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Browsing the Storybooks and Finding Your Favorites

 

This assignment is the first step in creating your own semester-long project. There are actually two types of projects, Storybooks and Portfolios, and you'll be learning more about the Portfolio option when we get to Week 4. Here is a randomizer that shows Storybooks at random from both classes; reload the page for more. You can also click on the Myth-Folklore link or the Indian Epics link to see a link list of all the past projects.

 

MYTH-FOLKLORE

INDIAN EPICS


 

For this assignment, I want to introduce you to the kinds of stories you will be writing in this class, and then you will browse some of these Storybooks created by former students. So, the assignment has three parts — introduction to story-writing, browsing the Storybooks, and then writing a blog post. The whole assignment should take about one hour to complete.

 

PART ONE: Introduction to story-writing in this class.

 

The writing you will be doing for this class will not be traditional academic writing: not an essay, not a critique, not a research paper. Instead, you will be writing stories, retelling traditional stories in your own way. You might stick very closely to the traditional story, keeping the same plot and characters and setting, but just telling it in your own words. Or else you might start playing with the story. You might change the plot, for example: you could change the ending of the story, or write a sequel or a prequel. You might change the characters: you could try a gender-swap, or turn a story about humans into a story about animals, or vice versa. There are no limits to the ways you might re-tell a story.

 

As you browse through past Storybook projects for the class, you will see a huge range of storytelling styles and strategies. You will also see a huge range of topics that people have chosen to work on.

 

For the next part of this assignment, you will browse through Storybooks from past semesters, and hopefully that will start sparking some ideas for a project of your own.

 

PART TWO: Browse the archive and find some favorites.

 

Find your favorites. You can use the randomizer at the top of this page and/or browse the class lists for Myth-Folklore and Indian Epics to see what Storybooks people have created in past semesters. When you find a Storybook that inspires or intrigues you, click the title to see the actual project. You should read the Introduction to see what the project is about, and you might also want to read some of the stories too. Bookmark the Storybooks that you like the most and/or keep those browser tabs open (you will need those links to write your blog post).

 

Then, when you have found THREE Storybooks that you really like, you are ready to write your post.

 

PART THREE: Write a blog post about your favorites.

 

After you have chosen three Storybooks you like, you can write your blog post. For each Storybook, you need to provide a LINK to the Storybook, along with the title, plus a PARAGRAPH about each one, sharing your thoughts and impressions. If you are not sure what to write about, here are some questions that you can use as prompts:

  • Topic: Is the topic something that is familiar to you already, or is it something entirely new? Did the title do a good job of letting you know what the Storybook was about?
  • Introduction: Does the Introduction do a good job of explaining the topic and prompting you to want to read the stories? Do you see some creative style of Introduction that really grabs your attention?
  • Design: Overall, what do you think of the physical layout of the pages overall, the use of images, the navigation? Do you see any design features that you might want to use in your own project?

 

When you are done, you should have three paragraphs, one about each Storybook that you picked out as a favorite. Hopefully this blog post will be useful as you keeping exploring the Storybooks and then plan out your own project in the weeks to come.

 

Image. You need to include at least one image in the post, and make sure to include image information for the image(s) in your post (i.e. a caption, plus a link to your web source). You can use one of the images from one of the Storybooks you are looking at, or some other other image if you want. If you are already getting ideas for your own project, you can find an image related to the topic you think you might want to write about!

 

Finishing the post. When there are specific things you need to do in a post, you will find that in the Gradebook Declaration. For this assignment, that means:

  • LINKS. Make sure to have a link to each Storybook you chose.
  • LENGTH. Your post should be at least 300 words long. You might want to install a word-count tool in your browser (for Chrome, Chrome Word Count is good!), or you can copy and paste the text into this box for a count: Word Count Tool.
  • TITLE: Please include the words "Storybook Favorites" in the title of the post.
  • LABEL: Use "Week 1" as the label for the post.

 

When you're done, you can complete the Declaration, and then you can move on to the next assignment: writing your class Introduction blog post.

 

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:

I have published a blog post in which I discuss at least THREE Storybooks.

LINKS. I have included a link to each Storybook.

LENGTH. My post is a minimum of 300 words long.

PROOFREADING. I have proofread the post by reading it out loud.

IMAGE. My post contains at least one image with Image Information.

TITLE: I have included the words "Storybook Favorites" in the title of the post.

LABEL: I have used "Week 1" as the label for the post.

 

And if you are curious about how this works in the Canvas Gradebook, take a look at your total points in the upper right-hand corner: you should have accumulated 14 points so far!

 

 

 

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