Monday, March 4, 2013

Introducing Tolkien and His Worlds


Today, you spent some time exploring a variety of traditional literature with tie-ins to Tolkien's writing. In this blog post, discuss one or more of the following questions for reflection:
1) Based upon what you know and/or predict about Tolkien’s writing and The Hobbit,  
    how might elements from these and other works of traditional literature be relevant? 
                  
2) Can you identify remnants of oral tradition that still exist today (ex. telling a joke,   
    family stories)? Why do you think that tales based in oral tradition have been able to   
   survive (or were even considered important enough to survive) through time?      
                 
3) Based upon the myths and folk tales, poetry, and fairy tales you explored today, can  
   you identify any mythic motifs or ideas that still resonate for us today in the 21st       
   century?
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  1. UnknownMarch 5, 2013 at 7:50 AM

    cluster6 A1

    There are many oral traditions still left in the world today like; Knock knock jokes, the boy who cried wolf,and Romeo and Juliet. Many of these have been manipulated and changed over the years and have been told over many generations.

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  2. UnknownMarch 5, 2013 at 7:50 AM

    There are many of the samethings that we do now. Many of the things that we do today also they did in the olden days. This active has opened me up to storyies in the olden days.

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  3. lpvMarch 5, 2013 at 8:49 AM

    the reason the oral traditions can still survive is because they can be passed on through gernerations through family. Cluster 2 2nd acememic

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  4. Generic Email ELA 7March 5, 2013 at 8:51 AM

    There are a lot of oral traditions left in the world today. we still tell fairytales like Cinderella and stuff like that. This helped me see what fairytales were like back then.
    ~madeline Saylor

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  5. M.G.O.March 5, 2013 at 8:51 AM

    Like if you step on a crack you brake your mothers back well that is just a saying it wont really

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  6. Generic Email ELA 7March 5, 2013 at 8:51 AM

    MAKENA, TAYLOR GRACE, JORDAN, ANDREA, ALEX G.,

    IN RUMPELSTILTSKIN MILERS DAUGHTER REPRESENTS GOODNESS, THE KING REPRESENTS ROYALTY, TURNING THE STRAW INTO GOLD REPRESENTS MAGIC, AND RUMPELSTILTSKIN IS THE PROBLEM. THESE CHARACTERS IMPACT THIS FAIRY TALE BY REPRESENTING THAT THERE ARE GOOD AND EVIL IN THE WORLD!!!

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  7. Bama GirlMarch 5, 2013 at 8:52 AM

    we all have many storyies to tell. this is all part of the oral tradition. i think Tolkien takes some of those oral traditions and myths. i think this is how he came up with his idea of the hobbit. he could have taken some of his own traditions and turned it into a fantasic story.

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  8. Generic Email ELA 7March 5, 2013 at 8:53 AM

    There are many similar things we do now that we did back then. We still tell a lot of fairytales
    madeline s.

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  9. reneeMarch 5, 2013 at 10:26 AM

    Why did the chicken cross the road?
    This a joke that literally everybody knows. I think this joke has survived for so long because it has many different endings. Some that are stupid, but some that are clever.

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  10. UnknownMarch 5, 2013 at 10:27 AM

    there are still a lot of motifs and myths and some are like pandoras box as in "your opening pandors box". that is a saying that means you are doing something wrong. Madi Thomas, Tia Kirkpatrick, Emma Jo Koch, Wesley James, Kevin Lowe

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  11. Generic Email ELA 7March 5, 2013 at 10:27 AM

    Cluster 3 ACD 3
    Traditions have carried on throughout time. Like Cinderella. These are called oral traditions. Tolkein shows us this in his writing by bringing out goblins and grimlins.

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  12. Generic Email ELA 7March 5, 2013 at 10:30 AM

    in team 21 we use this because we have to make ideas and create this. this uses creativity and it shows you what you have to do to help you with important things in life. you will always have hard things but if you belive i yoursef you can do anything.
    emily alyssa, savannah, carry, courtney.

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  13. UnknownMarch 5, 2013 at 12:50 PM

    he writes about mythical creatures, ideas, and things. Before they wrote stories they spoke them, this puts the history behind each story. Abby is amazing and loves cats meow.

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  14. Generic Email ELA 7March 5, 2013 at 12:51 PM

    Many of the stories from the 21st century, and stories from a long time ago have one thing in common. They all have a theme. A theme is like a lesson that the author is trying to tell you.

    Cluster 6, Ac. 7

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  15. UnknownMarch 5, 2013 at 12:52 PM

    Whenever someone says "thats a piece of cake" they mean its a very simple task. This is an oral tradition in the language.It has remained as a tradition because once its said it gets passed down generation by generation.
    -aashna, esther, evan r, chris ray

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  16. Generic Email ELA 7March 5, 2013 at 12:53 PM

    I think that from his writings, we can tell that there are still many oral traditions and folktales alive today. As shown in Tolkien's writings, people put these stories together to create a new story with ancestral background ideas.
    -Jenna, Chandler, Riley, Talia, Trinity, Audrey
    (Academic 4)

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  17. Generic Email ELA 7March 5, 2013 at 12:56 PM

    Tolkein used different myths and fairy tales to create a world that was used in the bookThe Hobbit.

    ~ Alex, Steven, Ashley, Sean

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