Thursday, August 28, 2014

Class Work

Leftovers!
What is story telling? Some experts share their views: http://www.aaronshep.com/storytelling/quotes.html (Take a slip - read the quotation - tell if you agree with the "expert" and explain your response. This is an oral activity!)

 How does one tell a good story?

video : http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AsV5M5fHv6NgYDXxUG3EqdibvZx4?p=how+to+tell+a+story&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-900

• http://www.ehow.com/how_2063128_tell-story.html
• http://www.wikihow.com/Tell-a-Story
• http://www.aaronshep.com/storytelling/Tips1.html

New Stuff

Time to share a story at your table. You may have a note or two, but you may not read from a book. That is an activity for another day. Be brave. HAVE FUN!

Now, elect one story teller from your table to share with the class.
For homework, you were asked to read the introduction in Best-Loved Folktales and make a bulleted list of 15 important points. Please take the list, talk to the person across the table, and share lists. Did you agree on the most important points?




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Now, on with the show!

1. Warm-ups: Facial expressions, motions, voice, eye contact.
2. You will join a group of 5, you are the 5th.
3. Write your name on the rubric. Hand the rubric to another in the group to evaluate you as a story teller.

• 5=Fantastic!
• 1 = Keep trying.

4. Tell your story to the group. The group will evaluate your presentation. (Do not fear, you have a voice in the evaluation!)

5. Each group needs to select one story teller to present to the class. Do not worry if you are not selected; you will have a chance in the future, I promise!

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Definition of summary: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/summary

Steps to use when writing a summary:

1. Read the article.
2. Without looking at the article, list the most important things you remember about the things you read.
3. Read the article again.
4. Add to your list of important things.
5. Turn your list into a paragraph or two. Make it conversational.
6. Be sure to give credit to your original source. Include the URL. Look for an author and date.

Creation stories - Compare and Contrast

Homework:  Watch two creation myths as told on YouTube. Here are some suggestions. Others are available. Feel free to select different cultures.

Site of 40 creation myths:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koxp_q46z0Q&list=PLDFB99FC5A036A7CD

Inca Creation Myth:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9ZZFCIncA0&index=3&list=PL32257ECAC08445A3
 

Egyption Creation Myth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTy49JlgJZE

Greek Creation Myth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxoRWD-RwtU

Aboriginal Creation Myth – Australia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koxp_q46z0Q

Hindu Creation Myth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9yWwFWpbRo

Three Native American Creation Myths: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3XoYZgvEH8

Maori Creation Myth in Sand Art Presentation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDzz_eDq3LE

Grandmother Spider Creation Myth: (A story teller tells this one – good use of voice and facial expression.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNBNGL9uLCI

2. Complete a comparison/contrast chart showing the similarities and differences between the two stories.

Sample comparison/contrast charts: http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=image&fr=yfp-t-900&va=comparison+and+contrast+charts

Post your chart in CANVAS.

First Day of Class.

Favorite Stories and YOU!

Welcome to World Folklore!

Class Work

1. Getting to know you -
http://www.icebreakers.ws/small-group/connecting-stories.html
 

• When you were a child, what was your favorite story?
• Why did you like the story? Do you still like the tale? Elaborate.
• If you have children or plan to have children, would you share that story with them? Why or why not?
• What lessons did the characters learn in the story?

2. Syllabus overview - see CANVAS.

2. Partner challenge: Get with someone who shares your birth month. Together create of list of folktales you know. Prizes will be awarded for the longest list!

3. As you review your list of tales, what would you say would be the qualities of folktales? This is the beginning of your personal definition of folktales. Hold onto to this as you will need it for a homework assignment.

4. Let's look at some basics of story telling:

What is story telling? Some experts share their views: http://www.aaronshep.com/storytelling/quotes.html (Take a slip - read the quotation - tell if you agree with the "expert" and explain your response. This is an oral activity!)

 How does one tell a good story?

video : http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=AsV5M5fHv6NgYDXxUG3EqdibvZx4?p=how+to+tell+a+story&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8&fr=yfp-t-900

• http://www.ehow.com/how_2063128_tell-story.html
• http://www.wikihow.com/Tell-a-Story
• http://www.aaronshep.com/storytelling/Tips1.html

Homework:

1. Find a folktale to share with a group of five or six on Thursday. You must be able to tell the story in 1-2 minutes. You might consider sharing that favorite tale from childhood! Use facial expressions. Use arm movements. Use vocal inflection. Make eye contact. Practice, practice, practice before you come to class. Amaze and engage your fellow story tellers! Each group will "elect" one story teller to share with the entire class. (25 point activity)

2. Read the Introduction in Best-Loved Folktales of the World. Complete the following in 15 bulleted points:

Folktales and fairy tales are: ...
(List the 15 most important points from the Introduction.)

