Week 15: Writing for Myth Folklore

Because I had taken the Indian Epics class last semester, I was familiar with the set up for this class. I knew what to expect out of the assignments, but I was surprised that this class required a little more writing, although I was completely fine with that. In Indian Epics, we were required to take quizzes over the reading we did. Instead, for Myth Folklore, we are able to create a Reading Diary to take notes about the stories we were reading for each unit. I think I liked this option better because the Reading Diary helped me substantially on the Storytelling for each week. I can't think of one time when I did not refer to my Reading Diary when writing my Storytelling. The Reading Diary allowed me to look back and remember what I read the day or two days before. I chose to create a Storybook for this class which I really enjoyed doing. I love the idea of creating our own stories from original stories. I love seeing everyone's creativity, and it allowed me to try to use idea from my classmates. Maybe one suggestion for storybook comments would be to require every comment to include a suggestion for how the student could better their Storybook. A lot of people comment was great encouragement, but I noticed few students gave suggestions on how to make the story better. Some students may be uncomfortable with telling someone that they should fix something, but I think constructive criticism is a good thing.