"Work Ahead" Web Source.
Monday, April 16, 2018
Tech Tip, Canvas Calendar
I can't believe I did not know about the Canvas calendar before now! For the most part Canvas is a really great website and system, but sometimes staying on top of assignments can be difficult because they are not always in the same place. In the calendar, all assignments from all classes are in one area, organized by day they are due, and get crossed off when you do them! So so helpful. Now that I know this exists I will definitely be customizing my calendar and maybe even moving up my due dates so that I can get ahead in my classes!
Famous Last Words
This is actually my first famous last words blog post and I'm excited to reflect on the class so far. As I'm nearing the end of the semester I can definitely feel the pressure from my science classes, so even though this class is a lot of work, it's a nice change from my other classes. I really enjoy doing the readings, and my reading of Alice In Wonderland was great, whimsical reading for this week. It wasn't what I expected going into it though. It was a lot darker than I remember and there were a lot of arguments between characters. To me, it seemed like the majority of characters were grumpy and Alice was a very sassy little girl. I thought this was very interesting and it made for a enlightening read. As far as my life outside of school, its starting to get busier as well as my dance studio prepares for recital and auditions for pom are coming up quickly. I've got to just keep on pushing and the semester will be over before I know it!
Keep Going Cat. Web Source.
Tech Tip: Bookmarking
For this Tech Tip I focused on bookmarking webpages. I use a lot o
f different websites for school and especially this class so it's important for me to be able to access them easily and not have to type them into the URL every single time. This can easily be done by bookmarking the pages so I can simply click on the saved link and it takes me right to the website I'm wanting to go to. One thing that I didn't know I could do before this tech tip was that you can organize bookmarks into folders. This was really helpful for me because like I said, I have a lot of bookmarks and now they are neatly organized by class!
f different websites for school and especially this class so it's important for me to be able to access them easily and not have to type them into the URL every single time. This can easily be done by bookmarking the pages so I can simply click on the saved link and it takes me right to the website I'm wanting to go to. One thing that I didn't know I could do before this tech tip was that you can organize bookmarks into folders. This was really helpful for me because like I said, I have a lot of bookmarks and now they are neatly organized by class!
How I Feel When I Have to type a URL. Web Source.
Week 14 Story: The Live Mother
Once there was a very happy couple that lived in a small village. After a few years, they bore a child. Shortly after the child was born, the mother got sick and died. The father was quite and distraught and did not know how he as going to take care of the baby or feed it. He decided to hire an old woman to care for the baby.
Nothing the old woman did could calm the baby down. It cried all day and night and refused to eat. However, one night the baby stopped crying as if it was being fed. The old woman thought this was very strange so she stayed up one night to see what it was that was happening. That night she saw someone come into the house after midnight and go up to the baby's room where the baby would immediately stop crying.
The next day, the old woman told the baby's father about this and he decided to gather other people in the village to stay up one night to try and figure out who it was sneaking into their house every night. That night when the mysterious figure went into the baby's room, the villagers shined a light in it's face. They gasped in terror as they saw that it was the dead mother.
What happened next was quite magical. After the mother saw that she had been seen, she looked down at her baby, and life suddenly consumed her and she became living once again. The mother, father, and baby lived happily until the baby was grown.
Author's Note: My inspiration for this story comes from the Russian Folktales Unit. The story was called The Dead Mother. I kept the majority of the story the same except for the ending. In the original, when the mother saw that she had been seen, she looked down at the baby and then disappeared. They then saw that the baby had died. I thought this was a very dark ending so I wanted to make it happier by having the mother coming back to life and living happily with her husband and baby.
Bibliography: Russian Folk Tales by W.R.S. Ralston.
Nothing the old woman did could calm the baby down. It cried all day and night and refused to eat. However, one night the baby stopped crying as if it was being fed. The old woman thought this was very strange so she stayed up one night to see what it was that was happening. That night she saw someone come into the house after midnight and go up to the baby's room where the baby would immediately stop crying.
The next day, the old woman told the baby's father about this and he decided to gather other people in the village to stay up one night to try and figure out who it was sneaking into their house every night. That night when the mysterious figure went into the baby's room, the villagers shined a light in it's face. They gasped in terror as they saw that it was the dead mother.
What happened next was quite magical. After the mother saw that she had been seen, she looked down at her baby, and life suddenly consumed her and she became living once again. The mother, father, and baby lived happily until the baby was grown.
Happy Mother and Baby. Web Source.
Author's Note: My inspiration for this story comes from the Russian Folktales Unit. The story was called The Dead Mother. I kept the majority of the story the same except for the ending. In the original, when the mother saw that she had been seen, she looked down at the baby and then disappeared. They then saw that the baby had died. I thought this was a very dark ending so I wanted to make it happier by having the mother coming back to life and living happily with her husband and baby.
