Community and You

Turn to page 95 in Writing and Community Action and complete the “Writing to Discover” prompt. ("List at least six communities --large and small, formal and informal -- to which you belong. Pick two. For each, write a paragraph that describes how and why that community matters to you.

Now, out of the two communities that you have written about pick the one that means the most to you and answer the following questions:

1) What primary role(s) do you play in that community?

2) What are the most important things you get from that community?

3) What are some of the problems, issues, or tensions in that community?

Post the list, 2 paragraphs and 3 questions answered on your blog titled, Community and You.

Progress Assessment

Today in class we will spend some time assessing your progress this semester. Take a look at all the assignments thus far and make a list of assignments that you have enjoyed doing the most, and then make a list of the assignments not yet completed (if any).

Reflect on those assignments that you enjoyed and those that you have not yet done and answer the following questions: What did you like about particular assignments? What did you not like about others? What has prevented you from completing particular assignments? If you had more time, what would you work on? How is your progress this semester related to your strengths and weaknesses?

Title your next blog posting: Progress Assessment. Post your list and the answers to the reflection questions.

Fairy Tales

I. READ
Read at least three fairy tales on line.
The Classics in HTML & Text versions: http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/elmer/infocentral/stories/grimm/index.html

Grimms & Anderson: http://www.best-childrens-books.com/list-of-fairy-tales.html#fairy-tale-lists

Scroll down for the full text fairy tales here: http://www.childrenstory.com/tales/


II. BRAINSTORM LIST
Title your new blog post Fairy Tales and list the 3 fairy tales that you read. Think about what all of these fairy tales have in common. COME UP WITH A LIST OF AT LEAST 4 TO 5 CHARACTERISTICS OF FAIRY TALES.

III. APPLY CONCEPT Return to Push and Precious. Go through EACH of the four to five characteristics of fairy tales you came up with above and apply them to the novel and movie. Write a few sentences for each characteristic and explain why you think it applies (or not).

IV. WRITE YOUR OWN FAIRY TALE OF YOUR LIFE Begin writing a fairy tale of your own life. Spend some time brainstorming what you want your fairy tale to be like and adhere to the conventions and characteristics of fairy tales that you identified above. You can make up magical characters, contexts, and events. Be creative and have fun with this assignment!

Post your Fairy Tale on your Blog with the title, "My Fairy Tale". Bring a printed copy of your Fairy Tale with you to class next week.