Myth-Folklore Reading: Weeks 3 and 4

Last week, everybody in class read the same Anthology, but starting this week you will be choosing what you want to read, and in Weeks 3 and 4, you will be choosing from a selection of stories from Classical Greek and Roman sources or from Jewish and Christian Bible-related sources. You can see all those options here: CLASSICAL AND BIBLICAL READING OPTIONS. Take a few minutes to browse the options and make your choice; you can also look back to your Week 2 Reading Overview blog post to see what items you had in mind then. If you are not sure what to choose and/or have any questions, let me know and I will provide more information that might help you to choose.

Each week you will choose ONE of those units (for example, Jewish Fairy Tales). Ideally, you will read BOTH parts, Part A and Part B. Each part will take appx. one hour to read, so that's two hours of reading total.

After you finish Part A, write up your notes, and do the Declaration for Reading A. You need to finish the Part A assignment on Tuesday at the latest.

Then, you can move on to Part B, write up your notes, and do the Reading B Declaration. Reading B is due on or before Wednesday.

If you run out of time... During a week when you are really busy, you might not have time to read both parts of the reading, and that's okay too. If you don't finish Part A by the Tuesday deadline, then read Part A on Wednesday, and do that Declaration. That will give you the reading notes you need for your storytelling assignment. Then, if you want to read Part B later in the week, you can do that as the Extra Credit Reading assignment (same points as a regular assignment). More about that here: Extra Credit Reading for Myth-Folklore.

For details about the Reading Notes posts, see this page: Reading Notes Guidelines. Let me know if you have any questions! It may take you a few weeks to decide on the approach that works best for you; just keep in mind the overall goal: these are notes to help you jumpstart your storytelling each week so that you will be able to have the raw materials you need ready to go for creating your own story.