Storybook stack. As of Thursday evening, I had read and replied to all the Week 13 Storybooks that had been turned in on time. If you turned in a late Week 13 Storybook or an early Week 14 or Week 15 assignment, it is probably still in the stack, which you can see here: contents of the stack. If you want to turn in a Storybook to get comments and points before the weekend, make sure you turn that in by noon on Friday. If you turn something in after noon on Friday, check on Monday - that's when I will be updating the stack again for anything turned in on Friday afternoon or over the weekend.
Final Grades. As you reach the points you need for your final grade in this class - 410 points for an A, 360 points for a B, 320 points for a C - let me know, and I'll record the letter grade for you there in the Desire2Learn Gradebook. You can mix and match whatever assignments you prefer to get the final points you need - but be careful as you make your choices, so that you don't accidentally come up short of the points you will need.
Storybook ballot results! Thanks to all of you who took the time to cast your ballot, and congratulations to the winners, to all the nominees, and to EVERYBODY who learned how to make your own website this semester: I hope that is a skill that will turn out to be useful to you in the future! :-)
MYTH-FOLKLORE
Best Overall Storybook
Lynette - End-of-the-World Tours
Best Storybook Topic
Andrea - The Real Veggie Tales
Best Overall Storybook
Lynette - End-of-the-World Tours
Best Storybook Topic
Andrea - The Real Veggie Tales
Best Written Storybook
Caitlan - Bible Beauties: Inner Thoughts
Most Creative Storytelling
Sarah Wiley - MailSecret: Lessons Learned
Best Design Overall
Shayna - The Cosmic Egg
INDIAN EPICS
Friday, April 30: Walpurgis Night. The night of April 30 is celebrated as Walpurgis Night in many countries of northern and central Europe, often with bonfires late into the night. Also known as "May Day's Eve," the holiday has many carnival-like aspects, and it is also associated with magic and witchcraft (it even shows up in the Harry Potter books, where the Death-Eaters are referred to as the "Knights of Walpurgis," which is a play on words with "Walpurgis Night"). You can read about the ways in which Walpurgis Night is celebrated in Germany, Finland, and other countries in this Wikipedia article, which is also the source for this image of a Walpurgis Night bonfire in Sweden:
Best Overall Storybook
Peter - Ravana: Tales of the Ten Heads
Best Written Storybook
Tori - Women & Love in the Epics
Most Creative Storytelling
Kelley - Wild Women of India
Best Design Overall
Crystal - Monkey Tales
WORLD LITERATURE
Best Overall Storybook
Jess - Peace, Love & Stories: Canterbury Tales
Best Written Storybook
Chloe - Hope's Journey
Most Creative Storytelling
Valerie - Through the Looking-Glass
Friday, April 30: Walpurgis Night. The night of April 30 is celebrated as Walpurgis Night in many countries of northern and central Europe, often with bonfires late into the night. Also known as "May Day's Eve," the holiday has many carnival-like aspects, and it is also associated with magic and witchcraft (it even shows up in the Harry Potter books, where the Death-Eaters are referred to as the "Knights of Walpurgis," which is a play on words with "Walpurgis Night"). You can read about the ways in which Walpurgis Night is celebrated in Germany, Finland, and other countries in this Wikipedia article, which is also the source for this image of a Walpurgis Night bonfire in Sweden:
