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Journal SMT 6-10-10
I wish I’d encountered Murray’s “Daybook” sooner. I’ve been doing snatches of writing, drawing, and collecting articles for years. Right now, I have folders of articles and writing that are not organized. If I had been using the “Daybook” they would be labeled and put neatly in a book.
I have plans to use Murray’s Daybook format to organize my thoughts about the upcoming MGI project. It may not start as a big volume of writing but each idea will be expanded and connected to make the whole project.
Journal SMT 6-11-10
I used to align myself with Menolly, but now I see myself as more Elgion, the teacher, as he works to befriend the youth of Half Circle Hold. My first read through (back in middle school), I didn’t even remember about the young harper’s adventures, only those of Menolly.
This time, after reading Dragonsong, I remember how difficult it was for Harper Elgion to search for the uniquely talented student in a place where the leader of the "hold" would not allow anyone to talk about the student because she was breaking with tradition. Elgion applied patience and perserverance to this task. He even braved the ocean, risking his own life, never believing that he was working too hard or risking too much to help one individual. This is how I feel that teachers approach their own students, except instead of one lost student they have a whole classroom full.
Journal SMT 6-12-10
I found a quote that I want to put into the paper on page 140 of Anne McCaffrey’s 1976 young adult fantasy novel, Dragonsong:
At the entrance, Menolly turned for one last look at the cave and smiled to
herself. She’d never thought to leave it, certainly not to step to the
shoulders of a dragon. But then, she’d never thought she’d live in a cave
like this at all, much less ride a dragon. Nothing now marked that anyone
had ever sheltered in this cave. Even the dry sand was falling back into
the depressions their feet had made. T’gellan held out his hand to help
her to Monarth’s back, and then they were away to find the fire lizard’s
clutch.
I believe that this short excerpt shows the power that McCaffrey has to pull the reader into a world of wonder, but also keep the reader grounded in reality. This reminds me of the way a teacher has to get students interested in what the teacher is communicating while at the same time imparting the knowledge that will help the students achieve academically.
I wish I’d encountered Murray’s “Daybook” sooner. I’ve been doing snatches of writing, drawing, and collecting articles for years. Right now, I have folders of articles and writing that are not organized. If I had been using the “Daybook” they would be labeled and put neatly in a book.
I have plans to use Murray’s Daybook format to organize my thoughts about the upcoming MGI project. It may not start as a big volume of writing but each idea will be expanded and connected to make the whole project.
Journal SMT 6-11-10
I used to align myself with Menolly, but now I see myself as more Elgion, the teacher, as he works to befriend the youth of Half Circle Hold. My first read through (back in middle school), I didn’t even remember about the young harper’s adventures, only those of Menolly.
This time, after reading Dragonsong, I remember how difficult it was for Harper Elgion to search for the uniquely talented student in a place where the leader of the "hold" would not allow anyone to talk about the student because she was breaking with tradition. Elgion applied patience and perserverance to this task. He even braved the ocean, risking his own life, never believing that he was working too hard or risking too much to help one individual. This is how I feel that teachers approach their own students, except instead of one lost student they have a whole classroom full.
Journal SMT 6-12-10
I found a quote that I want to put into the paper on page 140 of Anne McCaffrey’s 1976 young adult fantasy novel, Dragonsong:
At the entrance, Menolly turned for one last look at the cave and smiled to
herself. She’d never thought to leave it, certainly not to step to the
shoulders of a dragon. But then, she’d never thought she’d live in a cave
like this at all, much less ride a dragon. Nothing now marked that anyone
had ever sheltered in this cave. Even the dry sand was falling back into
the depressions their feet had made. T’gellan held out his hand to help
her to Monarth’s back, and then they were away to find the fire lizard’s
clutch.
I believe that this short excerpt shows the power that McCaffrey has to pull the reader into a world of wonder, but also keep the reader grounded in reality. This reminds me of the way a teacher has to get students interested in what the teacher is communicating while at the same time imparting the knowledge that will help the students achieve academically.
