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
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 for a short video that explains the three types of irony.
Activity 4
Please review this short pre-reading Lecture on “Araby” by James Joyce.
Short Lecture
Activity 5
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. If you have not yet created an account with CommonLit, go to COURSE INFORMATION for directions.
Activity 6
Click this link for a Youtube review of common literary terms. Next week there will be a short, practical quiz in which you will identify literary terms in the context of quotes from various readings.
Activity 7
Quiz 2
This is a practical 10-question multiple-choice quiz in which students must demonstrate an understanding of the form and function of a thesis statement and an ability to select good thesis statements for hypothetical essays. Quiz will be available from 9:00 a.m. Monday, August 31 to 5:00 p.m. Sunday, September 6. Quiz must be taken in one setting, and students have 90 minutes in which to complete it. Study materials for this quiz can be found in Activity 4 on the Week 1 page.
To access the quiz, navigate to your Blackboard course. On the dark grey navigation panel to the left, click “Links to Quizzes.” Then click “Quiz 2.”
Activity 8
Click this link to access the Week 2 discussion board.