 Bring the list to class on Thursday. (Post on CANVAS.)

Update your photo on CANVAS! Selfies are fine.

Exam Day!

Welcome to the last day of class.

First, let's finish the wedding presentations. If you have not presented, please volunteer. I do not want to take the time to search for you! Thanks.

Look at Canvas. I sent notes to some of you because your papers or PowerPoint presentations would not open in the format you used. Try saving the PowerPoints in an older version and resubmitting or sending them via attachment to me in Canvas.

Now, on with the exam!

The Exam Activity

Folklore is defined as the traditional beliefs, practices, customs, stories, jokes, and songs (etc.) of a people, handed down orally or behaviorally from individual to individuals. Keep this definition in mind as you work on the exam activity.

Hop into a time machine and travel 1,000 years to the future. The location is up to you. As a visitor to this time and place, you have been asked to tell a story of the 20^th or 21^st century. Today’s facts will become tomorrow’s folklore.  

What story will you select?  Take a look at the types of folktales from the list at the link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarne%E2%80%93Thompson_classification_system#Formula_Tales  

Look through the titles in your Folklore text to gather ideas from the past for your story set in the future.

Think about it. Will you talk about technology and how “magical” it was? Perhaps you will discuss animals and the pets we kept. A villain from the current news might become the ogre of our time and make the perfect demon in your tale. Are there any lessons that were or should have been learned by the young in our society? What about transportation? Cinderella traveled in a coach made out of a pumpkin. Are our cars, trains, or planes any less amazing? Do we practice any traditions that might serve as the basis of your tale? Current media presents many “Prince Charmings and Princesses.”

The content is up to you. However, you must tell a story. That means you have a 20^th or 21^st century setting as well as characters, plot, conflict, resolution, and message.

Take about five minutes to jot down some possible ideas and discuss your thoughts with others at your table or in the room. Really talk! Share suggestions. Take notes.

You now have the next 60 minutes to write the folktale/story you would share with the people in the 31^st century.

I suggest that you compose in WORD and then copy/paste into CANVAS. E-mail the document to yourself or save it on a jump-drive just in case CANVAS gets crazy!

Check with me after you submit your story to make sure that Canvas gave it to me!

Grades should post tomorrow afternoon. If not, look for them Monday morning.

Have a wonderful holiday. I wish you well in the future. It has been a pleasure to work with you this semester.

Class Work

1. Singing time!
2. Wedding Day!
3. Exam considerations.

Our exam is next Thursday 2:00-3:50 in our regular classroom. You must be physically present on the day of the exam! Bring your Folklore book! No out-of-class study is required.

Class Work

More ballads...

John HenryListen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6vcvYJCkic
Read: http://www.elyrics.net/read/p/pete-seeger-lyrics/john-henry-lyrics.ht

Devil Went Down to Georgia
Words: http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/daniels-charlie/devil-went-down-to-georgia-10926.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgvfRSzmMoU Watch

Traditional Ballad Schemes
A
A
B
B

OR
A
B
C
B

OR
A
B
B
A


Add a chorus . . . this may be short. . . nonsense words are fine!

You need to write with a predictable rhythm. It is OK to borrow a tune from a familiar tune such as Mary Had a Little Lamb, Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, or Row, Row, Row Your Boat. Other borrowed tunes are OK. See if you can find the origin of the tune and possibly the author.


Write a ballad of at least five stanzas and a chorus.  You may work with a group. Follow a prescribed rhythm and rhyme scheme.

Ballads could:

• Tell of a real event or not . . .
• Contain mystical or magical elements
• Focus on a larger-than-life character
• Focus on someone or some event from history
• Can be work songs
• Might be love songs . . . often tragic or sad
• Tell a story

Be ready to sing or chant Today! Post in CANVAS . You may use the music from an existing ballad or song to help you along. (Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star comes to mind.)

Homework

We have not yet discussed marriage customs.
1. Select a country, religious, or ethnic group to use as the focus of the study. Tell me your choice before leaving class today. There are plenty of countries to go around. I do not want more than two people reporting on the same topic.
2. Describe the dating customs first. In some cultures the bride and groom do not meet prior to the wedding.
3. What are the engagement practices?
4. How are people invited to the wedding? Who must come? What are the preparations? Are there invitations?
5. Where do typical weddings take place? How does the place look? Are there special preparations for the wedding. For example, in some Christian American weddings that take place at a church, there are often flowers in the chapel.
6. What happens at the official wedding ceremony? Who officiates?
7. What does the bride wear? What does the groom wear? Describe. In some cultures, the bride wears red! As recently as the turn of the last century, blue was a color of choice in weddings in America.
8. Are others in the wedding party? Identify those people.
9. How is the hopefully happy couple presented to those present?
10 What are some after-wedding celebrations? Is there a reception? If so, what happens? What does the place look like?
11. How is the happy couple sent off to their "happily ever after?"

