Here is the video below from YouTube if anyone is interested in watching it!
Sunday, May 1, 2016
Week 15 : Backup / Review
This week, my favorite item from the course announcements was Grammar Lessons with Food. I loved it and thought it was so cute and funny! It definitely made me smile this Sunday afternoon! I did not expect it to be so funny, I was expecting a legit grammar lesson! Loved it!
Here is the video below from YouTube if anyone is interested in watching it!
Here is the video below from YouTube if anyone is interested in watching it!
Friday, April 29, 2016
Reflections
This class was so unique and different from any class I have ever taken from OU. From the format, the content, the grading, the self-directed work schedule, the writing, the interactions, and the online innovation, this class surpassed my expectations. I am so proud of myself for growing as a writer in this class. I have always enjoyed writing, but writing about something specific and putting it out online for my peers to read and comment on was very scary at first. I learned to let go of what others think and actually, everything I thought other students would think was weird was the exact opposite, the LIKED it! I am also pleased that I learned new writing techniques, how to retell a story (even if it is unfamiliar or an old ancient tale), and how to slow down my proof-reading process. I am proud of putting all my effort into this class because I defiantly got a lot out of it!
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Week 13 : Famous Last Words
Wow, I can't believe that there are only three more weeks left in this semester. Where did this semester go? Time really does fly. I swear last week was the middle of January and the first day of spring semester classes. I swear that I blinked, and when I opened my eyes, it was suddenly the end of April. With the last three weeks approaching, I am trying to keep myself on track and motivated to finish the semester strong. Even though this beautiful weather this past weekend was a huge tease for summer, I have to remember to continue to study and stay on top of my remaining school work and projects. I have three large group projects in my Marketing, Spanish, and Personal Training classes to complete by dead week and my goal is to make significant progress on all of them before the end of this week. Group work is never my favorite, but I am determined to have a positive attitude about it and put all of me effort into each project! I also want to continue to manage my budget well these next few weeks so I can save up for some new clothes and swimsuits for my upcoming vacations to Galveston and Aruba in May. I can't believe my junior year is almost over. I swear I was a freshman yesterday and then all the sudden turned into an upperclassmen today. I wish I could stay a junior at OU forever. I don't want to be a senior because I don't want to grow up nor leave Norman. If I could give one piece of advice to all incoming freshman / high school seniors, it would be to not take any moment for granted! Love where you are and what you do, and live life to the fullest!
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| Finish! |
Portfolio Guide
Welcome to my portfolio! Out of the five stories I have written and added to my portfolio, I think Zoology 1114 is my favorite because it relates to life at OU while telling the famous story of Adam and Eve. Click below on the title of the story to read. I hope you enjoy!
- Bailey
Week 3 Storytelling : Zoology 1114
A story of Adam and Eve at OU's campus.
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| Adam and Eve (by Kim Storving) |
Week 5 Storytelling : How Does That Make You Feel?
A story of a troubled and depressed wife in a therapy session.
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| Half Women, Half Wolf ( By Sabrina) |
Week 7 Storytelling : Captain Nate and his Teammates
A story of a high-school cross country team competing for a captain position.
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| Cross Country Meet |
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| Jojo Fletcher |
Week 11 Storytelling : This Little Piggy
A courtroom drama about which little piggy committed the traffic violation.
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| This Little Piggy |
Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Week 13 Reading Diary :
Tuesday Reading Diary
I chose to read stories from the Brother's Grimm (Crane) unit this week.
The Fisherman and His Wife
Wow what a demanding wife! Its crazy how she told her husband what she wanted and he just immediately asked the flounder for more and more. I liked how this story keep progressing the same each chapter. This wife was dissatisfied and kept wanting more and more and finally the fish denied her the right to make the sun set and rise. Gosh she was a brat!
Aschenputtel
I love the description of the new daughters, "The new wife brought two daughters home with her, and they were beautiful and fair in appearance, but at heart were black and ugly." I had no idea that the story is actually Cinderella! I did not know that her original name was Aschenputtel. How interesting that the story was still different that then version I know. Aschenputtel would disappear in different places and the king attempted to cut down trees and house but could not find her. However, the shoe that she left behind is the same, except it is gold. I can't believe that the one of the step-daughters cut her toe off in order for her foot to fit into the shoe, and the other cut part of her heel off! That was definitely left out in the movie. I can't believe their punishment was to go blind!
The Robber Bridegroom
Wow this story was crazy! I am so glad the bride was able to hide and escape with the old women and not cut into pieces and eaten by the cannibals. I liked how the bride told the story to the whole town on their wedding day and the evil bridegroom got what he deserved! She portrayed it as a dream which is very clever when trying to find a way to exposure the criminal!
Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm, translated by Lucy Crane and illustrated by Walter Crane (1886).
I chose to read stories from the Brother's Grimm (Crane) unit this week.
