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Note from Professor:
“Araby” is not a love story!
Activity 1
Please review this short pre-reading Lecture on “Araby” by James Joyce.
Short Lecture
Activity 2
Click this link to access an interactive reading of “Araby” by James Joyce on the Commonlit website. You do not have to answer the assessment questions, but they may enhance your understanding of the story. If you have not yet created an account with CommonLit, go to COURSE INFORMATION for directions.
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Activity 3
Quiz 4
This is a practical 10-question multiple-choice quiz in which students must match literary terms to quotes from literary works. The quiz will be available from 9:00 a.m. Monday, September 19 to 5:00 p.m. Sunday, September 25. Quiz must be taken in one setting, and students have 90 minutes in which to complete it. This quiz will include “Araby,” so be sure to complete this reading before taking the quiz. Study materials for this quiz can be found in Activity 4 on the Week 4 page.
To access the quiz, navigate to your Blackboard course. On the dark grey navigation panel to the left, click “Links to Quizzes.” Then click “Quiz 4”
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Activity 4
Essay Introduction due: Sunday, October 2, 11:59 p.m.
In this class, you will be developing one single research essay over the course of the 15-week semester. The essay will focus on one of the four stories from weeks 2 through 5. We will be working on this project step by step.
For your first written assignment, you will write only an introduction (6-10 sentences). Please read all directions carefully and follow the outline given. Click here to access Essay Introduction Directions.
Click here for Student Sample Introduction
When you are ready to submit, navigate back to your Blackboard course. On the dark grey navigation panel, click “Essay Submission Links.” Then click “Essay Introduction.”
All essays in this class must adhere to MLA format. Before submitting any written work, please review the following guides to formatting. Only correctly formatted essays will be eligible for a grade of A. There will be a quiz on format next week.
By Jeff Jacobs
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Activity 5
Click here to access the Week 5 Discussion Board.
Click here for information about How Discussion Boards Work.
Click here for information about How Discussion Boards Are Graded.
