Feedback Strategies

I read Five Reasons to Stop Saying Good Job and it really enlightened me. Since my nephew was born we would tell him good job for everything he did, no matter what. It always made him smiled and he knew it was a positive reinforcement. Now that he is older, I can tell that some of the things in this article were true. He relies on positive feedback from people even when he is in the wrong. He relies on being this idea of 'good' we have reinforced into him since he was just a baby. It is weird to see how this reinforcement works but it is all so strange.

I also read How to Give Feedback Without Sounding Like a Jerk. The title of it made me laugh, but it is so true. Whenever you give any type of feedback and it is not positive, they think you are out to get them. They explain in this article very nicely on how to deliver the notes you have without upsetting the other party. It is a nice refresher on etiquette and knowing how to not ruin a relationship with someone else by hurting their feelings.

( photo by me) 

Because instead of saying good job, we just give out cookies. 

Lunar Legends - Topic Research

For my final project, I think I have decided to focus on Lunar Legends. There are many different things I can talk about instead of just refining myself to one type of story. I have already been reading stories about the moon from the Freebookapalooza. I downloaded the book Moon Lores on Amazon. In this, there are several different stories in one big book! I figured this would be the book I read the most to focus on what I should do for my project. In this book, I plan to use about 8 of the stories in it and pick ideas from all of them. The first story I am really reading into is,"Other Moon Myths." It just talks about the basics of why there are certain myths about it already. I really liked the idea of the moon is a man and the sun is his wife. The second story i found interesting was the Lunar Eclipses. I thought the story that was used was captivating because of how they told the stories from several different POVs. The third story I liked was "The Man in The Moon Drinks Claret." I enjoyed how it rhymed and it was a really easy read, at least for me. I want my story to be great but also not hard to understand.

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Week 3 Reading A Notes

For this week I am reading the Aesop's Fables (Jacobs) ((again)). I think they are so fun to read. Something I really like that I think I might want to do with my stories is put a meaning quote at the end. they are almost like educational stories and I think that is a super fun way to do it.

I enjoy that there is the use of every animal, but the animals always stick to the same stereotypes as the Lion and Fox. I thought it was a cool idea because you always know what type of characters are in the story and what will happen.

The Aesop Fables are really short and easy to read, I think that is my favorite thing about them. They always have a good message at the end that can be really funny.


Bibliogrpahy
http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/04/aesops-fables-lions-part-2.html

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