Welcome to Week 8 of our online course. This week we will finish reading Oedipus the King and enlarge our discussion of the play. There is no discussion this week. Be sure to complete Quiz 7 by midnight, Sunday, March 23.
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Welcome to Week 6 of our online course. This week we will be completing our segment on poetry. Readings will include examples of lyric, dramatic, and narrative poems. Quiz 6 will be open from 9:00 Monday, March 3 through Sunday, March 9. Essay 2 (“Araby” essay) is due Wednesday, March 12th. (I extended the due date from March 9th due to the issues with Hypothesis). You must complete the Hypothesis activity before writing this essay. No essays will be read until the Hypothesis assignment has been completed. Deadline for Final (and all) Drafts of Essay 1 is Sunday, March 9. After that, no versions of Essay 1 will be accepted/reviewed. There is no Discussion Board this week.
Welcome to Week 5 of our course. This week we are starting a 2-week segment on poetry. This week you will be introduced to the iconic form of the sonnet. Be sure to participate in the Week 5 Discussion Board. There is no quiz this week.
Welcome to Week 3 of our OpenLab course. This week will be backtracking to the Week 2 readings “Salvation.” Once, again, there is no class on Wednesday. February 12th in honor of Lincoln’s birthday. But don’t worry. We will catch up next week when we have classes on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Please complete Quiz 4 by Sunday, Feb. 16th. This is on sentence structure, not on any readings of literature. Please participate in the Week 3 discussion. You will be reading “The Lesson” on your own, and this will be the basis of the discussion.
Welcome to Week 2 of our online course. Because of the holiday last week, we may not get to complete all the activities, but we will try. First, we will look back at the Week 1 reading “The Most Handsome Drowned Man” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. On Wednesday, we will be reading “Araby,” a dark and soulful coming-of-age story by the renowned Irish writer James Joyce. For homework, I ask that you read 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. Be sure to complete Quiz 3 by midnight on Sunday, Feb. 9th. Note: This week you should post on the Week 1 discussion board. Normally, we do not have discussions on the even numbered weeks, but again, the holiday last week set us back a bit.
Welcome to the first full week of ENG 201 Introduction to Literature on the BMCC OpenLab platform. Classes started last Saturday. If you have not completed the activities for the short week, please be sure to do so. This week we will be reading the beautiful and mysterious story “The Most Handsome Drowned Man” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, along with the irony-rich story “Salvation” by Langston Hughes. Be sure to complete Quizzes 1 and 2 by midnight, Sunday, Febrruary 2. If you missed the first Zoom meeting, please look for my email of January 27th regarding the activities you need to complete this week. There are no classes on Wednesday, January 29th. Happy Lunar New Year!
Discuss your experience with the writing Essay 1. What did you learn or realize? In what ways might the assignment change how you approach a future writing assignment? Please refer only to your personal experience in your response. Be extremely specific, and do not offer comments about essay writing in general. To submit your Week 5 post, follow the steps below. 1. Scroll up to the black strip at the top of the screen and click the black “plus” sign inside the white circle. It is located to the right of the course title. 2. In the box that reads “Add title,” type in a title that includes your first name, last name, and the words “Discussion 5” (example: John Hart Discussion 5). 3. Type your response in the text box. Remember that your first post must be at least 150 words in order to receive full credit. 4. Navigate to the right side of the screen and choose the Post Category “Week 5 Discussion” (or whichever week is current). Never choose anything in the box that reads “Category Sticky.” Click for screenshot. 5. To add media (optional), click the “add media“ button in between the title box and the text box. Do not add the image directly to the media library. To get the image to show in the tile preview, go to “featured image > add featured image, in the lower right-hand side.” Click for screenshot. 6. Publish the post by clicking the blue button on the right. 7. Please leave a thoughtful reply to the post of one other classmate. Remember that your comments to others should be at least 75 words in order to receive full credit. PLEASE SEE BELOW: Do not change anything in CATEGORY STICKY. Under Categories, check the box for the current week. […]
Prompt: How would you rate your ability to read poetry after the past two weeks? In what ways do you feel your experience with poetry can help with the reading of Oedipus the King? Please refer to a particular poem we’ve read and the connection it has for you to the play. Posts that lack specific reference/citation and detail will not receive credit. To submit your Week 7 post, follow the steps below. 1. Scroll up to the black strip at the top of the screen and click the black “plus” sign inside the white circle. It is located to the right of the course title. 2. In the box that reads “Add title,” type in a title that includes your first name, last name, and the words “Discussion 7” (example: John Hart Discussion 7). 3. Type your response in the text box. Remember that your first post must be at least 150 words in order to receive full credit. 4. Navigate to the right side of the screen and choose the Post Category “Week 7 Discussion” (or whichever week is current). Never choose anything in the box that reads “Category Sticky.” Click for screenshot. 5. To add media (optional), click the “add media“ button in between the title box and the text box. Do not add the image directly to the media library. To get the image to show in the tile preview, go to “featured image > add featured image, in the lower right-hand side.” Click for screenshot. 6. Publish the post by clicking the blue button on the right. 7. Please leave a thoughtful reply to the post of one other classmate. Remember that your comments to others should be at least 75 words in order to receive full credit.
