Feedback Strategies

 Try Feedfoward instead of Feedback (Source)

        In this article about positive feedback the author focuses on teaching people to give others suggestions about future performance instead of focusing on past mistakes. One thing I liked about it was the quote "It can be more productive for people to learn to be right, than prove they were wrong." This is a very exciting way of thought when it comes to feedback because it opens up so many possibilities and allows for growth that otherwise isn't there.

Five Reasons to Stop Saying "Good Job!" (Source)

        This article was very interesting to me because it was something that I have never heard of before. The phrase "Good Job!" has always had positive meaning to me and I've never looked at ways that it can be harmful. I liked when the article was saying how saying "Good Job!" creates the need to continue to hear that positive reinforcement. 

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Topic Research: King Cormac of Ireland

 For my project I am thinking about doing stories about King Cormac. He was an old king of the Munster Tuatha in Ireland. He has many heroic exploits and great stories. I think it would be fun to do a story about his birth at the start of my project. My next story could be about his rise to the position of King. I was thinking my third story would be either about some of his exploits as King, or I could do a story about his death. 

Source to The High Deeds of Finn and other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland, by T. W. Rolleston, et al, Illustrated by Stephen Reid

King Cormac (Source)

Week 3 Story: The Friendly Old Cyclops

 Homer’s The Odyssey (Source)

 

            This story that I have written is loosely based on the first part of Homer’s The Odyssey. Some of the characters are the same, but most of the plot has been changed to go in a different direction.

 

 

On a cold rain-soaked night, a dark ship crashed through a large wave and a monstrous island loomed into view. Their voyage at sea had been hard and sleepless for the last couple of days. Eurylochus, who was on watch, cried out to the rest of the crew “Land Ho!”. They had made it.

 

As they beached the ship, the rosy streaks of dawn began to appear on the horizon. Their skin feeling the warm relief they had long been yearning for.

 

“Pair off in groups of five and explore the island” ordered Odysseus, “We will meet back here at night fall to decide on a course of action.”

 

“Aye Captain” they all replied in unison and off they went.

 

As the groups were exploring the island, they began to hear very loud booms that shook the earth. At first, they were perplexed by these sounds until one saw a cyclops that towered over the tallest tree thundering along towards a mountain. The group quickly headed back to the ship to report what they had seen.

 

“The cyclops was how much bigger than a man?” Odysseus asked.

 

“At least fifty times my height Captain.” Replied Eurylochus.

 

“We must go meet him and see if he has hospitality to weary travelers.” Said Odysseus.

 

Off they went in search of the cyclops following Eurylochus who remembered the way to the cave dwelling of the giant.

 

As they approached the cave, Odysseus called out to the cyclops, “Hullo! Cyclops sir would you be gracious enough to some weary travelers to let us come inside?”

 

“Of course, friend!” replied the cyclops.

 

As they entered the cave, the cyclops said, “My name is Zacheus. What brings a crew of men to my island?”

 

“We were on a voyage to cross the sea when we lost our way.” Replied Odysseus.

 

“Well you all must be very tired and hungry. Good for you all I have a large herd of sheep that I can prepare a feast with as well as good sweet wine to drink.”

 

With that, the men and Zacheus ate, drank, and sang songs until late in the evening when they all dozed off from exhaustion.

 

They woke feeling refreshed and blessed to have met such a nice cyclops in Zacheus. He gave them sheep and wine for the voyage and sent them on their way across the sea.

 

 

 

 

 

 Odysseus (Source)

 

 

           

Reading Notes: Homer's the Odyssey part A

Reading Notes Week 3: Homer’s The Odyssey Reading A (Source)

 

Land of the Cyclops:

·      Arrive at the land of the Cyclops

·      Describe Cyclops way of life. No boats. Never worked to farm or grow crops even though island is ripe for it.

·      Describe the Cyclops island

·      One ship decides to go meet the cyclops and see if they are nice to strangers and fear the gods

Prisoners of the Cyclops:

·      He chooses 12 men to go with him.

·      He tells the story of getting the sweet wine and what they did that night they got it

·      They went to the giant’s cave but he was gone grazing in the fields

·      The giant came back and they gave him an offering

·      He asks them what they are doing

·      The giant killed two of his men and ate them

The Cyclops defeated

·      They blinded him and tricked him so no one would help him

Escape from the Cyclops

·      They escaped by sneaking out under the sheep

·      Odysseus then yelled back and taunted the giant and told him his real name

Polyphemus’ Curse

·      The cyclops prays a prayer to Poseidon that Odysseus will never reach home

·      They got to Circe’s island and had a feast but are kind’ve lost

Circe’s Magic

·      They all see a goddess (Circe) singing

·       She turned them into pigs

·      One man didn’t go so he went back to get help

·      Odysseus goes to save them and Hermes stops him on the way to give him advice

The Moly Defeats Circe

·      Odysseus withstands her spell and go to bed together and free his men

On Circe’s Island

·      They stayed on her island for a year

·      She tells them they must sail to Hades

The death of Elpenor

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Odysseus (Source)