Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Week 10 Reading Diary, continued: Tejas Legends

The second half of reading the Tejas Legends unit by Florence Stratton was very similar to the first half. I enjoyed the story Why The Hummingbirds Drink Only Dew because it was so out of the box! It really reminded me of the story on the tortoise and the hare since the hummingbird was so positive that she would win the race but then the heron ends up coming in at the end and winning! I liked how the humming bird actually kept its promise and I thought it was a clever way to explain why hummingbirds drink from flowers instead of water like normal birds. How The Sickness Entered The World was more of a dark tale compared to the others. I liked how they gave sickness human like qualities. I wonder what would have happened if the snake lived? I could use this as a story for my assignment this week! It was such a creepy image to imagine a snake leaving its eggs everywhere! I really liked how descriptive the story When The Rainbow Was Torn was written. I almost felt bad for the rainbow because it was split and caught in the cactus, but I was also happy that the cactus got the color it longed for! Why the Dog’s Ears Flop was one of my favorites from this section just because I love dogs! I hated how mean the Indians were to the dog just for messing up once… I feel like they were way too harsh on him!
(Photograph of cactus flower. Source: UnTextbook)

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