Prompt: How would you rate your ability to read and understand Oedipus the King? What parts were you good at? What elements were challenging for you and why? Did you like reading this play? Which character would you want to portray if you had to be in a production of the play, and why would you choose to play this character? To submit your Week 8 post, follow the steps below. 1. Scroll up to the black strip at the top of the screen and click the black “plus” sign inside the white circle. It is located to the right of the course title. 2. In the box that reads “Add title,” type in a title that includes your first name, last name, and the words “Discussion 8” (example: John Hart Discussion 8). 3. Type your response in the text box. Remember that your first post must be at least 150 words in order to receive full credit. 4. Navigate to the right side of the screen and choose the Post Category “Week 8 Discussion” (or whichever week is current). Never choose anything in the box that reads “Category Sticky.” Click for screenshot. 5. To add media (optional), click the “add media“ button in between the title box and the text box. Do not add the image directly to the media library. To get the image to show in the tile preview, go to “featured image > add featured image, in the lower right-hand side.” Click for screenshot. 6. Publish the post by clicking the blue button on the right. 7. Please leave a thoughtful reply to the post of one other classmate. Remember that your comments to others should be at least 75 words in order to receive full credit.
Prompt: This week’s reading by Flannery O’Connor contains some racial slurs in the context of a story set in the deep South in the early 1960s. While Commonlit has opted to omit the full word for the most offensive slur, many college textbooks leave the story in its original form. Do you think that literary texts should be cleared of offensive language, or do you feel the authentic language should be kept in place in the interests of historical context and characterization? To submit your post, follow the steps below. 1. Scroll up to the black strip at the top of the screen and click the black “plus” sign inside the white circle. It is located to the right of the course title. 2. In the box that reads “Add title,” type in a title that includes your first name, last name, and the words “Discussion 9 (example: John Hart Discussion 9). 3. Type your response in the text box. Remember that your first post must be at least 150 words in order to receive full credit. 4. Navigate to the right side of the screen and choose the Post Category “Week 9 Discussion.” DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING UNDER THE BOX THAT READS “CATEGORY STICK.” LEAVE THAT AS IT. (It will read “Select Category.”) 5. Publish the post by clicking the blue button on the right. 6. Please leave a thoughtful reply to the post of one other classmate. Remember that your comments to others should be at least 75 words in order to receive full credit.
Prompt: What is your thesis for the research essay on fairy tales? Identify one article from List A and one article from List B that interests you. Please cite the author’s name and explain which ideas from the article caught you attention and why. To submit your Week 11 post, follow the steps below. 1. Scroll up to the black strip at the top of the screen and click the black “plus” sign inside the white circle. It is located to the right of the course title. 2. In the box that reads “Add title,” type in a title that includes your first name, last name, and the words “Discussion 11” (example: John Hart Discussion 11). 3. Type your response in the text box. Remember that your first post must be at least 150 words in order to receive full credit. 4. Navigate to the right side of the screen and choose the Post Category “Week 11 Discussion” (or whichever week is current). Never choose anything in the box that reads “Category Sticky.” Click for screenshot. 5. To add media (optional), click the “add media“ button in between the title box and the text box. Do not add the image directly to the media library. To get the image to show in the tile preview, go to “featured image > add featured image, in the lower right-hand side.” Click for screenshot. 6. Publish the post by clicking the blue button on the right. 7. Please leave a thoughtful reply to the post of one other classmate. Remember that your comments to others should be at least 75 words in order to receive full credit.