Mahadi's English Blog

Prompt Response: An adventure that I would like to go on is through Europe. I would like to visit more countries and to try new foods. I also want to see more traditions that people have throughout the world. I like to travel with my family and I believe that traveling with your loved ones is also a great way to form memories. Summary: We presented our Origin Myth posters and explained our story to the class. Reflection: Presenting our posters was a nice way to share my work and explain my origin myth to the class.

Prompt Response: The most creative thing that I have created was a project in real life where I created a working birdhouse. I designed it myself and I believe that it was my best work because it attracted a lot of birds, and I think that nature is beautiful. I enjoyed creating it and the purpose of it, which is why I believe it was my best work. Summary: We worked on our posters more and began to come closer to completing it. Reflection: Working on my project helped me think more creatively about what types of visual aspects/themes in a poster would connect and be presentable.

Prompt Response: Two of my biggest questions about life are what happens after death and why failure is such a common fear. I have always wondered if there is something after we die, and I believe in heaven and hell but I have never been able to form a thought about what they are really like. I also wonder why people are so afraid of failing to the point where it's almost innate. Summary: We worked on our posters for our origin myth and began preparing for the presentation. Reflection: Creating the poster about origin myths allowed me to understand how to add images and find a sort of visual theme for stories.

Prompt Response: Over the past week, I have adapted to the demands of this course by learning and seeing the type of assignments that we will be doing across the semester. One strength that I have is that I was able to understand the new topics that we learned about when I focused on my work. One challenge I anticipate I will have is procrastination as I usually wait until later to start assignments.  Summary: This past week, we created an origin myth and reflected on the meanings of origin myths, and also learned more about how stories can explain certain things for certain cultures. Reflection: The demands of this course for the past week included writing tasks which required us to allocate our time wisely so that we wouldn't fall behind.

 Prompt Response: Creating my own origin myths helped me better understand why cultures used stories to explain the origin of people, places, and traditions by allowing me to view from different perspectives. For example, when creating the origin myth, I was able to choose the perspectives and values of all of my different characters. I chose to create 3 gods with different personalities who created a world together, and I decided to add natural elements as a result of the conflict between all 3 gods. The lesson that I wanted my story to communicate was that everyone deserves respect, whether they are as "important" or as powerful as you or not. Summary: Today, we wrote our own origin myths on Writably and we were able to view a reference as inspiration and as a guide for our writing. Reflection: I learned more about the way origin myths are written and was able to write about them firsthand.

Prompt Response: A meaningful place in my life that carries a story is my old home before moving because it held many memories for me. In that home, I learned so many things and I lived there for about 7 years. It held memories of birthdays, movie nights, coming back after road trips, and much more. For me, it represents my childhood and the majority of my life after moving to Georgia. Summary: Today, we learned about an origin myth and answered discussion questions about it. Reflection: I learned about the Navajo Creation story and how the first beings in their story came to the Earth.