Welcome to Week 6 of our online course. This week will be exploring one of the great tragedies of Western literature, Oedipus the King. I look forward to reading your comments in the discussion board as we examine the complex character of the doomed king and ponder timeless questions about the human condition. There is no quiz this week. Essay Introduction is due Sunday, March 5. See Activity 4 on the Week 5 page for directions. Please be sure to directly address the prompt in the discussion boards. Many of you are doing exactly this, but I’ve noticed a number of discussion posts that do not respond to the prompt. In ENG 201, we are developing analytical skills. Recapping of the plot is unnecessary and doesn’t generate interesting conversation.
Monthly Archives: September 2021
Welcome to Week 5 of our OpenLab course. BMCC is officially closed on Monday, February 20th for Presidents Day. However, you must still complete the week’s activities. This week will be reading “Araby” by the renowned Irish writer James Joyce. I look forward to hearing your responses to this dark and soulful story. “Araby” will be accessed through the Commonlit website, which we will be using frequently during the term. If you have not yet created an account with Commonlit, please review the easy directions in COURSE INFORMATION. Note: You do not have to write the answers to the short questions on the CommonLit website; however, I do suggest that you review them to enhance your understanding of the story and in preparation for future quizzes. Note: There are two quizzes this week, Quiz 4 and a special Essay Introduction quiz. Students must complete the Essay Introduction quiz before submitting the written Essay Introduction.. In order to have your Essay Introduction read and graded, you must first take the Essay Introduction Quiz. The Essay Introduction is only a one-paragraph introduction. Please follow directions with utmost care.
Welcome to Week 3 of our online course. The week’s reading is the very short story “Salvation,” which is an excerpt from Langston Hughes’s memoir The Big Sea. We will also be looking at concepts of irony, which are at play in this story. Don’t forget to take Quiz 2 by 11:59 p.m. Sunday, February 12. Enjoy!
