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Activity 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click this link to access an interactive reading of “The Story of an Hour” <\/a>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.<\/p>\n

C.ick this link for a thought-provoking comment<\/a> about “The Story of an Hour.”<\/p>\n

Activity 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click this link<\/a> to read the poem “The Wife” by Emily Dickinson.<\/p>\n

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Activity 3\u00a0 {OPTIONAL FOR Spring 2026}<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click this link to access an interactive reading of “The Necklace” <\/a>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.<\/p>\n

Activity 4\u00a0 {OPTIONAL FOR Spring 2026}<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click this link <\/a>to access the 20th Century story “Another Evening at the Club” by Alifa Rifaat.<\/p>\n

Activity 5\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click this link for an overview of the 19th Century Cult of Domesticity\/True Womanhood<\/a><\/p>\n

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Activity 6 (optional)<\/strong><\/p>\n

For a comprehensive discussion, read the following article by Barbara Welter about
\nThe Cult of True Womanhood<\/a><\/p>\n

Activity 7\u00a0 [OPTIONAL FOR SPRING 2026}<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please view this video lecture <\/a>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.<\/a><\/p>\n

Activity 8<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read the contemporary short story “How I Fell in Love with Richard Nixon”<\/a> by Stanley Hoffman. The story contains guided reading questions and highlighted sections. It is the basis of your second essay assignment.<\/p>\n

Essay 2<\/p>\n

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Due Sunday, March 8<\/p>\n

Click here for Essay 2 directions<\/a><\/p>\n

Before writing your essay, review the following materials:<\/p>\n

Hypothesis assignment on Brightspace.<\/p>\n

How to Insert Quotes into a Literary Essay.<\/a><\/p>\n

Click to\u00a0 see how your paper should look <\/a>in MLA format.<\/p>\n

Format Matters Video<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0Format Illustration<\/a><\/p>\n

MLA citation<\/a> guide<\/p>\n

Click this link for a video on how to eliminate extra spaces between paragraphs<\/a> on Word.<\/p>\n

Click<\/a> here for essay grading rubric.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click here for a citation machine<\/a> that will do your secondary source citations.<\/p>\n

When you are ready to submit,<\/strong> navigate to your Brightspace course. On the homepage, click the “Essays” module and select “Essay 2.”<\/p>\n

Activity 9<\/strong><\/p>\n

Quiz 5<\/p>\n

This is a 10-question multiple-choice quiz on figurative language devices.\u00a0 The test is timed, and students have 90 minutes to complete it. Test will be available from 9:00 on Monday, February 23 through 11:59 p.m. Sunday, March 1. Test will not be reopened after the closing date.
\nFor study materials, click the links below, which also appear in Activity 4 on the Week 4 page.<\/p>\n

Reviews of common literary terms.<\/a><\/p>\n

Additional literary terms<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To access the quiz, navigate to your Brightspace course. On the homepage, click the “Review Quizzes” module and select Quiz 5.<\/p>\n

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