hmm my reflecions on lesson 2 that did not happen. yes last tuesday was a public holiday. simply awesome, no school, no lessons. much to my surprise , reality gave me aa huge slap on my face. there comes the terrible thing called assignments.the research on aristotle was pretty interesting, learning greek words and stuff, quite cool actuallly. anyhow there comes the 6, 50 word stories . well so much for a so called holiday huh?
yes rebecca ,you better get her act together and start on her homework!!it would be certainly scary if i were to fail this module, all my future dreams of sipping tea with a good book in my hand and all the little kids around me listening to my very animated and kick ass story telling skills. okay, i am kidding . i know story telling isnt just about telling little kids fairy tales. but nevertheless i seriously have to start cracking on my stories.
best selling novel anyone?

guess i better get my lazy ass together and start doing my homework. UGH.

Yesh. my reflections on lesson 1.
here is what i have learnt: – active and passive voice
– first person: i, me , myself
– second person: you
– third person: name
eg, Josh walks into the shop. unaware of his fate

Passive vs. Active Voice

Passive:
• Uses weak verbs
• Tells rather than shows what’s going on
• Distances the reader from the story.

Active voice:
• Uses action verbs
• establish the action
• Uses an immediate sentence structure
• Conveys the story in a lively manner.

TIPS FOR WRITING

If you have a work in progress, never stop for the night if you’re stuck.

Always solve the problem and keep going until you are in safer water. A good night’s sleep is important. Sleeping on the problem is a myth

writing in third person and present tense , makes the story more intense and alive to the readers

my reflections:

Right, we have storytelling lessons on Tuesdays. YAY!! Mister Ryan can now give me my extra credits of being the most excited student around. Okay to be honest, I wasn’t really expecting to find myself enjoying the first lesson of story telling, although I do like the idea of reading bedtime stories to my grandchildren in the future. Plus the posting of your weekly reflections on a journal website certainly did mot make me like this module any better. knowing well that I am a technological klutz.
However life seems to have a funny way of turning things around. Mister Ryan kicked off the lesson by playing a funny little game, in which I would like to call it “the introductory help me remember your name game”. it was rather hilarious. got to know a few skeletons in some of my classmates colset, yes all that kinkiness and greasiness, funny.
overall the first lesson kinda changed my initially skeptical impression oh the module. i sure am looking forward to the next lesson.

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