The Fisherman and His Wife
Wow what a demanding wife! Its crazy how she told her husband what she wanted and he just immediately asked the flounder for more and more. I liked how this story keep progressing the same each chapter. This wife was dissatisfied and kept wanting more and more and finally the fish denied her the right to make the sun set and rise. Gosh she was a brat!
Aschenputtel
I love the description of the new daughters, "The new wife brought two daughters home with her, and they were beautiful and fair in appearance, but at heart were black and ugly." I had no idea that the story is actually Cinderella! I did not know that her original name was Aschenputtel. How interesting that the story was still different that then version I know. Aschenputtel would disappear in different places and the king attempted to cut down trees and house but could not find her. However, the shoe that she left behind is the same, except it is gold. I can't believe that the one of the step-daughters cut her toe off in order for her foot to fit into the shoe, and the other cut part of her heel off! That was definitely left out in the movie. I can't believe their punishment was to go blind!
The Robber Bridegroom
Wow this story was crazy! I am so glad the bride was able to hide and escape with the old women and not cut into pieces and eaten by the cannibals. I liked how the bride told the story to the whole town on their wedding day and the evil bridegroom got what he deserved! She portrayed it as a dream which is very clever when trying to find a way to exposure the criminal!
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| Bridegroom, By Walter Crane |
Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm, translated by Lucy Crane and illustrated by Walter Crane (1886).
Thursday, April 14, 2016
Storytelling Week 12 : Alice in Rap Battle
"That looks terrible," said 5.
"Well do you have a better idea to try and cover up this mistake?" said 7.
"No," replied 5.
"We don't have much time before the Queen comes. We need to hurry" said 3.
The cards were working frantically trying to pain the white roses red. The cards were instructed to plant white rose trees in the garden and red rose trees in the courtyard. However, a white rose tree was accidentally planted in the courtyard and the cards were attempting to paint the white roses red in order for the tree to blend in.
"What happens if she Queen notices that this isn't a real red rose tree," asked Alice, who had been curiously watching the cards paint.
"She will say ' OFF WITH THEIR HEADS' and we will be killed!" said 7.
Trumpets started playing in the distance. "THE QUEEN!" yelled the cards! They frantically threw their paint brushes to the side and attempted to blend into the grass.
The Queen of Hearts marched into her courtyard with her soldiers. "What is this!" demanded the Queen.
"It is a rose tree, just like you asked," said 3.
"This is not RED rose tree! This is a WHITE rose tree that has been painted in order to fool me! OFF WITH THEIR HEADS" screamed the Queen.
Alice interrupted, "Wait! They were just trying to fix their mistake. There must be another way instead of killing them."
"And who are you?"
"Oh, I'm Alice"
"OFF WITH HER HEAD!"
"Wait! Please! I am only a little girl! Surely we can settle this civilly!"
The Queen pondered for a minute. "Okay, rap battle it is. Me and you in the courtyard. If I win then I get to take you and the cards' heads off. And if you win, you and the cards are safe."
The Queen, her army, Alice, the cards, and all the other animals gathered around the courtyard for the rap battle.
"You're up first, your majesty," said Alice.
The Queen cleared her throat.
The crowd went wild! Alice grabbed the mic.
The courtyard in unison yelled, "OH!!!!" Alice killed it. The Queen had to think on her toes for the next verse.
The courtyard went crazy.
Author's Note
I based my story this week of the story, The Queen's Croquet-Ground, from the Alice in Wonderland Unit this week. In the original story, Alice wonders into the Queen of Heart's courtyard and finds cards (playing cards) painting white roses red. They planted the wrong color of roses and if they Queen found out, she would behead them. The Queen did arrive and yelled to her soldiers, "Off with their heads!" After Alice tried arguing with the Queen, the Queen asked Alice to play croquet. This is where I made a spin on the story. Instead of playing croquet, I had the Queen and Alice compete in a rap battle. The rhyming scheme for the raps go AA BB CC. I had the raps contain things from the other chapters in the unit such as the Cheshire Cat, falling down the rabbit hole, stolen sweet tarts, the Mad Hatter's tea party, and beheading the cards for painting the roses. I had Alice "drop mic" after her rap because that is a slang term that many people use and do when they "slay" in a rap battle. I had so much fun writing my story with a new approach!
Source : Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1865).
"Well do you have a better idea to try and cover up this mistake?" said 7.
"No," replied 5.
"We don't have much time before the Queen comes. We need to hurry" said 3.
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| Alice |
The cards were working frantically trying to pain the white roses red. The cards were instructed to plant white rose trees in the garden and red rose trees in the courtyard. However, a white rose tree was accidentally planted in the courtyard and the cards were attempting to paint the white roses red in order for the tree to blend in.
"What happens if she Queen notices that this isn't a real red rose tree," asked Alice, who had been curiously watching the cards paint.
"She will say ' OFF WITH THEIR HEADS' and we will be killed!" said 7.
Trumpets started playing in the distance. "THE QUEEN!" yelled the cards! They frantically threw their paint brushes to the side and attempted to blend into the grass.
