Skip to main content

Week 2 Reading Overview



Choose from CLASSICAL and/or BIBLICAL units for Weeks 3 and 4.

Week 3: Illiad

Week 4: Aesop(Jacobs)

Choose from MIDDLE EASTERN and/or INDIAN units for Weeks 5 and 6.

Week 5: Ancient Egypt

Week 6: Arabian Nights

Choose from ASIAN and/or AFRICAN units for Weeks 7 and 9. [Week 8 is review week.]

Week 7: South Africa

Week 9: The Monkey King

Choose from NATIVE AMERICAN units for Weeks 10 and 11.

Week 10: Hero Tales

Week 11: Great Plains

Choose from BRITISH and/or CELTIC units for Weeks 12 and 13.

Week 12: King Arthur

Week 13: Robin Hood

Choose from EUROPEAN units for Weeks 14 and 15.

Week 14: Russian

Week 15: Inferno

(Books Flat Icon Vector, source)
I'm excited for these readings especially for the Native American unit. I've take a Native American music class and I had a lot of fun learning about the cultural importance of song and dance. Most of the other stories I chose are things I've heard about through pop culture and other references but never actually read. 
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Week 8 Comments and Feedback

 I think the feedback I've been receiving has been pretty good. The better ones are definitely from the 150-word assignments where people use the WWW or TAG method. Storytelling has never been my strong suit so the class has been helpful for me.  I hope the comments I've been leaving have been useful. I try to focus more on any questions that the reading has left me with. Things like questioning why people did what they did. I like the WWW feedback method the most. Mostly because it's really easy to remember,  The intro posts have been an alright way to get to know people. I think it's definitely less of a connection than being physically together for a couple hours every week. For an all online class though I think it works. I think with feedback, a lot of people are scared of being harsh or mean, so they may not give feedback fully. I think I need to read more critically because I definitely also do this. ( cheezburger ) I chose this image because this is definitely t...
Post a Comment
Read more

Reading Notes: Europa: Part B

 ( Mute Swan by Yerpo) The Swan Maidens by Joseph Jacobs:  Characters: Hunter, Youngest Swan Maiden, King Hunter: Is a creep. feels that blackmailing is an appropriate way to get someone to marry him. Youngest Swan Maiden: Needs better siblings. Should not marry someone that is blackmailing them.  King: Needs to take better care of his daughters. Lost one and did not even care.  Plot:  Creepy hunter watches a bunch of maidens who have wing cloaks bathing and playing in a lake. He steals the youngest one's clothes. When the maidens want to go home they all get their clothes, but the youngest one can not find hers. The hunter comes out when the other sisters have abandoned her. He has her cloak but gives her his coat and tells her she has to marry him. He hides her feathers away so she won't ever leave him(red flag).  They have two kids together. Eventually, the kids find the feathers while they are playing and show their mom. She takes the feathers and fli...
Post a Comment
Read more

Reading Notes: Japanese Fairytales: Part A

( Wooden Fence by Idlir Fida) The Envious Neighbor by Andrew Lang: Characters:  The old man and old woman, their neighbor, their dog The old couple: They are a good pair of people. Kind to a fault and honestly a bit too trusting of the people around them. The neighbor: Very jealous and greedy of what his neighbors got from their dog. Does not respect personal property at all Dog: just a good boi Plot:  One day the old man is digging in his yard and his dog gets his attention and tries to get him to dig in a particular spot. The old man does so and finds a chest full of golden coins and the couple is now quite wealthy. The neighbor sees this and is jealous so he asks to borrow the dog. He lets the dog loose in his yard but it doesn't find anything for a while. A bit later the dog starts pointing at an area and he digs it up and all he finds are some old smelly bones. This makes him very angry so he goes and kills the dog. He then goes to the old couple and tells them the dog ...
Post a Comment
Read more