Bibliography: Russian Folk Tales by W.R.S. Ralston.
Reading Notes, Russian Fairy Tales: Part B
These notes are from a few stories in the Russian Fairy Tales reading part B.
(The Witch Girl)
In a village there was a witch that came in a different house and killed all its members. One day a coassack asked to stay the night in a families home and they said he could only if he did not fear death. He was not afraid and kept watch while the family slept. At midnight a witch dressed in white climbed in the window and as she was about to sprinkle death the cossack chopped off her arm and she ran away. The next day the family was overjoyed to find that they were all still alive. They went around to the other houses to check on the families and one family's daughter was ill. The cossack saw the sick girl was missing an arm and knew immediately that she was the witch. He told them what happened, was awarded a great sum of honey, and the witch girl was drowned.
(The Two Friends)
There were two friends who were so close they regarded themselves as brothers. They made a pact that whoever got married first would invite the other to his wedding whether they were alive or dead. One day, one of the friends fell ill and died. When it was time for the other friend to get married he went to his friends grave to invite him to his wedding. When he invited him, the dead friend came out from his grave and asked him to have a drink with him. At first he resisted but finally gave in. While drinking the first drink, 100 years passed. After the second drink, 200 years passed. And then after the 3rd drink 300 years had passed and the friend said that was enough and it was time to go marry his bride. However, when he came out of the grave, he found that everything was different. He ran to the village, and it too was different and he knew no one. He went to the priest and told what happened and the priest checked the records and sure enough 300 years ago a groom disappeared into a graveyard and his wife to be eventually married someone else.
(The Witch Girl)
In a village there was a witch that came in a different house and killed all its members. One day a coassack asked to stay the night in a families home and they said he could only if he did not fear death. He was not afraid and kept watch while the family slept. At midnight a witch dressed in white climbed in the window and as she was about to sprinkle death the cossack chopped off her arm and she ran away. The next day the family was overjoyed to find that they were all still alive. They went around to the other houses to check on the families and one family's daughter was ill. The cossack saw the sick girl was missing an arm and knew immediately that she was the witch. He told them what happened, was awarded a great sum of honey, and the witch girl was drowned.
(The Two Friends)
There were two friends who were so close they regarded themselves as brothers. They made a pact that whoever got married first would invite the other to his wedding whether they were alive or dead. One day, one of the friends fell ill and died. When it was time for the other friend to get married he went to his friends grave to invite him to his wedding. When he invited him, the dead friend came out from his grave and asked him to have a drink with him. At first he resisted but finally gave in. While drinking the first drink, 100 years passed. After the second drink, 200 years passed. And then after the 3rd drink 300 years had passed and the friend said that was enough and it was time to go marry his bride. However, when he came out of the grave, he found that everything was different. He ran to the village, and it too was different and he knew no one. He went to the priest and told what happened and the priest checked the records and sure enough 300 years ago a groom disappeared into a graveyard and his wife to be eventually married someone else.
Graveyards and Death. A common theme in the Russian Folk Stories. Web Source.
Bibliography: Russian Folk Tales by W.R.S Ralston.
Sunday, April 15, 2018
Reading Notes: Russian Folktales: Part A
This weeks notes are from the Russian Folktales Unit. There were a lot of different stories in Part A, and these notes consist of a few that I found most interesting and that I could see myself using for my story this week.
(The Dead Mother)
There was a couple that had a baby. Shortly after, the mother died and the husband was at loss how he was going to take care of, and nourish the baby. So he hired an older woman to take care of it. However, nothing she could do would calm the baby and it cried all day and did not eat. One night, the baby suddenly stopped crying and the old woman found this quite odd. It continued to happen and so she began to watch and found that someone was coming into the house at night and going to the baby's room. She alerted the husband of this and so he brought in others to stake out one night and see who it was that was coming every night and calming the baby. That night when the person came in, they shown a light and saw that it was the dead mother. They were terrified and when the mother saw that she had been seen she looked down at the baby and disappeared. They then saw that the baby was dead.
(The Water Snake)
There was a girl bathing in a pond. While she was bathing a snake laid upon her robes and would not get off of them unless she agreed to marry him. She agreed knowing it was not possible for her to marry a snake and she went home and forgot about it. A few weeks later, tons of snakes went to her cottage and drug the girl back into the pond. When they reached the water they all turned into men and women. She lived down there for three years and had two children. One day she went to visit her mother and said that when she came back she would cry out for her husband to come and get her. That night while the girl was sleeping, her mother went to the pond and cried out for her daughter's husband and when he came out she chopped off his head. The daughter found out about this and was very distraught. She sent her daughter to be a wren, her son to be a nightengale, and herself a cuckoo.
