Week 05

Portrait of Queen Elizabeth 1 of England in elaborate costume
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Activity 1

Essay 2 – Part 2 (writing)
Due Sunday, October 13
Essay 2 must be submitted as a Word doc file. 

Click here for Essay 2 directions.

Click here for a Sample Essay 2.

Before writing your essay, review the following materials:

How to Insert Quotes into a Literary Essay.

Click to  see how your paper should look in MLA format.

Format Matters Video

MLA citation guide

Click here for essay grading rubric. 

When you are ready to submit, navigate to your Brightspace course. On the homepage, click the “Essays” module and select “Essay 2.”

REVISION OF ESSAY 2. 

You will need the three documents below.

Click here for directions for Essay 2 Revision.

Click here to access the Chat GTP essay you will be critiquing.

Click her for  the story “Another Evening at the Club” by Alifa Rifaat.

 

Activity 2

Click this link to review a brief introduction to poetry.

Authored by: Tom Chester. Provided by: Ivy Tech Community College. License: CC BY: Attribution

Activity 3

Click this link for a helpful and insightful article on the American Academy of Poets, “How to Read a Poem”

Activity 4

Please watch this short video, which explains the difference between English and Italian sonnets and discusses common themes that are usually the subject of these highly structured poems.

Activity 5

Click this link for an interactive reading of Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare, “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day.”

Click here for a reading of the sonnet by the British actress Lorna Laidlaw

This link presents the same sonnet on the Poets.org website.

1513 portrait of duchess with ugly, masculine faceActivity 6

Click this link to access Sonnet Number 130, “My Mistress’s Eyes Are Nothing like the Sun” by William Shakespeare.

Or click here.

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Activity 7

Click here for a short lecture on Sonnet 130, “My Mistress’s Eyes Are Nothing like the Sun.”

Activity 8

Click this link to access a reading of the Italian sonnet, “What My Lips Have Kissed and Where and Why”  by Edna Saint Vincent Millay.

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Activity 9

Click this link to access the Italian sonnet, “How Do I Love Thee” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning on the Commonlit website.

Activity 10

Click here for a modern-day sonnet by poet Kim Addonzio.

 

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Activity 11

Click this link to access the Week 5 discussion

Click here for information about How Discussion Boards Work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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