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Artifacts:  Anchor

4/1/2014

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According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, artifact is defined as
1. a simple object (such as a tool or weapon) that was made by people in the past
2. something created by humans usually for a practical purpose; especially :  an object remaining from a particular period 


Anchor is today's artifact. Let's do a quick write (take no more than 3 minutes to jot down anything that comes to mind when you invision either the word or picture of "anchor."  Share your thoughts with someone close to you. My ideas are typed below. I tend to move right into metaphorical but students will probably begin with the actual physical structure of what an anchor is. See what you come up with.

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1. My family anchor's me daily. They are only a phone call away.
2.  Anchors Aweigh - Navy
3.  Story: It takes more than a 20 lb. anchor to keep your bay boat from drifting in the waters while fishing. The winds seemed to dismantle the definition of "an anchor" that day. We're definitely amateurs when it comes to fishing in the Gulf of Mexico--almost ran ourselves up against the jetties while fishing.
4. Hope is an anchor for the soul
5. heavy, iron, chains, sink, unmovable
6. heave-ho - pirates

Find quotes from the internet, poems, books, songs, etc. about anchors

Quotes:
1. "Life's roughest storms prove the strength of our anchors."
2. "It is a far, far better thing to have a firm anchor in nonsense than to put out on the troubled seas of thought." - John Kenneth Galbraith
3. My beliefs will run through everything I do. My beliefs,my values are my anchor and when people try to drag me, as I know they will, it is to that sense of right and wrong, that sense of who I am and what I believe, to which I will always hold."- Ed Miliband

Activities to try out with your students or peers:

1. Truisms help shape stories that you write or that have already been written. What truisms can you think of when it comes to the artifact: anchor? Some examples I've found are:
a. We all need an anchor in our life to guide us.
b. Before an anchor can ever be raised, it must be let go
c.  An anchor can drag you down

Using your truism about an anchor (physical or metaphorical), write a story around it. This truism will help you bring in emotion and a deeper sense of what you really want your listener or reader to understand.

2. Sharing connections made with others always generates stories lost and now found - jars your memory. Write down all that you remember and begin to build your story. Share your anecdotes with us on this blog.
I would love to hear from you!

3. Metaphor: Make one of your characters in your tale the anchor and explain why. For example: I am that heavy anchor you heave over the bow




12 Comments
Tarkabarka
4/1/2014 01:46:45 am

There is a British folktale where an anchor comes down from the sky and lands in a graveyard on a Sunday morning. After a while whatever it anchors flies away, but the anchor itself is left behind. One of the weirdest folktales ever :D Mystery.
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Sue Kuentz link
4/1/2014 07:06:22 am

Haha- your British folktale you mentioned just reminded me of the tale of Hardy Hardhead with the flying ship and Hardy yelling out "Anchors below." Thank you for your reply Tarkabarka.

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Alex Hurst | A Fantasy Writer in Kyoto link
4/1/2014 02:17:42 am

I think of rusty anchors on the harbor shore; anchors outwitting sharks in at least three Disney movies from the 90s; the anchor for my soul; Old Navy, Popeye.... and that's about it, in addition to what you mentioned. :)

<a href="http://alex-hurst.com/"><b>Alex Hurst</b>, fantasy author in Japan, participating in <b>Blogging A-Z April Challenge</b>.</a>

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Sue Kuentz link
4/1/2014 07:14:06 am

Aww yes, the Disney movies and how could I forget Popeye and his anchor tattoo??? You living in Kyoto reminded me when my dad (retired Air Force) would drive us to Yokohama for the weekend. I believe we had a large Navy showing there during the mid 1960's. I was 8 or 9 and remember those HUGE anchors connected to those colossus ships stationed at the port. I'm guessing there's quite a lot of Japanese sea stories out there!

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Pam Faro link
4/1/2014 03:59:49 am

Fun! Nice! Good, useful, nice prompts, creative ideas - thanks! I look forward to more. Pam from http://www.storycrossings.com/blog/

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Sue Kuentz link
4/1/2014 07:20:32 am

Thank you Pam! This is fun and a great opportunity for me to grow as a blogger. Thank you for your encouraging words!

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rita link
4/1/2014 04:21:22 am

Great post. Lots of things to think about. I look forward to more.

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Sue Kuentz link
4/1/2014 07:21:09 am

Thank you Rita!

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Mary Grace Ketner link
4/1/2014 06:04:18 am

You created an image for me of the anchor rope uncoiling rapidly once the anchor is tossed overboard, whipping by in a swirl of curls, then having to be stopped and "anchored" to something on deck when the anchor hits bottom so that it can hold. We have to do our part, too, to remain anchored.

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Sue Kuentz link
4/1/2014 07:18:45 am

Love your imagery Mary Grace! You brought me right to Le Miserable when the enslaved criminals are all grasping the huge chains and pulling in the huge ships - got the music in my head now! Thanks for visiting!

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Barra the Bard / Barra Jacob-McDowell link
4/1/2014 08:32:29 am

Sue, Just as wonderful as I expected, and full of creative ideas! Thank you! I was 7 when my uncle Bill died, and I remember my granny, a great one for Scottish proverbs, quoting one: "He's aye set his boat at anchor the noo." HOW did you get the A-to-Z badge on your blogsite? I can't figure out how to do it, and neither can my computer nerd husband!

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Sue Kuentz link
4/1/2014 09:13:53 am

Barra, thank you so much for your encouraging message. You will laugh when I tell you how I placed the badge on my blog. Enbedding it didn't work so I saved the image onto my computer and then uploaded it as a graphic. I then just linked the image to their page.

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