Saturday, October 17

Today is Saturday of Week 8! Here is a link to Week 8 also a link to Week 9 if you want to get ahead on that too. I hope you will enjoy the commenting and feedback this weekend, and of course there are lots of extra credit options to make up for missing work and/or to get ahead. :-)

Class Procedures and Reminders

Congratulations! I hope you all got a sense of accomplishment by looking back at your work during the review week... and you should take a moment to congratulate yourselves for all the new things you have explored in this class (reading, writing, technology, everything) and also for all the stories you have shared with the class. I hope you will have a great second half of the semester!

Project Stack. I ended up with some items left in the stack on Friday, so those will be at the top of the stack next week when I start working through the projects in the order they came in. You can check the stack to make sure your project is in the stack.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog stream. There have been lots of different motivational and inspiration quotes in people's blogs this week. Via Natalia's blog, here is a lovely quote from Morgan Harper Nichols.


Twitter stream. A hilarious new cartoon from Liniers; here it is in Spanish and in English (larger view). And the tall penguin said, "Let there be light," and there was light. 


And here's a great thread about a famous song: Swing Low Sweet Chariot.


And something cool for any fans of OutlanderSam Heughan Wants to Tell You a Story.


Storybook. Plus here's a Scottish Storybook: Selkies in Celtic Folklore.


100-Word Stories. This is a famous Aesop's fable that gives us the phrase "sour grapes" ... although the grapes were not sour! The Fox and the Grapes.


And here's another famous fox: the fox in the English pangram, A quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. (Click the link for more pangrams.)


Another animal folklore star: the Japanese tanuki, or raccoon-dog. 


And some inspiration for both reading and writing from Debbie Ridpath-Ohi:


October 17. Navratri. Today is the beginning of the Hindu festival called Navratri, a nine-night (ten-day) festival, and the first day of the festival honors the goddess as Shailaputri. You can find out more about the goddess here:


This is a beautiful work of art for Navratri in the Amar Chitra Katha Twitter stream; the artist is Ketan Pal.


You can learn more at this video from Epified: Nine Goddesses - Vasant Navratri Special.



Check out the Twitter stream for information and fun stuff during the day, or click here for past announcements.