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).
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