretations. I loved how he said that each of us has our own stories, but also our stories are intertwined with the stories of many other people. To me, this shows how important it is to be respectful of other's stories and be willing to learn and listen to others.  Narrow your scope. People get bored quickly when you are sharing a million different ideas. Pick a few different BIG ideas and focus on their details when telling a story.  The Idea Generator on pg. 98-99. This is such a cool form that helps to generate a story and assist w...

I really enjoyed doing the repetition reading notes from yesterday for part A and so I decided to try them out again today. I think the Fables of Bidpai is a really great unit to use these reading notes because all of the fables have lessons that show repetition. For these reading notes, I am focusing on the three stories about snakes. The first story I read was The Sparrows and the Snake. The sparrows had just hatched their young in a nest by a house. The father sparrow went to fly and find food for his family, and when he was returning he saw the mother sparrow out of the nest. He asked why she left the nest and she said it was because there was a snake in the nest who had eaten their young. The father bird flew to the house and snatched the flame from the owner's hand. He then dropped the flame on the snake in the nest, which killed the snake. This teaches readers to not pick on people or underestimate the underdog. The next story I read was The Frog, The Crab, and The Serpent. ...

Poor Man, Rich Man, Young Man: This week, I chose to try out the new style of reading notes called Repetition. In this note-taking style, I was instructed to read and take notes over repetition patterns I saw in the readings. I read the Poor Man, Rich Man, Young Man, which was a great story selection to practice this note-taking strategy. All three stories about the men are written in the same style and include a lot of repetition. In the Poor Man and the Flask of Oil, the poor man found himself wishing for things that the oil might bring him. Throughout all his wanting, he was not being grateful for what he had. Because of this, the oil fell and spilled all over him. This lesson taught him to not be greedy and be thankful for what he had. In the Rich Man and the Bundle of Wood, the rich man was also greedy. He never paid full price for anything, even if it was to help someone else who really needed help. In the end, his house and barn ended up burning down because he was greedy and ...