Week 01 (Short)

White fish on orange watercolor background — https://www.publicdomainpictures.net/en/view-image.php?image=256643&picture=fish-on-watercolor-background-3
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Activity 1

Please acquaint yourself with the course. First, review the tabs on the main (top) menu. Pay special attention to COURSE INFORMATION. Next, click on Week 01 (Short) on the side menu.

Activity 2

Please complete the Brightspace Orientation If you are not familiar with the platform.

Activity 3

This week, you will read a primary source text and a secondary source text. These two sources will be the basis of your first essay.

Click this link for an explanation of primary and secondary sources.

Take this short quiz (for fun; not graded) on primary and secondary sources.

Activity 4

PowerPoint presentation on thesis statements.

Activity 5

PowerPoint “How to Insert Quotes into a Literary Essay.”

Activity 6

Format Matters Video

Format Illustration

Activity 7

MLA citation guide

Activity 8

Woman in village gazing from doorway; orange sun — https://laluisarivera.tumblr.com/post/167085414934/another-interior-illustration-for-the-spanish
Printed with Permission of Artist Luisa Rivera

Read “The Handsomest Drowned Man” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, linked here in PDF format. This is a primary source.
Handsomest Drowned Man in the World

Activity 9

This link will bring you to the BMCC library database Literature Resource Center and a literary article by scholar Dean Rader. This is a secondary source. The article is also available as a PDF file

Hand in blue watery texture — http://www.luisarivera.cl/
Printed with permission of Artist Luisa Rivera

Activity 10

Quiz 1

Please complete the 10-question quiz on thesis statements. Students have 90 minutes to complete the quiz. Once the quiz has closed, it will not be reopened and will no longer be visible to students. Quizzes cannot be made up. Quiz will be available from 9:00 Thursday, July 17 through midnight, Sunday, July 20. Once the quiz has closed, it will be unavailable to students.

To access the quiz, navigate to your Brightspace course. On the homepage, click the “Review Quizzes” module. Then, select Quiz 1.

Winged fish over the sea — https://picryl.com/media/flying-fish-exocoetus-volitans-303bb1
Public Domain

Activity 11

Essay 1: Due: Sunday, July 20, 11:59 p.m.

The first essay for this course involves a multi-layered process in which you will evaluate a sample literary essay. In effect, you will be playing the role of professor.

Click here for Essay 1 directions.

Sample Student Directions

Sample Student Essay

Be sure to review the following documents before writing your evaluation:

How your paper should look.

OR Format Matters Video OR Format Illustration

PowerPoint “How to Insert Quotes into a Literary Essay.”

MLA citation guide Click BMCC online library.

TO SUBMIT: Navigate to your Brightspace course. On the homepage, click the “Essays” module and then, select “Essay 1.”

Your essay will be graded based on this rubric.

Activity 12

Please review How to Correct Run-ons and Comma Splices in COURSE INFORMATION.