Class Procedures and Reminders
Week 5 Break. I had originally planned for Week 5 as an optional break week, but a lot of people needed that break week last week. So, some of you will be doing Week 5 as usual, and some of you may be taking a break this week, or maybe you will not take a break now and save it for later; it's all good. You can decide what works best for you! If you have fewer than 150 points in Canvas right now, that means you should probably do at least some of Week 5, and if you have any questions about how that works, just let me know. More info here: Spring 2021 Break Weeks.
Project Stack. There were so many project websites that people published over the weekend: thank you! It's very exciting to see that happening. You can check the stack to make sure I received your assignment, and later today I'll update the Myth-Folklore and Indian Epics project lists, plus I'll start sending back comments on everyone's projects, starting with projects turned in on Friday, then Saturday, and so on.
The following items are for fun and exploration:
Blog stream. I was excited to see the new story Kaelan published: it's a story inspired by Game of Thrones! Find out more here: The Unburnt.
And more wonderful art from India: this is the god Indra riding on his vahana, the elephant Airavata (who often has multiple heads and/or multiple trunks):
This weekend was the birthday of the amazing Buffy Sainte-Marie; she just turned 80 years old! Here is she is appearing on Sesame Street back in the 1970s:
Happy birthday to Buffy Sainte-Marie, born on this day in 1941 on the Piapot Cree First Nation Reserve in Saskatchewan, Canada. Here she is performing "Cripple Creek" on a mouth bow on the children’s television show Sesame Street in the late 1970s. pic.twitter.com/YtOMKTqaO2
— Dust-to-Digital (@dusttodigital) February 20, 2021
For another video today, here's a playlist by David Brown of the Norman Library... all about Mythology, Fairy Tales, Folklore and Fantasy!
David was a student in this class last year, and you can check out his Storybook here: Doors of the Damned: Gates of Hell.
As you get ready to write this week, you might ponder this cartoon from Grant Snider: All I Need to Write.
Plus this handy writing flowchart:
Check out the Twitter stream for information and fun stuff during the day, or click here for past announcements.
