ENC1101--"The Woman's Hour Has Struck." Assignment posted on October 3, 2022. Assignment due on October 7, 2022.

Carrie Chapman Catt: "The Crisis" https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/carriechapmancattthecrisis.htm

Complete the usual assignment of a Word document for Important Reading Questions (Canvas) and answers (and a vocabulary section). You should also, as usual, have a Word document for the annotations. (Be certain to have electronic documents on your laptop desktop and printed-out documents in your binder, as usual.) These assignments could be collected anytime during the semester. If you do not have the assignments when I ask for them, you earn a zero.

It is always helpful to research some biographical facts about the author. (Use Google.)

How to Annotate a Text

http://schoolhabits.com/annotate-text-reading/
https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2014/01/english-i-how-to-take-notes-on-fiction.html#more
https://prezi.com/ctwiszjrqb7h/why-how-to-annotate-a-text/
http://www.hunter.cuny.edu/rwc/handouts/the-writing-process-1/invention/Annotating-a-Text

Additional Ways to Take Notes

https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2019/11/analyzing-text-paragraph-by-paragraph.html

Taking Notes if the Reading Assignment is Fiction

https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2020/01/analyzing-short-storiesfiction.html

For Ideas on How to Summarize (Useful for Fiction and Nonfiction)

https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2020/01/httplearnonpoint.html

Analysis of "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" by Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston, an important voice of the Harlem Renaissance, was an American folklorist, anthropologist, and novelist best known for her work, Their Eyes Were Watching God. Sadly, she died in 1960 after suffering financial and medical difficulties. In 1973, Alice Walker, another famous American writer, "rediscovered" Hurston and promoted her body of work. In the classic essay, "How It Feels to Be Colored Me," Hurston explores the idea that all of us have multiple selves, depending upon the context and environments in which we find ourselves. Hurston's writing has an ebullience, self-assertiveness, and pride that is particularly evident in this text. She was a flamboyant and dramatic personality, at times clashing with fellow writers from the Harlem Renaissance, who believed that black Americans should use their art to speak out against racial oppression and the white majority. Hurston chose not to align herself with the political ideologies of ot...

All Classes--Analysis Activity for Texts. (Only do when assigned)

You will complete the following tasks.

Class Rules and Expectations

Until we are back on campus in the 2020-21 school year, adhere to the virtual behavior guidelines posted on Canvas. Follow uniform, ID badge, and safety rules. Do not be late for class. When you enter the classroom, copy the Agenda, the Word of the Day, and the Writing/Grammar Point of the Day. Place any homework on the table.

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