Week 04

Activity 1

Click this link to access an interactive reading of “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin on the CommonLit website. You are not required to complete the assessment questions, but doing so may enhance your understanding of the story.

Activity 2

Click this link to read the poem “The Wife” by Emily Dickinson.

Activity 3

Click this link to access an interactive reading of “The Necklace” by Guy De Maupassant on the CommonLit website. You are not required to complete the assessment questions, but doing so may enhance your understanding of the story.

Activity 4

Click this link to access the 20th Century story “Another Evening at the Club” by Alifa Rifaat.

Click this link for a very good audio of the story.

Activity 5 

Click this link for an overview of the 19th Century Cult of Domesticity/True Womanhood

(optional)
Click this link to view a short Youtube video on the 19th Century Cult of Domesticity/True Womanhood.

Activity 6

For a comprehensive discussion, read the following article by Barbara Welter about
The Cult of True Womanhood

Activity 7

Please view this video lecture on “The Necklace.” I am going to expand it to include “The Story of an Hour” and “The Wife”; however, for now, The lecture on the Chopin Story and the poem must be read from the transcript.

Activity 8

Essay 2 – Part 1 (prewriting)

This essay will involve a  two-part process in which you research and analyze the impact of online searches on the writing of literary essays.
This week you are only responsible for Part 1 (prewriting).
You do not have to submit any written work this week, but you must take notes in preparation for Part 2.

Click here for Essay 2 Part 1 directions.

Activity 9

Quiz 5

This Quiz will check your understanding of common literary terms. It will be available from 9:00 a.m. Monday, September 23 to Sunday, September 29  11:59 p.m. Once the test closes, it will not be available or visible to students.

To access the quiz, please navigate to your Brightspace course. On the homepage, click the “Review Quizzes” module and select Quiz 5.

For quiz study materials, click this link and this link for two videos, which review common literary terms.