Myth-Folklore 2020

These notes are from a playlist of Crash Course Myth videos on YouTube   Video #1: What is a Myth? Slurpee of knowledge lol (combines different things--difficult subject) Myths are super old and have multiple versions (like I've seen in this class) I've written some new versions myself lol Myth can be read as a story, not so much about religious beliefs  "Stories that people have used in a variety of ways over time" Most don't have namable authors They used older stories, simply wrote them or told them in another way Hard to give it a good definition Myth usually means it's not true (story that is false-isn't made to be taken as an actual event or something that really happened) However, a lot of times, they are (or were) taken as fact or reality  People still question them Means "Story" "Myth is a story, but it's a special kind of story, that for the purposes of [Crash Course Myth] has two primary characteristics: significance and stayi...

 For this story lab, I read the Empoword chapter 2, which is about the basics of story writing. I wanted to read this section so that I could get ideas on how to teach story writing in my future ELA classroom. I really enjoyed this resource, and it gave some cool activities and suggestions. One idea would be to have students write 3 stories based on the cropped pictures! It had some zoomed in photography, and each story would have a different point, even though it's ultimately the same picture.  I also liked how it gave the basic story arch, and plot sequence. That includes things like rising action, falling action, climax, etc. However, they mention that this is only one way to tell a story. It's the most common, but it's also kind of boring. You can adjust things about the plot to add interest and originality to a story. For example, you can start at the rising action, and loop back around to the exposition. I like all the graphics that they used and the charting. I feel...