Class Procedures and Reminders
Storytelling style: Screenwriting. Each week I suggest a storytelling style you might try (previous suggestions: social media, rap, animals, sci-fi, ballads, OU/Norman, gender-flip), and this week I wanted to suggest screenwriting as a style. If the weird punctuation rules for prose dialogue drive you bonkers, then maybe you will like screenwriting-style instead. Find out more here: Screenwriting. For an example, check out Real Housewives of Greek Mythology which is the project from the Storybook Archive for today (see below).
Project Stack. If you turned in your project on Sunday before 8PM, you should have comments back from me, and I will get through the rest of the Sunday assignments today. While you are waiting on comments back from me about your Project assignment, you can check the stack to make sure I received your email.
Extra Credit. If you enjoyed this week's reading, keep on reading: there's an extra credit reading option every week! Find out more in the extra credit section of this week's assignments.
The following items are for fun and exploration:
Class Twitter. From yesterday's Twitter @OnlineMythIndia, here is the Madhubhani Train Station in India which has been turned into a work of art by local artists:
Myths. You might enjoy Monsters in America, a cryptozoological map of legendary creatures.
Storybook Archive. This project is from the Myth-Folklore class: Real Housewives of Greek Mythology. Things are tense around Mount Olympus these days: Hera and Zeus are fighting. Again.
Free Book Online: Today's free videobook is Seven Secrets of Vishnu by Devdutt Pattanaik. You can find out more at the Indian Epics reading guides.
Story of the Day. Today's story is from Aesop's fables: The Eagle and the Arrow. The ironic story of an eagle shot down by his own feather: "It is a double grief to me,” he exclaimed, “that I should perish by an arrow feathered from my own wings.”
Video: The video for today is George Harrison's Om Hare Om. Find out more about George Harrison and the Beatles in India at Wikipedia, and here is more about George Harrison and Hinduism.
Growth Mindset: Today's growth mindset cat like to share what she's learning: Ask me about what I'm learning! You can find out more at the Growth Mindset blog.
Event on Campus: Tonight is Neustadt Night at the Museum starting at 6:30 in the Fred Jones Museum, and during the festivities the winner of the 2018 Neustadt Prize will be announced (details). One of my very favorite authors, Amitav Ghosh, is one of the finalists, so if he wins, I can guarantee you I will be celebrating in tomorrow's announcements.
November 9: Howard Pyle. Today, November 9, marks the death in the year 1911 of the American illustrator and author, Howard Pyle. You can read about Howard Pyle's life and career in this Wikipedia article, and there are many of his books at the Freebookapalooza. The image below shows one of Howard Pyle's paintings, The Mermaid:
Check out the Twitter stream for information and fun stuff during the day, or click here for past announcements.
Class Twitter. From yesterday's Twitter @OnlineMythIndia, here is the Madhubhani Train Station in India which has been turned into a work of art by local artists:
via @authindia: #Artist transformed #Madhubani station into #Art House #OU4993 pic.twitter.com/A7qTL8QMKe— Laura Gibbs (@OnlineMythIndia) November 9, 2017
Myths. You might enjoy Monsters in America, a cryptozoological map of legendary creatures.
Storybook Archive. This project is from the Myth-Folklore class: Real Housewives of Greek Mythology. Things are tense around Mount Olympus these days: Hera and Zeus are fighting. Again.
Story of the Day. Today's story is from Aesop's fables: The Eagle and the Arrow. The ironic story of an eagle shot down by his own feather: "It is a double grief to me,” he exclaimed, “that I should perish by an arrow feathered from my own wings.”
Video: The video for today is George Harrison's Om Hare Om. Find out more about George Harrison and the Beatles in India at Wikipedia, and here is more about George Harrison and Hinduism.
Growth Mindset: Today's growth mindset cat like to share what she's learning: Ask me about what I'm learning! You can find out more at the Growth Mindset blog.
Event on Campus: Tonight is Neustadt Night at the Museum starting at 6:30 in the Fred Jones Museum, and during the festivities the winner of the 2018 Neustadt Prize will be announced (details). One of my very favorite authors, Amitav Ghosh, is one of the finalists, so if he wins, I can guarantee you I will be celebrating in tomorrow's announcements.
Check out the Twitter stream for information and fun stuff during the day, or click here for past announcements.
