CC0 4.0 International
Activity 1
We will read relevant essays were not covered in Week 3.
Click here to read “On Being a Man” by Paul Theroux.
Click here to read “The Definition of a Gentleman” by John Henry Newman.
(Citation: Nordquist, Richard. “Definition of a Gentleman.” ThoughtCo, Apr. 12, 2025, thoughtco.com/definition-of-a-gentleman-by-newman-1689960).
Click here to read an excerpt from Act 1, Scene 3 from Hamlet by William Shakespeare (Lines 60 – 87).
Click here to read “A Definition of a Jerk” by Sydney J. Harris.
Click here to read “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” by Zora Neale Hurston
Click here to read “To the Slave, What Is the Fourth of July?” Frederick Douglass.
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Activity 2
Part 1: OER TX A&M: Getting Started Chap. 2 – p 2.1 – 2.12
Part 2: Prewriting p. 2.13 – 2.24
Activity 3
CCO 3.0 Unported
To review MLA formatting for essays, click on one or more of the following links.
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Activity 4
Mechanics Mini-lesson: Capitalization
Read pp. 19-22
Complete Exercise 4 p 20
Exercise 5 p. 22
Additional Resource on Capitalization
Take this online quiz for fun.
Take this online quiz on punctuation and capitalization of quotations.
Quiz 4
Please complete the 10-question quiz on denotation and connotation. The quiz will be available from 9:00 a.m., Friday, April 20 through 11:59 p.m. April 26, Students have 90 minutes to complete the quiz. You must complete the quiz in one sitting. Problems occur when students leave and attempt to return to the test. Once the quiz has closed, it will not be reopened and will no longer be visible to students. Please do not request a reopening of a missed quiz.
To access the quiz, navigate to your Brightspace course. On the Quizzes module, click on Quiz 4.
Activity 5
Due: Sun 4/26
Click here for directions for Essay 2.
To review MLA formatting for essays, click on one or more of the following links.
Click this link for a video on how to eliminate extra spaces between paragraphs on Word.
PowerPoint: How to insert quotes into your essay.
Activity 6
Activity 7
Mini-Lesson: Commas pp 13-15
Complete Exercise 1 p 15
Mini-Lesson: Semi-colons and Colons pp 16-17
Complete Exercise 2 p 17
Mini-Lesson: Apostrophes pp 18-19
Complete Exercise 3
Take this online quiz to check your knowledge.
Activity 8
In-class Writing 4
Submit at least 5 possible topics for your extended definition essay. To submit, navigate to Brightspace and click on the In-Class Writing module. Then click on In-Class Writing 4.
Activity 9
In-class Writing 4B
Upload your prewriting document or post your Padlet link. To submit, navigate to Brightspace and click on the In-Class Writing module. Then click on In-Class Writing 4B
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