Students took a quiz over Yasunari Kawabata's "The Jay" and an excerpt from Pin Yathay's Stay Alive, My Son.
The class read the introductory material on four Japanese tanka poets: Tsurayuki, Komachi, Ise, and Saigyo. The class read one example of each of these classic tanka poets, Mr. Stone showed the class an abridged version of The Tales of Genji and shared the first few pages of Machi Tawara's Salad Anniversary, an award-winning, late twentieth century collection of tanka.
Homework: Read the excerpt from Sei Shonagon's The Pillow Book (716-724).
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Monday, January 9, 2017
Three Prose Readings
Students had time in class to read/reread Kathrine Mansfield's "The Doll House" (792-798). A quiz was given over this reading at the end of class.
Students also had time to read Yasunari Kawabata's "The Jay" (754-758) and Pin Yathay's "Feeding the Fire of Enmity" (819-825) an excerpt from Stay Alive, My Son.
Homework: Complete any reading not done in class. Review texts for quizzes. Study for upcoming test using Quizlet and work on your cultural writing project.
Please note the error on the study sheet that listed Pin Yathay as from Vietnam. He is from Cambodia. This error has been corrected on Quizlet. Please make sure to correct it on your review sheet.
Students also had time to read Yasunari Kawabata's "The Jay" (754-758) and Pin Yathay's "Feeding the Fire of Enmity" (819-825) an excerpt from Stay Alive, My Son.
Homework: Complete any reading not done in class. Review texts for quizzes. Study for upcoming test using Quizlet and work on your cultural writing project.
Please note the error on the study sheet that listed Pin Yathay as from Vietnam. He is from Cambodia. This error has been corrected on Quizlet. Please make sure to correct it on your review sheet.
Sunday, January 8, 2017
Culturally Inspired Literature Project
Students are to write a poem, a fictional short story, or an autobiographical story which is inspired and includes a cultural dish. Students will read their writing and share with the class the dish which inspired it during the final exam period.
Quizlet for East and Southeast Asia and Pacific Test
Quizlet sets for the East and Southeast Asia and Pacific test are now available.
East and Southeast Asia and Pacific Literature
Tuesday, January 3-5, 2017
On the first day, students read the introductory material (672-682) and read the Zen parables "Muddy Road and "The Taste of Banzo's Sword" (730-734).
On the second day, students took a quiz over the Zen parables and discussed haiku. They read two haiku by Basho, two by Buson, and two by Issa. They began reading the excerpt from Robert Hass' The Essential Haiku (743+) and finished the excerpt for homework.
On the third day, students took a quiz over the excerpt from Robert Hass' The Essential Haiku (743-747). Mr. Stone shared maps from locations he visited in China five years ago. The class read about Bei Dao (748) and read his poem "Answer" (750-751). For Homework, the students read Katherine Mansfield's "The Doll's House" (792-798).
On the first day, students read the introductory material (672-682) and read the Zen parables "Muddy Road and "The Taste of Banzo's Sword" (730-734).
On the second day, students took a quiz over the Zen parables and discussed haiku. They read two haiku by Basho, two by Buson, and two by Issa. They began reading the excerpt from Robert Hass' The Essential Haiku (743+) and finished the excerpt for homework.
On the third day, students took a quiz over the excerpt from Robert Hass' The Essential Haiku (743-747). Mr. Stone shared maps from locations he visited in China five years ago. The class read about Bei Dao (748) and read his poem "Answer" (750-751). For Homework, the students read Katherine Mansfield's "The Doll's House" (792-798).
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