Blog Post #3
Creating a myth on my own was a bit more challenging than it was to learn ones on my own. I sat at my table and tried to think of something fun to talk about that was also eerie. Then I thought of something everyone is scared of...an entity following them. Can't be real...right? BOOM thought of making it anxiety. I found it very fun to do, and found it fulfilling to be so creative with something that felt like it was for a purpose. I learned a lot of things in this experience but I thought one thing that I could add and use in my future classroom is to make all of my assignments have a purpose that connects to the central topic or unit we are focusing on. Since we were working on myths, creating our own gave us a premise on what real myths are based on. If I was focused on giving the theme of Romeo and Juliet in a class, I could use a topic like creating your own forbidden love story before we even touch on the play, so that it makes more sense in the end. Those were my favorites.