Unit 2 Historical Narritive

1.What i think we will be addressing in this unit is the primary sources and the disadvantages of the story that we read. We also might be looking at the points of the story and the way the author uses his language in the story, his personal style and the syntax,and also will have to find the elements in the nonfiction story's.

2.

From "The General Histories of Virginia"

Objective: Six or seven weeks those barbarians kept him prisoner, many strange triumphs and conjurations they made of him, yet he so demeaned himself amongst them,as he not only diverted them from surprising the fort, but procured his own liberty, and got himself and his company such estimation among them that those savages admired him.

Subjective: To Captain Smith, who, by his own example, good words and fair promises, set some to mow, others to bind thatch, some to built great houses, others to thatch them, himself always bearing the greatest task for his own share, so that in short time he provided most of them lodgings, neglecting any for himself...

From "Journal of the First Voyage to America"

Objective:I shall depart immediately, if the wether serve, and sail round the island, till I succeed in meeting with the king .

 Subjective:The melody of the birds was so exquisite that one was never willing to part from the spot, and the flocks of parrots obscred the heavens.

3. I think that the nature of the story's take away from their historical importance because its more focused on the detailed things than the most important parts like the history of the main story.

4.
I think all the work ive done and ive evaluated was equal to the essential questions that were being asked about for the narratives because it asked me to find parts where the character was stretching the truth and was being objective and i gave examples like: 

Objective:I shall depart immediately, if the wether serve, and sail round the island, till I succeed in meeting with the king .

 Subjective:The melody of the birds was so exquisite that one was never willing to part from the spot, and the flocks of parrots obscred the heavens.

the essential questions stated:
1.How does someone's point of view affect how they portray events in a story?
someones points of view can affect how they portray a story by giving brief examples of the details in the story that are important
2. What are the advantages of primary sources?  The disadvantages? yes

closing

In unit one i read cultural myths about what people learn from there past culture. But how i put my standards and together and addressed them was by telling brief information that i read about in the story like the earth on the turtles back, i pick out the little detailed things that fitted with my stadards i also labled every answer and specific question that it belonged to together.

Unit 1 Oral Myths

1. We use oral stories from ancient cultures to reflect on there life and learn about there culture and religon , The unit that we are doing i think it will cover oral traditions and creation myths.

2.
Back in the old days, Brer Lizard was an awful lot like Brer Frog, meaning he could sit upright like a dog.  Things were like this for quite a spell.  Then one day when they were walking down the road by their swamp, Brer Lizard and Brer Frog spotted some real nice pasture land with a great big pond that was on the far side of a great big fence. Ooo did that land look good.  Looked like a great place for Brer Lizard to catch insects and other good food.  And Brer Frog wanted a swim in that big ol’ pool.        Brer Lizard and Brer Frog went right up to the fence, which got bigger and bigger as they approached.  It kinda loomed over them, as big and tall as they were little and small.  And the boards of that fence were mashed together real tight, and deep into the ground.  It was too tall to hop over, and neither of them was much good at digging, so they couldn’t go under.  That fence said Keep Out pretty clear, even though no one had put a sign on it.       Well, Brer Lizard and Brer Frog sat beside that tall fence with their bottoms on the ground and their front ends propped up, ‘cause Brer Lizard could still sit upright then jest like a dog, and they tried to figure out how to get through the fence.  Suddenly, Brer Frog saw a narrow crack, low to the ground.  “I’m going ta squeeze through that crack over there,” he croaked.  “Lawd, help me through!”  And Brer Frog hopped over and pushed and squeezed and struggled and prayed his way through that tiny crack until he popped out on t’other side.       “Come on Lizard,” Brer Frog called through the crack.
     “I’m a-comin’!” Brer Lizard called back.  “I’m a-goin’ to squeeze through this here crack, Lawd willin’ or not!”        Brer Lizard scurried over to the crack in the fence and he pushed and squeezed and struggled and cursed.  Suddenly, a rail fell down and mashed him flat!  After that, Brer Lizard couldn’t sit upright no more.  And he never did get through that fence to eat them insects, neither!

3. What do you think of your example? What is it about? Write a 2-3 sentence response to what you chose.
What i think about my example was that it was basically telling a story about how the lizard dosent sit up straight any more,"The story was bout a frog and a lizard that was very interested in a very big fence that had tasty insects over the big fenceand they were desprit to get to them that they was gone do anything they good no matter what to get to them so the frog went across first and made it but the lizard got stuck and the fence fell on him and mashed him to the ground and he could never stand up straight anymore", i think that this example was very simple an told a quick short way about how the lizard became flat

4.       THE EARTH ON TURTLE'S BACK
The culture that had written this story was very faithful to there culture and there people because they are very confident and determined to do whats right for there people. How i can tell was because no matter what it took they were determined to get what they wanted done

5.                                                                      Cherokee



Myth 1

# 1. The importance of this myth was the way of life

#2. My evidence would be"Those plants that did stay awake, such as the pine and cedar and those few others were rewarded by being allowed to remain green all year. All the others were made to lose their leaves each winter. Those animals that did stay awake, such as the owl and the mountain lion and those few others were rewarded with the ability to go about in the dark. Then the people appeared. "

#3. The similarities in all the myths we have read are that they all are doing something to help someone or their talkn bout the way of life or how it was created and some knew things that we learn everyday

#4. There are alot of similarites in the myths that we read that relate to our culture. The reason i say that is because there are many things that our familys and friends do today that leads us on into learning somthing knew or helping us learn about our culture and the way of life .