(The Dead Mother)
There was a couple that had a baby. Shortly after, the mother died and the husband was at loss how he was going to take care of, and nourish the baby. So he hired an older woman to take care of it. However, nothing she could do would calm the baby and it cried all day and did not eat. One night, the baby suddenly stopped crying and the old woman found this quite odd. It continued to happen and so she began to watch and found that someone was coming into the house at night and going to the baby's room. She alerted the husband of this and so he brought in others to stake out one night and see who it was that was coming every night and calming the baby. That night when the person came in, they shown a light and saw that it was the dead mother. They were terrified and when the mother saw that she had been seen she looked down at the baby and disappeared. They then saw that the baby was dead.
(The Water Snake)
There was a girl bathing in a pond. While she was bathing a snake laid upon her robes and would not get off of them unless she agreed to marry him. She agreed knowing it was not possible for her to marry a snake and she went home and forgot about it. A few weeks later, tons of snakes went to her cottage and drug the girl back into the pond. When they reached the water they all turned into men and women. She lived down there for three years and had two children. One day she went to visit her mother and said that when she came back she would cry out for her husband to come and get her. That night while the girl was sleeping, her mother went to the pond and cried out for her daughter's husband and when he came out she chopped off his head. The daughter found out about this and was very distraught. She sent her daughter to be a wren, her son to be a nightengale, and herself a cuckoo.
Water Snake. Web Source.
Bibliography: Russian Fairy Tales by Ralston.
Week 13 Story: Alice and Humpty Dumpty
While Alice was walking along the forest she came to a tall wall with a weird looking egg sitting on top of it. Alice found this quite odd and went up to the egg who introduced himself as Humpty Dumpty.
"Oh! Humpty Dumpty from the nursery rhyme!" Alice said.
"Nursery rhyme? I do not know what you are talking about." said Humpty.
Alice warned Humpty that it might be safer for him to get down off the wall, so that he doesn't fall and break. Humpty was sure that this would not happen and told her that even if it did, the King promised to send all his horses and all of his men.
"Yes, but they won't be able to put you back together again." said Alice.
"Why must you talk so much nonsense?" Humpty said.
Alice didn't want to cause an argument so she gave Humpy a compliment on his belt he was wearing. This frustrated Humpty becasue he was wearing a cravat, not a belt. He told Alice that she was quite unintelligent for mixing up the two and that she best be on her way. Alice was angered at this point as well and said "Fine, until we meet again."
Humpty replied back, "Even if we did meet again, I would not recognize you. Your face it too ordinary. You have two eyes, a nose, and a mouth just like everyone else. It would be better if your mouth was above your eyes."
Alice decided to ignore this comment and walk away. As she was muttering under her breath to herself about how grumpy Humpty was, she heard a large crash behind her. She quickly turned around and saw that Humpty had fallen off his wall and broken into a million pieces.
"Hmph!" she said. "Serves him right for being so rude!"
"Oh! Humpty Dumpty from the nursery rhyme!" Alice said.
"Nursery rhyme? I do not know what you are talking about." said Humpty.
Alice warned Humpty that it might be safer for him to get down off the wall, so that he doesn't fall and break. Humpty was sure that this would not happen and told her that even if it did, the King promised to send all his horses and all of his men.
"Yes, but they won't be able to put you back together again." said Alice.
"Why must you talk so much nonsense?" Humpty said.
Alice didn't want to cause an argument so she gave Humpy a compliment on his belt he was wearing. This frustrated Humpty becasue he was wearing a cravat, not a belt. He told Alice that she was quite unintelligent for mixing up the two and that she best be on her way. Alice was angered at this point as well and said "Fine, until we meet again."
Humpty replied back, "Even if we did meet again, I would not recognize you. Your face it too ordinary. You have two eyes, a nose, and a mouth just like everyone else. It would be better if your mouth was above your eyes."
Alice decided to ignore this comment and walk away. As she was muttering under her breath to herself about how grumpy Humpty was, she heard a large crash behind her. She quickly turned around and saw that Humpty had fallen off his wall and broken into a million pieces.
"Hmph!" she said. "Serves him right for being so rude!"
Alice and Humpty. Web Source.
Author's note: My inspiration for this story came from the Humpty Dumpty section in Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll. I kept my story mostly the same but elaborated in the middle section when Alice and Humpty are talking about his famous nursery rhyme (that is not so famous to him). In the original I found it interesting that Humpty did not know that he was a storybook character and so I added dialogue between him and Alice to better explain that. I kept Humpty's grumpy character the same because I thought it was an interesting take. For the ending, the original text mentions the large crash but never says what it was. I decided to go ahead and tag on the ending of Humpty falling off the wall as "karma" for being so rude to Alice.
Bibliography: Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll.
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