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The Article I chose to read: "Preschoolers and Praise: What Kinds of Messages Help Kids Grow?" by Deborah Farmer Kris. This was a very interesting article I read, and I feel as though it has very valuable information. I find the point of elaborating the compliment very interesting. As the article stated, don't just say "Good Job" say "Good job sharing with your sister". This applies even to adults, even if it has a different effect. Some adults may hear you say "Good job" and feel as though you don't mean it, considering it sounds as if you were not paying attention. Yes, I feel confident about giving people feedback, I feel it is something I have greatly worked on in my life. I feel an important strategy I use when giving feedback is the sandwich method. The sandwich method is how you deliver the criticism, you can say a compliment followed by the criticism then follow it by another compliment. This is very important because it doesn...

Topic 3:  Choose one short story or novel excerpt. Write a piece in which you explore the following: In what ways could this story be considered an artifact of history?  What does this story teach us about history?  How does a story teach us about a time or place differently than a history book? Above is the topic I am choosing to dive deeper into. The key elements that are going to be necessary in making this project happen is finding a story that is obviously an artifact of history, and that has a proper plot point. The story I am going to be attempting is Romeo and Juliet. The reason I am choosing this is the story of history it holds, and how important it is to our history. This is a story that has been told in schools all over the world, and holds true today. It has one main theme, and that is that is history repeats itself, and there are always obstacles to overcome, however, we need to fight through them. 

"The Queen Of California" Las Sergas  de Esplandian pg 76-77 Previously California was known as an island on the right hand of the Indies, inhabited by women that resemble the Amazons. There was wildlife in this area that was not known to any other area before, it was new to them.  The amazon women fed these beasts with men that they would capture.  Christians came to try and convert them however they did not know what Christianity was. The leader of the Amazon women was curious to know of Christianity for she was passionate about all life. She explained how life was in the land known as California.