Class Procedures and Reminders
Project Stack. If you turned in your assignment before 3PM on Sunday, you should have comments back from me, and I'll keep on working on Sunday assignments today. You can always check the stack to make sure I received your email.
The following items are for your HALLOWEEN enjoyment:
Stories. For your reading pleasure here are some Storybooks and also some Portfolio stories on Halloween themes.
This semester:
- Making a Murderer: Lady Macbeth
- Tales of Davy Jones' Locker
- Ship in a Bottle
- The Girl in the Backcountry
- Avengers of the Moon
- What Lurks in the Shadows of India
- OU's Haunted Halls
- BOO-mer Sooner: Scary Stories
- Ghost Stories: Old Lady Hudson
- In the Seven Woods
- Tracking the Werewolf
- Live On, University Legends
- Man-Eaters: Lillith's Lair
- Tales of Gothic Creatures
- Werewolves on Campus
- Indian Horror Story: Tales of the Lingering Souls
- Women in White: Legends of the Haunted Hitchhikers
- Hotel California
- Tales of the Black Cat
- Time To Learn Your Werewolf History
And here are some more items for fun and exploration:
Witches. Here the witches of Wolfshagen im Harz in Germany doing their Walpurgis dance; find out more here: The Witch Dance. Walpurgis is not Halloween, I know, but this video is still a fun one for Halloween:
Writing. It's Halloween writing humor with Ghastly Grammar Gaffes.
Indian Words in English: Today's word from India in English is in honor of Halloween candy... because the word CANDY comes to English via Arabic qandi and Sanskrit khanda. For details, see this blog post. And for candy corn: Why does it look the way it does?
Today's Video: Monster Mash. This is a great horned owl who was injured during a tornado in Kansas; the video was made at the Eagle Valley Raptor Rescue Center:
Growth Mindset: Today's growth mindset cat is ready to fight the monsters: Confront your fears. You can find out more at the Growth Mindset blog.
And while you're waiting for the Great Pumpkin...
... you can dance to the Time Warp again!
Trick-Art-Treat. All OU students are invited to take a chilling tour of the FJJMA's galleries and snap a picture in the haunted photo booth at the second annual Trick-Art-Treat at the museum from 3PM-5PM:
As always, see the Online Myth India Twitter stream for more stuff. There should be some fun Halloween items there during the day! :-)