The Queen of Hearts marched into her courtyard with her soldiers. "What is this!" demanded the Queen.
"It is a rose tree, just like you asked," said 3.
"This is not RED rose tree! This is a WHITE rose tree that has been painted in order to fool me! OFF WITH THEIR HEADS" screamed the Queen.
Alice interrupted, "Wait! They were just trying to fix their mistake. There must be another way instead of killing them."
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| Queen of Hearts |
"Oh, I'm Alice"
"OFF WITH HER HEAD!"
"Wait! Please! I am only a little girl! Surely we can settle this civilly!"
The Queen pondered for a minute. "Okay, rap battle it is. Me and you in the courtyard. If I win then I get to take you and the cards' heads off. And if you win, you and the cards are safe."
The Queen, her army, Alice, the cards, and all the other animals gathered around the courtyard for the rap battle.
"You're up first, your majesty," said Alice.
The Queen cleared her throat.
Yo Yo Yo
I'm the Queen of Hearts,
I am very smart.
The cards painted the white roses,
And of courses I noticed.
They messed up my tree, how could this be?
For everyone knows that I'm the Queen bee.
The crowd went wild! Alice grabbed the mic.
Queen bee? What do ya mean?
You definitely don't do the right thing.
Off with their heads!
You want them dead!
Thats the definition of an airhead!
The courtyard in unison yelled, "OH!!!!" Alice killed it. The Queen had to think on her toes for the next verse.
You're just a little girl who fell down a rabbit hole,
You ate bread that turned you into a troll.
You crashed the tea party with the Mad Hatter,
And you talk to yourself in some kind of chatter.
Then say you're talking to the Cheshire cat, who's that?
I don't know but baby you're kinda WACK!
The courtyard went crazy.
The Cheshire cat is my friend,
Something that you wouldn't be able to comprehend.
I fell from a rabbit hole into this world,
But I hate it here, it makes me wanna hurl.
You say someone stole your sweet tarts?
That's funny.
Why would anyone eat something that tastes like farts.
***Drops Mic***
The courtyard chanted Alice's name. The cards dog pilled her and hugged her in relief. Alice stared at the Queen, whose face was as white as a ghost.
"Come on cards, lets go home." And Alice and the cards left wonderland.
The End
Author's Note
I based my story this week of the story, The Queen's Croquet-Ground, from the Alice in Wonderland Unit this week. In the original story, Alice wonders into the Queen of Heart's courtyard and finds cards (playing cards) painting white roses red. They planted the wrong color of roses and if they Queen found out, she would behead them. The Queen did arrive and yelled to her soldiers, "Off with their heads!" After Alice tried arguing with the Queen, the Queen asked Alice to play croquet. This is where I made a spin on the story. Instead of playing croquet, I had the Queen and Alice compete in a rap battle. The rhyming scheme for the raps go AA BB CC. I had the raps contain things from the other chapters in the unit such as the Cheshire Cat, falling down the rabbit hole, stolen sweet tarts, the Mad Hatter's tea party, and beheading the cards for painting the roses. I had Alice "drop mic" after her rap because that is a slang term that many people use and do when they "slay" in a rap battle. I had so much fun writing my story with a new approach!
Source : Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1865).
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Week 12 Reading Diary : Alice in Wonderland continued.
Reading Diary B : Alice in Wonderland
Source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1865).
I love Alice in Wonderland and I love that I get to read the actual stories by Lewis Carroll! I have only seen Disney movie and loved getting to read the stories that the movie was based off of.
Source: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1865).
I love Alice in Wonderland and I love that I get to read the actual stories by Lewis Carroll! I have only seen Disney movie and loved getting to read the stories that the movie was based off of.
I would feel so awkward if I was Alice, arriving at the tea party in the Mad-Tea Party story! The March Hare and the Mad Hatter were pretty rude and had some sly and devious remarks to make to Alice! I wonder why the table was set for more than three people if the Mad Hatter and March Hare didn't want there to be more than three people at their tea party? I'm glad Alice stormed off because the tea party was too much commotion for even me!
I love how the cards call each other by their numbers in the story The Queen's Croquet-Ground!That would be interesting to retell a story and name all the characters odd names or use numbers! The Queen is a firecracker! I could name few people I know that would be furious about colored roses! I loved how strange and different the croquet game is in this story : the use of flamingos for mallets, hedgehogs for balls, and soldiers doing back bends to make arches! So fun! I would love to use this element in my storytelling this week!
I like how all the characters and parts of the previous chapters make full circle in the Who Stole The Hearts chapter. I was surprised seeing the Mad Hatter as a witness and the white rabbit as the reader. I'm glad the Mad Hatter got away before they caught him to execute him! Why do the Queen and King want everyone executed? That is not good leadership at all! I'm glad Alice woke up in time, but man what strange dream! She must have taken a lot of melatonin to have this peculiar dream!
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| Mad Tea Party (By Sir John Tenniel) |
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