Essay for Week 14: Analyzing La Fontaine's Fables

La Fontaine's Fables

(La Fontaine's Fables)

This week's unit caught my eye because they are originally French stories! I love French stories! Because I love France and all things French. It was fun to see that a lot of French stories are similar to American stories that I grew up with. I've heard so many of those stories before, it was great! I don't think I had heard them in poem form, though. That was different and nice! I especially loved the Tortoise and the Hare story along with the Dogs story. Those two have really good distinct morals. I didn't have any that I disliked!

These stories are really good for little kids because of the simplicity and the rhyming. I don't know why, but kids seem to really love rhyming. I think I'm going to read these to my kids at the church sometime soon! This is wonderful. It contributed to my goals in this class because I wanted to find things to read that were similar to my interests. France is an interest and so this unit matched perfectly! I know I said last week that I did not like how much the British Units paralleled with my background. And here is La Fontaine's Fables matching a lot of things I've read and I loved it. Sounds a little hypocritical, but I think I just have a bias against America and Britain. What can I say? We're bullies to the rest of the world.

I didn't need to know any additional information before I read this unit. Everything was wonderful and I followed along very easily! It is very safe to say that this half of the last two week's of the class and the Native American Units were my absolute favorite! Yay! Definitely don't change this part of the British Unit. Keep the French!

Storytelling for Week 14: Morals Every 20-Something Should Live By

Morals Every 20-Something Should Live By

(A Picture of 20-Somethings!)

Have Empathy

Everywhere you go,
Everyone you meet,
Might be putting on a show,
Almost a performance in the street.
That is why,
We must try,
To counter their denial
With a loving smile.
Everyone is made
In their own special grade,
Of flesh and blood
And not one of us is a dud.

Have Humor

Life is hilarious
If not a bit precarious
And we must live
In order to give
A smile to
People that are going through
Crap.

Change is Consistent

Nothing remains the same
This does not require shame.
In anything we go through
And no matter what we do,
It will change again.
Change is the reason for growth
We as humans must endure both.
No need to fear the alternations
For it happens to even the greatest nations.
We must keep our chins up,
Buttercups,
And never let anything dull our sparkle.

Food is Good

Never diet.
Don't even try it.
Food is a gift to the planet
You want healthy? Do a pomegranate.
Don't worry about your weight
God made you great
It's our fate
To live beyond ourselves
So stop looking at your pantry shelves
Deciding what has fat
You have better things to do than that.

Author's Note: I decided to not base my Storytelling on any of the poems from this week's unit. They were all too short and simple. They all had morals at the end and I loved that. I also found this article, The 9 Morals Every 20-Something Should Live By by Lilliana De Ciantis  and I love it. I decided to use four of those morals in my version of La Fontaine's Fables. I rhymed everything and I feel like we, as 20-somethings can easily relate!

Week 14 Reading Diary: Fables of La Fontaine

Fables of La Fontaine

Foolish Animals

Hehe. I always love the tortoise and the hare race story. It's a wonderful reminder to tame one's ego! I especially loved that it rhymed. I love rhyming things.

Foxes

Hahaha this one's cute! Poor fox though...grapes are supposed to be so sweet! I can just see him hopping up to reach them in my brain!

Insects

Aw...that makes me so sad. He brought joy to the people around him all summer..the ant should give him food...

Foxes and Wolves

Wow. That was a good one. Poor wolf though..the fox was dumb to begin with though...going in the bucket of a wall would never cross my mind as a good idea.

Dogs

Aw! Humans don't treat dogs that badly...at least I don't. That wolf valued his freedom more than food. Wow.

Mice

I like the moral of this story. Looks can be deceitful. I'm glad that mouse escaped the cat though.

The Tortoise; The Bat

Dawh, the turtle died! This is like another unit but it was a frog that spoke while holding the bar between his teeth. The bat story was cool too.

The Astrologer; The Dairy Woman

Aww poor astrologer! I feel so bad for him...he was just doing his work! The Dairy Woman was kinda a sad moral.