You may decide to do this report as a PowerPoint, essay, news story, or pamphlet. Be sure to include all 11 items. We will share on Thursday. A Canvas space will be available. Post there.


FYI: Our exam in one week from Thursday. You must come to class on the day of the exam- no exceptions!  I will tell you what to expect on the exam this Thursday. Bring your Folklore book to the exam. Our exam begins at 2:00 pm and runs to 3:50. This is a change from our regular 2:30 start time. Plan accordingly.

November 26, 2013

Class Work

BALLADS!\\Ballads  Here is what they are!
http://www.poetrysoup.com/definition/ballad
http://www.poeticterminology.net/05-ballad-poems.htm

This was the homework:
Find a ballad. Listen to the music and story. Share the link on CANVAS and explain why you like or do not like the ballad.
Consider these sources:
Here is a list of 100 Rock and Roll ballads. These are not all "traditional" ballads. Find one you recognize. http://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_balladsddd.html You might be able to find a performance of it on YouTube.

Here is a link to some traditional ballads. http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/BalladSearch.html
http://www.contemplator.com/folk.html

In addition,
Find a ballad from a culture of your choice. Tell the story in your own words. In a brief paragraph, share why you selected the ballad and explain how the ballad relates to the culture and/or historical event.

Let's share what you found. . .
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Together, let's explore a few more ballads.

Barbara Allen
http://www.etni.org.il/music/barbaraallen.htm (Watch the words as you listen to the song.)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFHTJ08U_Fg
James Harris
http://www.poetryofscotland.co.uk/Ballads/daemon.php Short Version
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch243.htm

Listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DT2G-OuRxVE

John Henry
Listen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6vcvYJCkic
Read: http://www.elyrics.net/read/p/pete-seeger-lyrics/john-henry-lyrics.ht

Devil Went Down to Georgia
Words: http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/daniels-charlie/devil-went-down-to-georgia-10926.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgvfRSzmMoU Watch

Traditional Ballad Schemes
A
A
B
B

OR
A
B
C
B

Add a chorus . . . this may be short. . . nonsense words are fine!

Write a ballad of at least five stanzas and a chorus.  You may work with a group. Follow a prescribed rhyme scheme.

Ballads:

• Tell of a real event or not . . .
• Contain mystical or magical elements
• Focus on a larger-than-life character
• Can be work songs
• Might be love songs . . . usually tragic or sad
• Tell a story

Be ready to sing or chant on Tuesday! Post in CANVAS on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013. You may use the music from an existing ballad or song to help you along. (Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star comes to mind.)

Class Work
A Funny Thanksgiving Song ... to begin our day!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UODvu6As4Ug&list=RDZl5r76hVYF0
1. Have you posted your recipe? Please do so. An electronic booklet will be available for our class to vieand use. Thanksgiving is just around the corner!

2. What is your group serving? Share your menu with the class. Picture, too, if they are available. Then, share the history of no more than two food items. (Leave some stories for the other groups!)
Be sure your group work is posted and that the names of all participants appear on the first "page." Only one person in your group needs to post.

3. Honor's Project Presentation!

4. Songs!
"Over the River and Through the Woods
Lyrics:
 http://www.songsforteaching.com/folk/overtheriverandthroughthewoods.php
Pictures - Sing along!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkQS681AotU&list=RDZl5r76hVYF0

"Five Little Turkeys"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UODvu6As4Ug&list=RDZl5r76hVYF0


Ballads
 Here is what it is!
http://www.poetrysoup.com/definition/ballad
http://www.poeticterminology.net/05-ballad-poems.htm

Homework:
Find a ballad. Listen to the music and story. Share the link on CANVAS and explain why you like or do not like the ballad.
Consider these sources:
Here is a list of 100 Rock and Roll ballads. These are not all "traditional" ballads. Find one you recognize. http://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_balladsddd.html You might be able to find a performance of it on YouTube.

Here is a link to some traditional ballads. http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/BalladSearch.html
http://www.contemplator.com/folk.html

In addition,
Find a ballad from a culture of your choice. Tell the story in your own words. In a brief paragraph, share why you selected the ballad and explain how the ballad relates to the culture and/or historical event.
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If time permits . . . A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving . . . this is part of America's tradition.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prz6FLIHkQw