This week I read stories from the Brer Rabbit unit. I am also using this reading diary as a challenge to switch up my note taking style to a more reflective style.
I chose this unit because I remember my mom reading me a few Brer Rabbit tales when I was younger. Brer Rabbit is so mischievous and a trickster. I think that is why I have always liked him so much.
My favorite story when I was little was the Tar-Baby story and I still gravitate toward it the most today. I thought it was funny that he got trapped by this tar baby and the more he fought with it, the more he got caught in it. Now as an adult, I realize it's kind of reflecting any time you get stuck in a situation. The more you try to escape something inevitable, the more you get tangled in.
I will admit, reading the dialect can be pretty hard. I felt that I was struggling to understand what some of the sentences were saying. Dialects are interesting because it is as if you're reading another language that is similar to your own but trying hard to understand it. I wanted to see if I could get through the stories without listening to the audio. It took me a while. The second time, I read while listening to the audio and it made the stories much more enjoyable.
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