What is traditional Literature?
Traditional Literature is the writtan form of stories that are part of the oral tradition of a culture, culture can be an ethnic group within a national border. (p 123)
This is when oral stories become written ones.
For example Cinderela and The Three Little Pigs. They are both traditional stories because there are SOOOOOOOOOO many versions of these books. They are stories that have been told for years, decades, centries and even longer than that too. Traditional literature elements are as follows plot, setting, characterization, style, theme, motifs and variants. Every culture has it's own style of traditional literature.
Traditional story books can get boring after a I really can not do that with this type of literature I am the type of person that needs more excitement that allows me to go beyond out of this world.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Poetry chapter 5
What is poetry? Why do we need it? Why is it important? Who cares about it?
Poetry is a musical language that skips, it sings and it tugs at you with an instant voice that rings in your head.(p89) Poetry creates love, harmony and sound of rhythm. Some people don't understand that poems really don't have to rhyme. I remember when I was in elementary I HATED reading poetry because i did not know how to understand it. I didn't know that you had to analyze the words to find the meaning of the poem. Now that I am older I understand that you don't just have to analyze it because everyone can interpret different meanings of the poem. But if you know the authors history ,and If you know about the type of life he lived. You are better able to understand where the author is coming from. I my comp. 2 class at Palo Alto I learned alot about poems, and I learned how to appreciate it alot better. Poem are all different some are about love, death, suicide, depression, family, everyday life and much much more. Here is one of my favorite poems. Read it analyze it and try to find out what it means.
My Papas Waltz
The whiskey on your breath
Could make a small boy dizzy;
But I hung on like death:
Such waltzing was not easy.
We romped until the pans
Slid from the kitchen shelf;
My mother's countenance
Could not unfrown itself.
The hand that held my wrist
Was battered on one knuckle;
At every step you missed
My right ear scraped a buckle.
You beat time on my head
With a palm caked hard by dirt,
Then waltzed me off to bed
Still clinging to your shirt.
Theodore Roethke
And no this poem is not about the boy having an abusive father. Read it and try to understand it. I really liked this poem after I understood it.
Poetry is a musical language that skips, it sings and it tugs at you with an instant voice that rings in your head.(p89) Poetry creates love, harmony and sound of rhythm. Some people don't understand that poems really don't have to rhyme. I remember when I was in elementary I HATED reading poetry because i did not know how to understand it. I didn't know that you had to analyze the words to find the meaning of the poem. Now that I am older I understand that you don't just have to analyze it because everyone can interpret different meanings of the poem. But if you know the authors history ,and If you know about the type of life he lived. You are better able to understand where the author is coming from. I my comp. 2 class at Palo Alto I learned alot about poems, and I learned how to appreciate it alot better. Poem are all different some are about love, death, suicide, depression, family, everyday life and much much more. Here is one of my favorite poems. Read it analyze it and try to find out what it means.
My Papas Waltz
The whiskey on your breath
Could make a small boy dizzy;
But I hung on like death:
Such waltzing was not easy.
We romped until the pans
Slid from the kitchen shelf;
My mother's countenance
Could not unfrown itself.
The hand that held my wrist
Was battered on one knuckle;
At every step you missed
My right ear scraped a buckle.
You beat time on my head
With a palm caked hard by dirt,
Then waltzed me off to bed
Still clinging to your shirt.
Theodore Roethke
And no this poem is not about the boy having an abusive father. Read it and try to understand it. I really liked this poem after I understood it.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Responding To Literature
Everyone responds to literature differently. It all depends on your back ground, what type of person you are, where you are from , your culture and many more things in order for you to understand and respond to it. My mother, sisters, and I tend to read the same books. We pretty much respond to it the same culturally wise. But at time we don't because of our age differences. I remember when we read the passage and highlighted important word and read it by the eyes of different perspectives. Oh wow that was interesting. Reading like if we were a retailer, a robber and many more.
When choosing a book of your preference always think about, your favorite things, if you like fiction, nonfiction, poetry. Or is there a type of books that you don't enjoy.
These are things I think about when deciding on a book to read.
When choosing a book of your preference always think about, your favorite things, if you like fiction, nonfiction, poetry. Or is there a type of books that you don't enjoy.
These are things I think about when deciding on a book to read.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Go buy books!
Hi everyone I just wanted to post that if you are already buying books for your classroom library you should go check out the Handy Andy store off of High way 90 and Military. I good go and buy brand new books for a dollar there. 95% of the time they have really good books. I have bought allot of my books there. You just have to know how to go around and look. I go at least once every two weeks because they switch the books out often. I wouldn't hurt to go and check them out.
