Monday, March 4

Today is Monday of Week 8, which is a Review Week. Here is a link to the Week 8 assignments, and I hope you will enjoy this chance to look back on your work so far and look ahead to the second half of the semester! For those of you finishing up assignments during the grace period this morning, here is a link to Week 7.

Class Procedures and Reminders

Review Week. With no new reading or storytelling, this week is a good opportunity to work ahead of the deadlines and (re)schedule your weekly plan. If you finish up the three Week 8 Review blog posts today, you can get on a schedule that is really convenient for you.

Project Stack. This week is the single busiest week of the semester for me with all the new Portfolio and Storybook stories. While you are waiting on comments back from me, you can check the stack to make sure I received your email. I'll be working through the assignments in the order turned in, starting with items that were left in the stack from last week.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog Stream. It's fun to add a favicon to your Blogger blog; you can see Katilyn's at her blog: Blogger Favicon ... and here's what it looks like all big:

Comic Book On Reserve. Today's comic book is Abhimanyu: Star-Crossed Prince, which is about one of the most dramatic episodes in the Mahabharata.

Free Audiobook. Today's free audiobook is The Old, Old Fairy Tales by Laura Valentine.

Featured Storybook. This Storybook features a fabulous variety of storytelling styles: Babylonian Tales: Book of Nabu. The ancient god of writing, Nabu, has taken the stories of old Babylon and retold them in new ways for the new world of today.

Myth Video. Some of you may have read this famous legend last week; it shows up in two of the Japanese reading units: The Legend of Urashima Taro.

India Video. Here's a beautiful video about India and Pakistan and the legacy of the Partition: Reunion. Very much worth watching in these tense times:

India Item. Here's another Amar Chitra Katha Fact Sheet, this time about the god Indra.

Writing. When in doubt: write!

And here is lovely cartoon from Grant Snider about hope: Never Quit Hoping.

Growth Mindset Cats. The key is to just start climbing: that is how you develop your abilities.

And here's some advice from Eduardo Briceño: How to get better at the things you care about.

Event on Campus. It's Arts and Sciences week, with two events for you to enjoy today in Kaufman 221B: Brazilian Urban Music Styles at 10AM and the Amazonian Tepuis at 3PM (details).

Find out more about this and other events at the Campus Calendar online.

March 4: Maha Shivratri. This year, the festival of "The Great Night of Shiva" falls on March 4, the moonless day of the month. You can read more about the Maha Shivratri festival at this Wikipedia article. In particular, the festival marks the occasion of Shiva's great cosmic dance:

And check out the YouTube page for the lyrics to this famous Shiva song as performed by Manish Vyas:

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