Week 2 Reading Overview



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

Week 3: Homers Iliad

Week 4: Homers Odyssey

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

Week 5: Sindbad

Week 6: Bengali

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

Week 7: Japanese Mythology

Week 9: The Monkey King

Choose from NATIVE AMERICAN units for Weeks 10 and 11.

Week 10: Cherokee
Week 11: Hero Tales

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

Week 12: Beowulf

Week 13: Robin Hood

Choose from EUROPEAN units for Weeks 14 and 15.

Week 14: Hunt

Week 15: Jacobs

    I chose this image because it represents the topic I am most excited to read about this semester. I am very interested in diving into the units of Week 7 and 9. For those weeks I chose Japanese Mythology which I think after browsing through it, has a lot of good stories. 

(Source: The Labors of Yamato: Dragon)


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