Tuesday, April 2

Today is Tuesday of Week 11. Here is a link to the this week's assignments (plus Week 12 if you are working ahead). I hope you will enjoy this week's reading! It's a storytelling week, so remember to take reading notes that will jump-start your story later.

Class Procedures and Reminders

Mix and match. As you plan out your week, remember that you can "mix and match" assignments (regular assignments, extra credit) as you zoom in on the points you need for your desired grade. Any combination will work; just make sure you have a plan in place that will get you to the end of the semester. Here's a chart that can help.

Project Stack. If you turned in your assignment before Sunday, you should have comments back from me now. I'll get to work on the Sunday assigments today! As always, you can check the stack to make sure I received your email.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog Stream. This is not actually from the blog stream; instead, it's something totally fun from Moriah's new Storybook story: Cat Lullaby, music for cats in Cat Tricks. And you can see Moriah in the Me Too Monologues tonight; more information about that below.

Free Book Online. Today's free book is Faery tales from Hans Christian Andersen translated by Mrs. E. Lucas. Today is Hans Christian Andersen's birthday!

Free Audiobook. Today's free audiobook is also from Hans Christian Andersen: Fairy Tales and Stories translated by H. P. Paull.

Featured Storybook. This Storybook is about a haunted house that holds Indian stories: Tales of the Lingering Souls. The house was owned by a mysterious man named Yash, whose eerie portrait has presided over a series of grisly deaths that echo the episodes of the ancient epics.

India Video. Here's a lovely Maati Baani video: Jao Priya.

Myth Video. This is another Crash Course video: Cosmic Sexy Time, Eggs, Seeds, and Water.

Myth Item. Here's a word from mythology: MORPHINE, which takes its name from the Greek god Morpheus.

Writing. You can look for words inside of words. They might surprise you!

And here's a fun language video: people who became nouns.

Plus a warning from Tom Gauld about the dangers of reading. Be careful! :-)

Growth Mindset Cats. The growth cat is always curious! Curiosity: the will to explore.

Event on Campus. Today and tomorrow you can come hear the Me Too Monologues in a performance at 7PM in Meacham ... Moriah from Myth-Folklore is part of the show this year! (details) Here's what Moriah told me about the show:  I think the stories are very important and meaningful, so I'd love it if more students came out to hear them! 

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

April 2: Andersen. Today marks the birthday of Hans Christian Andersen in the year 1805. You can read about his life and career at Wikipedia. Andersen is most famous for "The Little Mermaid," but his version is very different from the Disney film. You can read over one hundred of Andersen's stories in English at the Gilead.org website, and there are several Andersen books at the Freebookapalooza, which is the source for this illustration:

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