Week 8 Reading and Writing

I think I've enjoyed the writing assignments for this class the most so far. Regarding the reading and making notes, it has been tricky to keep within the word limit, and ensuring that I write down all the parts that I find interesting or important. However, when I've actually made my own comments in the reading notes as a style choice, I find this has been helpful. Many of my stories are inspired by little comments I've made alongside the summaries for each reading. So far, my favourite reading has been "Sita, Daughter of the Earth", the graphic novel by Nagpal. I think that the story I wrote from this graphic novel has also been my favourite to write as well. For my storybook, I am still trying to figure out how to change the design and layout of the google sites so that it looks nicer, but I think I have a good idea of how I want my storybook to go with each story, as well as look overall.
My Favourite Blog Image, "A warrior of the earth". Source: Flickr 
Going forward, I would like to take more advantage of the extra credit assignments, especially the Tech Tips that help enhance my blog and overall fun to do/use like the Meme Generators. 

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