Reflect on how your experience of creating a myth differs from and/ or enhances the study of myth?
Understanding the underlying principles of any assignment in the major of English subject matter (ESM) is essential. What I mean by that is how this can be taught to secondary education students. When I was creating my myth, I had some trouble. I was having trouble because I am not the most creative writer. Creative writing is not one of my solid literary skills. One thing about creating my myth for this assignment is that it was fun. It also made it easier for me to understand the importance of myths. Myths were created because people need to believe in a higher being. The need for this higher being is mainly a spiritual extension. The idea/presence of a higher being gives people hope. Hope is the leading reason why people keep moving forward. The people hope for better times, thus making it easier to bear the hard times.
What did you learn from this experience that you could use in your future teaching?
While I am still unsure if I will teach myth creation in my classroom, it has some good fundamentals. The current mythologies have many narratives, interpretations, and cultures. Each culture has its own mythological gods, and each of those gods will have a detailed story attached to their names. I will use myths in my classroom because those books are much easier for secondary students to understand. The stories are not super complex, but the leave enough room for the students to give their interpretations.
Hello Juan great post I really enjoyed your opinion on our past couple weeks with focus on myths. Your post really highlights interesting approach to understanding and even teaching myths. I also wrote how creating an individual and unique myth posed as a challenge. Creative writing can be hard for some people and is not often a strength for most. I like how you still approached it with a positive perspective, seeing this as a way to engage with concepts of myths in a meaningful way.
ReplyDeleteI like how you note in your response that creating a myth seemed to help you connect with the core purpose of mythology such as how it offers hope and explores the human beliefs of higher powers, very interesting. I truly think this is something that can really resonate with students and can help them to be more open to the creative writing process.
When it comes to teaching new students about myths you have a good point on using myths to engage students and be able to openly interpret them. Myths are often pretty straightforward, having tons of symbolic meaning behind them. Teaching this in the classroom can help students understand how to analyze and discuss different interpretations of text. Encouraging students to explore myths themes, symbols, and cultural contexts could really benefit development in students allowing them to have stronger analytical and interpretive skills.