Myth-Folklore

I like that we are studying these feedback strategies. As we discussed last week, feedback is an important element for improving ourselves and the work that we do. In other classes, specifically ones where we post discussions online and have to give our feedback as part of our assignment, I have always dreaded the task. There is a pressure to get the reply post submitted and this has affected the quality of my feedback, as well as others. One of the articles that I read was, How To Give Students Specific Feedback That Actually Helps Them Learn . In this article, I learned how to make my feedback "goal-oriented." In other classes, I am guilty of replying with, "Good job," "this is amazing," etc., because I found myself running out of time, I did not want to be the 'bad guy', and mainly because I did not know how to give effective feedback. Having learned this new technique, it will be easier to expand on other people's ideas, maybe throw out an ...

(Ink drawing of a merman by Lady Orlando. Source: Flickr ) One of the sources that I am using is the idea of the "stolen child's perspective," number twelve in  Dan L. Ashliman's essay on the topic of Changelings . My story's setting is placed in various locations across the ocean. In my story, I will be using a sea monster, i.e., the Kraken, as the kidnapper. In traditional Changeling stories, the parent(s) realized the child is not theirs and is given information on how to get their infant back; However, I am spinning the story around where the parents are unaware of the exchange and their infant is raised by the sea monster. In my story, it is up to the abducted child to realize he is being imprisoned and to figure out how he is going to escape. Somehow I would like to incorporate the Name of the Helper , which D. L. Ashliman gives many different versions of this story on his website. The name of the helper character could go many ways: it could ...

Ovid's Metamorphoses III , translated by Tony Kline Daedalus and Icarus I thought the plot of this story was unique because it started off with the story of,  The Minotaur, Theseus, and Ariadne , which introduced King Minos and Daedalus. Then the story changes to a third-person point of view of Daedalus and his son Icarus. The use of a metamorphosis in this story are the wings that Daedalus constructed. Typically, when I think of a metamorphosis I imagine a physical transformation. I was surprised to see it used differently and can picture some different ways that I can incorporate in one of my stories in the future. An important event that caught my attention was Icarus' death. The use of foreshadowing revealed how Icarus' ignorance led to his inevitable death. Icarus falling from the sky. Source: Wikimedia Lelex tells of Philemon and Baucis Something that I will have to attempt is the use of 'beautiful sentences'. The story of  Philemon ...