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

Click this link<\/a> to access the short story “Salvation” by Langston Hughes.<\/p>\n

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

Click this link to access a Youtube lecture<\/a> on “Salvation.”<\/p>\n

Activity 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Some of this week’s stories are rich with various forms of irony. Click this link<\/a> for a short video that explains the three types of irony.<\/p>\n

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Activity 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please review this short pre<\/span><\/span>-reading Lecture on “Araby” by James Joyce.
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Activity 5<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Optional – Audio Reading of “Araby”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click this link to access a very good podcast\u00a0recording<\/a> of “Araby” by James Joyce.<\/p>\n

Activity\u00a0 6 (optional)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click<\/a> here for an overview of Ireland at the turn of the 20th Century, when this story is set.<\/p>\n

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Activity 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

Click this link <\/a>and this link f<\/a>or two videos, which review common literary terms and devices.
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Activity 8<\/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

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

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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

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Activity 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Please view this video lecture on “The Necklace.”<\/a> 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.<\/a><\/p>\n

Activity 11<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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Activity 11<\/strong><\/p>\n

Quiz 2 on Literary\/figurative Language Devices.<\/em>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.<\/p>\n

To access the quiz, navigate to your Brightspace course. Click on the “Review Quizzes” module. Then, click on Quiz 2.<\/p>\n

Activity 12<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Essay 2
\nDue: Sunday, July 27<\/p>\n

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

Before submitting, review the following materials:<\/p>\n

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

Format Matters Video \u00a0 <\/a>OR \u00a0Format Illustration\u00a0 \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

You can also look at Shared Student Essays<\/a> on the main menu to see how your paper should look.<\/p>\n

Guide to MLA citation<\/a><\/p>\n

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

HOW TO SUBMIT ESSAY:\u00a0 When you are ready to submit,<\/strong> navigate back to your Brightspace course.\u00a0 On the homepage, click the “Essays” module. Then click “Essay 1.”<\/p>\n

Click here for an example of what NOT to do in your essay.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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