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Activity 1
Read “The Handsomest Drowned Man” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, linked here in PDF format.
Handsomest Drowned Man
Activity 2
Click this link to access information about the life and work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez from the BMCC library database Biography in Context..
Activity 3
This link will bring you to the BMCC library database Literature Resource Center and a literary article by scholar Dean Rader. The article is also available as a PDF file
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Activity 4
Click this link for an explanation of primary and secondary sources. The story “The Most Handsome Drowned Man” is an example of a primary source. The literary article in Activity 3 is an example of a secondary source.
Take this short quiz (for fun; not graded) on primary and secondary sources.
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Activity 5
PowerPoint presentation on thesis statements.
Activity 6
PowerPoint “How to Insert Quotes into a Literary Essay.”
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Activity 9
Quiz 2
This is a practical 10-question multiple-choice quiz on thesis statements. See Activity 5 for study materials.
Quiz will be available from 9:00 a.m. Monday, January 27 to 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2. Quiz must be taken in one setting, and students have 90 minutes in which to complete it.
To access the quiz, navigate to your Brightspace course. On the Review Quizzes module, click Quiz 2.
Activity 10
Essay 1 – Part 1 (prewriting)
The first essay for this course will involve a multi-layered process in which you will evaluate a sample literary essay.
This week you are only responsible for Part 1 (prewriting). No written work is required this week.
Click here for Part 1 directions.
After reading Part 1 directions, click the links below.
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Activity 11
Click this link to access the Week 1 Discussion Board.
Click here for information about How Discussion Boards Work.
