Week 8 Reading and Writing

I am really happy with my work so far for this course! Honestly I was really worried about having a class that involved so much writing and creativity, but the outcomes have been better than I expected. I am happy with the blog layout I chose and writing the stories are not as hard as I thought it would be. I really think reading a full unit before creating your blog post is helpful. My first story for the storybook project went really well, but I do need to add a bit more to the end before starting the next part. I would have to say my biggest accomplishment would be the Alice's Friends website. I do need to work on giving classmate's feedback because it is difficult for me to read another person's story and give criticism. The reading note strategy that has worked best for me is picking out what stands out about each story. This can mean talking about the setting or a certain character I really liked or even disliked. The strategy helps me remember which story was which and gives me ideas for all aspects of my own story. My favorite readings so far have come from the Looking-Glass stories. I think having students write stories biweekly instead of every week keeps the energy up! I should put more effort into 'reading like a writer' when I am commenting on classmate's work as the class moves forward. When it comes to writing I think I can work on my creativity skills and word usage. I chose to include the pomegranate photo because the Mythology Crash Course video was my favorite assignment outside of the unit readings from class.

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