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Activity 1
Click this link to access the short story “Salvation” by Langston Hughes.
Activity 2
Click this link to access a Youtube lecture on “Salvation.”
Activity 3
By Jeff Jacobs
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Some of this week’s stories are rich with various forms of irony. Click this link for a short video that explains the three types of irony.
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Activity 4
Please review this short pre-reading Lecture on “Araby” by James Joyce.
Short Lecture
Activity 5
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Click this link to access an interactive reading of “Araby” by James Joyce on the Commonlit website. You do not have to answer the assessment questions, but they may enhance your understanding of the story.
Optional – Audio Reading of “Araby”
Click this link to access a very good podcast recording of “Araby” by James Joyce.
Activity 6 (optional)
Click here for an overview of Ireland at the turn of the 20th Century, when this story is set.
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Activity 7
Click this link and this link for two videos, which review common literary terms and devices.
Next week there will be a short, practical quiz on identification of literary terms. These links will also be available on the Week 3 page.
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Activity 8
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 9
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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 10
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 11
Click this link to read and listen to the poem “The Wife” by Emily Dickinson.
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Activity 11
Quiz 2 on Literary/figurative Language Devices.Quiz will be available from 9:00 a.m. Monday, July 21 through midnight, Sunday, July 27.. Students have 90 minutes to complete it. See Activity 7 for study materials.
To access the quiz, navigate to your Brightspace course. Click on the “Review Quizzes” module. Then, click on Quiz 2.
Activity 12
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Essay 2
Due: Sunday, July 27
Click here for Essay 2 Directions
Before submitting, review the following materials:
“How to Insert Quotes into a Literary Essay.”
Format Matters Video OR Format Illustration
You can also look at Shared Student Essays on the main menu to see how your paper should look.
Click here for grading rubric.
HOW TO SUBMIT ESSAY: When you are ready to submit, navigate back to your Brightspace course. On the homepage, click the “Essays” module. Then click “Essay 1.”
Click here for an example of what NOT to do in your essay.