Chapter 3 understanding what we read
Reading is not hard. The hard part is understanding and comprehending what you are reading at the same time. There are times that I my self have to read things twice because I'll start day dreaming while reading. It is very very very possible to read a paragraph, a page or even a book with out knowing what you have read. There have been times that I remember that we had to do required reading for school and in the end we had to write an essay and do a project and students essays and projects would be about something totally different to what the book was about. The problem was that they did not understand, comprehend what the book was about. We as future educators need to find a way to make sure that our students stay engaged in what they are reading. If there is something that catches their attention and they enjoy reading it and understand it, we need to make sure that they keep enjoy reading it. But still at the same time try to make sure they read and understand the required text.
Chapter 2
Chapter two starts talking about culture right away. On page 23 it says that culture goes beyond what different people wear and eat, what holidays they celebrate, and the types of homes they dwell in. I know that in my house my culture is seen right away as soon as you walk in the door. My family and I watch television together 95% of the time. We eat dinner together every night. We listen to music and dance on the nights that we don't watch television. Everything is done as a family. We even go to the stores as a family, just not the mall my dad just gives us the money to go. ha ha I have notice that hispanics, mexicans, and latinos are all about families being united.
At schools there are many types of cultures, at the schools that I went to hispanic culture was the majority. I felt at home at school and in my classes because it was like being at home. The majority of my friends were and are hispanic and even the funny thing is that my anglo friends spoke and understood spanish. I guess because they were so used to being around us and plus we went to school together since we were younger I guess how we say in spanish no mas se les pego el esponol.
Ones' culture in a way has to do with the way they learn and the things they do. Even
the types of books that we read.
At schools there are many types of cultures, at the schools that I went to hispanic culture was the majority. I felt at home at school and in my classes because it was like being at home. The majority of my friends were and are hispanic and even the funny thing is that my anglo friends spoke and understood spanish. I guess because they were so used to being around us and plus we went to school together since we were younger I guess how we say in spanish no mas se les pego el esponol.
Ones' culture in a way has to do with the way they learn and the things they do. Even
the types of books that we read.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Round Robbin and banned books
Oh wow it's late and I am sleepy. But anyways I just wanted to share something with you all. If we have class together I hope you all remember when we were talking about the reading groups the round Robbin thing. Well I remembered when I was younger I was one of those kids who had the books with the big pictures and short words. And it wasn't because I was dumb it was because the dang teacher was an idiot and I guess she thought I was stupid because I had been in bilingual classes. There were times that I did end up filling dumb but that just made me more mad at the teacher. She never took the time to actually let me read to her. If she had done that in the first place she would have seen that I could speak, read, and write in both Spanish and English. So please don't do this when you have your own classroom. Be the type of teacher that listens to all the students and don't just look at them and think, Ah her parents are Mexican what does she know! Ah We know a lot! Last year when I would go to the elementary schools to put hours or just to help out I would love to read to the students. And enjoyed listening to them read to me because reading out loud does help. I sometimes think I should be a librarian because I enjoy kid's books so much.
I have always enjoyed reading. I remember my mother always reading to us when we were younger. Even now that I'm older we still read together or we tell each other about the new book that we are reading. My mom has never denied me a book. She has never told me I couldn't read it. In high school I remember my freshman year we started to read Native Son, and well some boy's mom had that book taken away. She said that kids shouldn't be reading stuff like that. For those of you who have read it I don't know if you remember the masturbation part in the first couple of pages in the book. Well anyways he showed his mom and we got the book taken away. I was so angry! HELLO YOUR SON IS HOW OLD?! AND YOU MEAN TO TELL ME HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT MASTURBATION IS! Parents who are like that need to grow up. That same day that they took away the book I made my mom buy me the book. I wanted to read the book, and I did i would take it to school and read it during lunch and teachers would walk by and tell me that I was not allowed to read it and I would say, "OH YES I AM!" I have read the book twice. And if you have not read it you should it was awesome.
There are lots of books on the banned list that i read in high school that I thought were great books. I should google kids books that have been banned. I will do that tomorrow. And will put up some websites for the project.
I have always enjoyed reading. I remember my mother always reading to us when we were younger. Even now that I'm older we still read together or we tell each other about the new book that we are reading. My mom has never denied me a book. She has never told me I couldn't read it. In high school I remember my freshman year we started to read Native Son, and well some boy's mom had that book taken away. She said that kids shouldn't be reading stuff like that. For those of you who have read it I don't know if you remember the masturbation part in the first couple of pages in the book. Well anyways he showed his mom and we got the book taken away. I was so angry! HELLO YOUR SON IS HOW OLD?! AND YOU MEAN TO TELL ME HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT MASTURBATION IS! Parents who are like that need to grow up. That same day that they took away the book I made my mom buy me the book. I wanted to read the book, and I did i would take it to school and read it during lunch and teachers would walk by and tell me that I was not allowed to read it and I would say, "OH YES I AM!" I have read the book twice. And if you have not read it you should it was awesome.
There are lots of books on the banned list that i read in high school that I thought were great books. I should google kids books that have been banned. I will do that tomorrow. And will put up some websites for the project.
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