Artifact: The assignment that I am most proud of and that best relates to a curricular competency would have to be my Oral storytelling assignment. This story revolves around the themes of self-confidence and how you are the only one who can set limits for yourself. I showed this through a character named David who plays the guitar, and how he doubts his capabilities. His doubts are quickly challenged by the introduction of a “magic guitar” and how that would make him play better. After signing with an agency and hitting a block in his abilities, he finds that the guitar was never magical and that he earned his opportunity.

Curricular competency: In this assignment, I learnt that creating a story through the style that the indigenous community does is quite enjoyable compared to making a traditional, linear story. Moreover, I learnt that stories that are composed with these methods lead to a more symbolic connotation which leaves the readers wondering and questioning. Not only does this allow the reader to develop their thoughts and opinions, it also leaves an open ending, allowing people to infer what happens next. I had a recursive, circular story meaning that I had a continuous storyline which kept referencing back to the main idea within the story. Through this, I was able to cement the theme and allow readers to build off of that.

Core Competency: “I can persevere over time to develop my ideas, and I expect setbacks and failure, but use that to develop my ideas”. Since the development of this story, I continued to struggle on what to base it on, taking me a few days to cement the idea. Despite this, I continued to struggle to build upon the idea; liking the fundamental plot but finding it hard to develop the idea into something worthwhile. I continued to ponder on how to take the story when I was around halfway through, Luckily I had made a timetable of how I wanted the story to unfold, and due to this I was able to work backwards allowing me to develop ideas and connect plot point A to plot point B.