Today is Tuesday of WEEK 8 of
the class, and I've re-arranged the Quiz area in Desire2Learn so
Week 8 is on top. Yes, this means the semester is now about half
over! In the Indian Epics class, you have a Ramayana review week before you start the Mahabharata in Week 9. In Myth-Folklore, the choice is Africa or Jamaica. If you have not turned in your Week 7 Storybook assignment yet, you may still do that for partial credit.
Storybook Stack. As usual at the beginning of the week there are LOTS of Storybook assignments in the stack. If you turned something in on Friday or Saturday,
you should have comments back from me already. If you turned
something in on Sunday or on Monday, it is probably still in the
stack. If you want to check to make sure your assignment is in the
stack, you can see the contents of the stack here.
Week 8 Internet assignment.
The Week 8 Internet assignment is now available. Once again, you
will be commenting on the Storybooks that already have at least one
STORY available for you to read. Most of the Storybooks do now have
at least one story, since many folks who did not publish a story in
Week 6 did publish a story last week. Plus, there's an extra credit option this week - you can visit the Storybooks in the other class and find a Storybook to read there!
Tuesday Events on Campus. There will be an OU Jazz Concert at 8PM in Sharp Concert Hall (time/location/details). Find out more about this and other events at the Campus Calendar online.
March 5: Howard Pyle. Today,
March 5, marks the birthday in the year 1853 of the American illustrator
and author, Howard Pyle. You can read about Howard Pyle's life and
career in this Wikipedia article, and you can find a listing of all his books that are online at his Online Books page.
Some of you in the Myth-Folklore class may be
familiar with Howard Pyle's work, since he is the author of a collection
of stories about famous pirates, as well as books about legendary
heroes such as Robin Hood and King Arthur. The image below shows one of
Howard Pyle's paintings, The Mermaid: