Response to the Cinderella stories and the I Poem

Overall, I found this assignement a tad bit difficult. I think I have a really hard time trying new things sometimes. I am very used to writing a formal paper or blogging now that when i had to sort of think outside of the box it became something that I had to work out. I REALLY enjoyed reading the two cinderellas and looking at the comparisons. I think that the IPoem is a great thing to use in the classroom, it really gets children's minds turning. It certainly made me think! While doing a bit of research I found that Yeh-Shen was written about a person by the name of Adeline Yen Mah. http://www.answers.com/topic/adeline-yen-mah It is crazy to think that this story is based off of a real story. Obviously some of the ideas were changed around but I really liked the idea that this was a real person.
I also did some research on the Native American symbols that I saw in the book because they really fascinated me. http://www.geocities.com/ctesibos/symbols/native-american.html

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