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Activity 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

We will read relevant essays were not covered in Week 3.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Click here to read “On Being a Man”<\/a> by Paul Theroux.<\/p>\n

Click here to read “The Definition of a Gentleman”<\/a> by John Henry Newman.<\/p>\n

(Citation: Nordquist, Richard. “Definition of a Gentleman.” ThoughtCo, Apr. 12, 2025, thoughtco.com\/definition-of-a-gentleman-by-newman-1689960).<\/em><\/p>\n

Click here to read an excerpt from Act 1, Scene 3 from Hamlet<\/em> <\/a>by William Shakespeare (Lines 60 – 87).<\/p>\n

Click here to read “A Definition of a Jerk”<\/a> by Sydney J. Harris.<\/p>\n

Click here to read “How It Feels to Be Colored Me”<\/a> by Zora Neale Hurston<\/p>\n

Click here to read “To the Slave, What Is the Fourth of July?”<\/a> Frederick Douglass.<\/p>\n

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Activity 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Part 1: OER TX A&M:<\/a> Getting Started Chap. 2 – p 2.1 – 2.12<\/p>\n

Part 2: Prewriting p. 2.13 – 2.24<\/p>\n

Activity 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

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To review MLA formatting for essays, click on one or more of the following links.<\/p>\n

“How Your Essays Should Look”<\/a><\/p>\n

Format Matters Video<\/a><\/p>\n

Format Illustration<\/a><\/p>\n

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Activity 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

Washtenaw OER<\/a><\/p>\n

Mechanics Mini-lesson: Capitalization<\/p>\n

Read pp. 19-22
\nComplete Exercise 4 p 20
\nExercise 5 p. 22<\/p>\n

Additional Resource on Capitalization\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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Take this online quiz for fun.<\/a><\/p>\n

Take this online quiz<\/a> on punctuation and capitalization of quotations.<\/p>\n

Quiz 4<\/p>\n

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.<\/strong>\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n

To access the quiz, navigate to your Brightspace course. On the Quizzes module, click on Quiz 4.<\/p>\n

Activity 5<\/strong><\/p>\n

Due:\u00a0 Sun 4\/26<\/p>\n

Click here for directions for Essay 2.<\/a><\/p>\n

To review MLA formatting for essays, click on one or more of the following links.<\/p>\n

“How Your Essays Should Look”<\/a><\/p>\n

Format Matters Video<\/a><\/p>\n

Format Illustration<\/a><\/p>\n

Click this link for a video on how to eliminate extra spaces between paragraphs<\/a> on Word.<\/p>\n

PowerPoint: How to insert quotes into your essay.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Activity 6<\/strong><\/p>\n

Student Sample 2<\/a><\/p>\n

Student Sample 3<\/a><\/p>\n

Student Sample 4<\/a><\/p>\n

Activity 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

Washtenaw OER<\/a><\/p>\n

Mini-Lesson: Commas pp 13-15
\nComplete Exercise 1 p 15<\/p>\n

Mini-Lesson: Semi-colons and Colons pp 16-17
\nComplete Exercise 2 p 17<\/p>\n

Mini-Lesson: Apostrophes pp 18-19
\nComplete Exercise 3<\/p>\n

Take this online quiz<\/a> to check your knowledge.<\/p>\n

Activity 8<\/strong><\/p>\n

In-class Writing 4<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Activity 9<\/strong><\/p>\n

In-class Writing 4B<\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n

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