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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.
Public Domain
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, Parts II and III must be read from the transcript.
Activity 8
Essay 2 First Draft due: Sunday, March 3, 11:59 p.m.
Click here for essay directions.
Be sure to watch this quick PowerPoint “How to Insert Quotes into a Literary Essay.” Do not begin writing your essay until you have reviewed this information.
How to find biographical information databases in the BMCC library databases.
When you are ready to submit, navigate back to your Blackboard course. On the dark grey navigation panel, click “Essay Submission Links.” Then click “Essay 2.”
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.
Click here to review a guide on MLA citation from the BMCC online library.
Click here for essay grading rubric.
Activity 9
Quiz 4
This Quiz will check your understanding of common literary terms. It will be available from 9:00 a.m. Monday, February 19 to Sunday, February 25, 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 Blackboard course. On the black navigation panel, click “Links to Quizzes.” Then click the link to Quiz 4.
For quiz study materials, click this link and this link for two videos, which review common literary terms.
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Activity 10
Click this link to access the Week 4 discussion.
Click here for information about How Discussion Boards Work.
