Writing a myth and learning about myths was obviously very different but in a way they complement each other. I can learn all I want about the myth and putting it into practice reinforces those ideas. That is probably the best way to retain the knowledge is to put it into practice after you learn it. Obviously though they are going to be different to a degree because these myths evolved over time into what they are now as opposed to the evolution of my myth in my head over the time writing it. But we are learning the elements of myth in general. The elements that all myths, no matter the origin, share and through this we can understand the myths better and create a convincing myth showing we know these elements.
This basically showed the core of teaching. We learn the elements of what we are supposed to learn and put them into practice. This would be a good strategy to implement in the classroom. Have one assignment relate to the study of myth and the elements that make it a myth then implement those myths into something that is creative and see how close the two can get. I would frankly just ape this assignment wholesale because I see it as a valuable teaching tool that could be changed to fit any kind of literature type, myth, modern, horror, classical, anything really. So I basically learned to steal from this assignment. Or it could evolve even further into something more complex, its an open book really. The End.
About Me
- Ryan
- I am currently a senior at CSUN, and a semester away from receiving my Bachelors in English. Its about all I do now a days.
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I agree that both the study of myth and creating a myth are two completely different things but they do end up complementing themselves. In a classroom you cannot do one without the other. I remember in several of my classes in middle school and high school when we studied mythology we would spend a couple of days studying different types of myths and then as a fun last assignment we would create our own myths either in a group or do our own personal ones. This is a good thing to use in the classroom, I think that most people like studying mythology, they a fun and interesting stories to read from different cultures from around the world. I had a great time studying mythology but I found it a little difficult creating my own myth. It took me a couple of days to finally figure out what type of myth I wanted to create and then start writing it down. This is a fun thing to do when teaching in middle school or in high school you can see how creative they can be.
Ryan-
HELLO There!!!
Anyway, I think you and I are on the same page with this issue. I really do think that myth writing and myth analyzing goes hand in hand. I also believe that writing about myths helps their understanding. (If you want to learn about something, you have to in essence, take it apart and do it yourself.
I think something is very interesting. I have heard that I should not plagiarize over and over since high school. It is an annoying echo. Now, as we are learning to be teachers, it seems that the echo changed into PLAGiaRIZE Plagiarize! I really think its funny actually. I do think it is important to do it though. I think that we should really take what we can get and apply it to our teaching. It is hard to get to adolescents, so I think it would be appropriate to take the things that other have found to work and go with them.
So, moral of the day. GO PLAGIARIZE as much as you can.(as long as you are going to use it for teaching) ;)
I totally agree with you that the two myth projects compliment each other. While one does tend to lean towards creative writing and the other is open to many different analysis. I think that as teachers, when we implement the myths and mythology, there is really an open door of possibilities. Again, I agree that in the future, I will probably be stealing this method of teaching mythology to students. It works so well and covers a lot of bases. I remember beginning this section and thinking to myself how much I really didn’t like mythology, but after completing it I am actually looking forward to teaching it in class. I really enjoy creative writing and this section allows that while also covering interesting literature. So in the end, you and I will probably end up having the exact same lesson plans.
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