Public Domain
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 3
Public Domain
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 story “Another Evening at the Club” by Alifa Rifaat.
Public Domain
Activity 5
Click this link to view a short Youtube video on the 19th Century Cult of Domesticity.
Activity 6 (optional)
Please 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, Parts II and III must be read from the transcript.
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
Activity 8
Click this link to read and listen to the poem “The Wife” by Emily Dickinson.
Activity 9
Quiz 2 on Essay Formatting
The quiz covers formatting requirements for essays in ENG 201, as stipulated in the Format Matters guidelines. The test is timed, and students have one hour to complete it. The quiz will be available from 9:00 a.m. Monday, September 11 to 11:59 p.m., Sunday, September 17. The quiz will not be reopened after the closing date.
Study materials for the quiz appear below. You can also look at Shared Student Essays on the main menu to see how your paper should look.
To access the quiz, navigate to your Blackboard course. Click on Links to Quizzes. Then click on Quiz 2.
Activity 10
Click this link for a four-minute talk on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in college classes. You can also choose to read the article.
Activity 11
Essay 1 First Draft due: Sunday, October 1.
Click here to access Essay First Draft directions.
Click here for a PowwerPoint on “How to Insert Quotations into a Literary Essay.”
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. You can also look at “Shared Student Essays” on the main menu to see how your essays should look.
To submit your essay, navigate to your Blackboard course. Click on “Essay Submission Links.” Then click on the Essay First Draft folder.
Activity 11
Click here to access the Week 2 discussion board.
Activity 11
Review Quick Guide to Sentence Structure on COURSE INFORMATION. This is on the second page of COURSE INFORMATION.
