Public Domain
NOTE: The only activity you need to do is Activity 8.
Note: Spring 25, Tues. 2/18 follow Monday schedule
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.
C.ick this link for a thought-provoking comment about “The Story of an Hour.”
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, The lecture on the Chopin Story and the poem must be read from the transcript.
Activity 8
Quiz 5
This Quiz will check your understanding of common literary terms. It will be available from 9:00 a.m. Monday, February 17 to Sunday, February 23, 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 Brightspace course. On the homepage, click the “Review Quizzes” module and select Quiz 5.
For quiz study materials, click this link and this link for two videos, which review common literary terms.
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Activity 9
Prewriting for Essay 2
Hypothesis Assignment. Navigate to your Brightspace Home page. Click on the Module “Chat GTP.”
Complete the reading and answer the questions.
Essay 2 will be informed by this Hypothesis activity and the Hypothesis activity you did in class on “Araby.” This Hypothesis assignment will count for 50 percent of your Essay 2 grade.
