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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 on “Salvation.”<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aN1D8ValcPY<\/a><\/p>\n

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

Click this link<\/a> to visit an interesting site, published by the Kansas Heritage Group, which explores the life and work of Langston Hughes.<\/p>\n

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

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The short story “Salvation” by Langston Hughes is rich with various forms of irony, which will be relevant to the week’s discussion board. Click this link<\/a> for a short video that explains the three types of irony.<\/p>\n

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

Please review this short pre<\/span><\/span>-reading Lecture on “Araby” by James Joyce.
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Activity 6<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

Please review this short PowerPoint<\/a> presentation on thesis statements. It includes exercises that test your skill at writing a good thesis statement. Before the end of the week, please take the thesis statement quiz (See Activity 8 below).<\/p>\n

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

Quiz 1<\/p>\n

Please complete the 10-question quiz on thesis statements. The quiz will be available from 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 20 through 5:00 p.m., Sunday, July 24. Students have 90 minutes to complete the quiz. You must complete the quiz in one sitting.<\/strong>\u00a0 Problems occur when students leave and attempt to return to the test.Once the quiz has closed, it will not be reopened and will no longer be visible to students. Please do not request a reopening of a missed quiz.<\/p>\n

To access the quiz, navigate to your Blackboard course. On the dark grey navigation panel to the left, click\u00a0“Links to Quizzes.” Then click “Quiz 1.”<\/p>\n

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

Click this link <\/a>and this link f<\/a>or two videos, which review common literary terms and devices.
\nNext week there will be a short, practical quiz on identification of literary terms. These links will also be available on the Week 2 page.<\/p>\n

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

Essay Introduction due: Sunday, July 24, 11:59 p.m.<\/p>\n

In this class you will be developing one single research essay<\/em> over the course of the five-week semester. We will be working on this project step by step. This process is known as “scaffolding.” The final product will be a thesis-driven essay of 3-4 pages in length.<\/p>\n

For the first step, you will write only an introduction (6-10 sentences). Click here to access essay directions.\u00a0<\/a>Follow the outline please. You might also review this sample introduction<\/a> (posted with permission of student author).<\/p>\n

Be sure to follow format guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n

Please watch the Format Matters<\/a> video.<\/p>\n

Note: Even if you choose to write about “A White Heron” or “A&P,” you must still read the assigned readings so you can participate in the discussion board and be prepared for quizzes.<\/p>\n

“A White Heron”<\/a> \u00a0by Sarah Orne Jewett.<\/p>\n

“The Lesson”<\/a> by Toni Cade Bambara<\/p>\n

To submit your introduction, return to your Blackboard course and click the “Essay Submission Links” folder on the black navigation panel. Within the folder, click the subfolder labeled “Essay Introduction.”<\/p>\n

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

Click this link<\/a> to access the Week 1\u00a0discussion board.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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