Week 14 Review

I backed up my files. This assignment will provide me with my desired grade. This class was great!

The thing that I found to be the most interesting from the daily announcements is the cat image on Friday's announcements! It's really funny!

Cat searching on Google!

Source: Friday, December 4 announcement

Reading Diary B: Brothers Grimm (Crane)

My favorite stories from the second unit of the Brother's Grimm unit by Lucy and Walter Crane are:

The Six Swans. A king, his daughter, and sons are the main characters.
Another king is the other main character.
Involved some witchery from one of the queens.
The six brothers turned into swans.
That made the story quite interesting as the sister went through a silent journey to fix her brothers.
I liked how the sister successfully finished it.
I was a little confused about what happened to the father (the first king). The story just leaves him out towards the end when the daughter starts her journey.
I might have a grand reunion for all of them.

Illustration by Walter Crane from The Six Swans.

King Thrushbeard. This was a great story! A king, his daughter, and another king are the main characters.
The daughter was way too proud of herself. The way she rejected everyone was funny though. 

The other king had a plan to bring her down to earth. 

I had a feeling the beggar was King Thrushbeard.  

The ending was beautifully set up. 

Snow-White. I always liked the story of Snow-White. It gets more interesting every time I read it.
Good details throughout the story.
I was wondering how the king does not realize his daughter is missing?
He marries a second wife, but does not care for his daughter anymore?
Thankfully, the seven dwarfs were not evil and brought back Snow-White to life even though she was dumb every time.
The story had a nice and a happy ending. 

Reading Diary A: Brothers Grimm (Crane)

My notes from the three stories of the Brother's Grimm unit by Lucy and Walter Crane are:

The Fisherman and His Wife. A fisherman, his wife, and a flounder (who is actually a magical prince?) are the characters.
Greed is a very bad thing is the lesson of the story.
I was amazed at how the wife kept on telling the husband to go ask the flounder for things, and he just kept on going! No matter how impossible the requests were.
I might change that occurring theme in my story, and have the wife go ask for herself.
I didn't get why the color of the water was changing. Was the flounder getting weaker? Maybe.

Illustration by Alexander Zick from the Fisherman and his Wife.

Aschenputtel. A little different version of Cinderella with some new parts added into it. The main character is treated the same way, but some things are changed.
Some magic is involved. A little magic is always fun. Good details throughout describing the things Aschenputtel wears. This was very similar to Cinder-Maid (the story I read two weeks ago).
I might add some new things to this story. The sisters cut off their toes and heels to fit their feet into the shoe in this story as well.
The ending was a little different from what I was used to in a Cinderella story (the sisters get their eyes plucked out).

The Robber Bridegroom. This was a good story. A girl and some robbers are the main characters.
The girl is tricked into marriage by a robber.
She gets help from a old lady.
I thought the old lady was bad also, but she wasn't.
I like the ending, where they were executed for their crimes.