Saturday, October10

Today is Saturday of Week 7. Around the middle of the semester like this, school can feel kind of overwhelming, which makes the weekend even more welcome. So.......... enjoy the weekend!

Class Procedures and Reminders

Project Stack. Many people are adding new stories to their projects this weekend, which means next week I will have a LOT of stories to comment on. If you want comments back sooner rather than later, turn in your project today, Saturday, if you can. I'll update the stack periodically over the weekend so you can check the stack to make sure I received your form.

Week 8 (repeat announcement). Week 8 is a review week, so I would urge you to jump right in when you get to the end of Week 7 and do the Week 8 review posts, which replace the reading and story posts for that week. It's a great way to get yourself ahead of the due dates, and you might be able to use that boost as a way to stay well ahead of the due dates for the rest of the semester.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog stream. I thought this was so cool: Grayce used a social media generator to make a Dracula Facebook post! You can read more at Grayce's post. This is a Tech Tip; maybe other people will make some Halloween-y memes. :-) 


Twitter stream. Here is something really cool from the OU Daily's Twitter; you can read more at the article: 'Artful Inlets' installation.


I think everybody is having trouble concentrating in these pandemic times... so you probably relate to this teacher's tweet:


And here's a fun animated gif: paper dolls that come to life.

Storybook. In the spirit of dolls that come to life, here's a Storybook about The Nutcracker.


100-Word Stories. And instead of a paper doll, here is a fable from India about a Doll of Salt.


And India is also home to some board games that have traveled far beyond India, like the game called "Chutes and Ladders" which comes from the Indian game "Snakes and Ladders." You can find out more here.


And here's a story from India: The Origin of the Coconut.


And for your listening pleasure this weekend, talking drums of Africa:


October 10: R. K. Narayan. Today is the birthday of the Indian novelist R. K. Narayan, who was born in 1906 (he died in 2001). Yes, the Narayan who wrote versions of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata in English! You can find out more about Narayan's life and work in this Wikipedia article. The image montage below is from an article celebrating the centenary of Narayan's birth: 100 years of RK Narayan, The Master Storyteller.


Jon Winokur, a.k.a. Advice to Writers, has featured a Narayan quote:


His house is now a museum, as you can see in this video:



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