Complete the assigned reading and the Week 1 Academic Writing Tools Module before completing this assignment. Part of your grade is based on selection, integration, and citation of direct quotations.
Read all of the information below before posting your response. This is a post-first forum, and you must post your response before gaining access to your classmates’ posts. Submitting a blank post may result in a reduction of your grade.
You should post an initial post by 11:59 p.m. Wednesday that. . .
Argues a thesis about the characters, events, or ideas in any of the readings in the Native American section. Don’t just summarize biographical information. Argue a thesis about one of the assigned literary works. Introduction and Timeline: Norton pp. 3-28.
Native American Oral Literature: Norton pp. 29-44.
Integrates material from the Introduction (pp. 3-28) to support your thesis.
Is about 250 words.
Follows APA style in its use of in-text citations and a References entry at the bottom of the post. See below for an example.
Includes two properly integrated and cited direct quotations to support your claims. See the Literary Analysis Tools Module from this week’s activities for information about integrating and citing quotations.
By 11:59 p.m. Friday, respond to one peer. Compare and contrast your reaction to the material to your peer’s. What did you learn from reading your peer’s posts? Each response to your peers should be about 125 words each minimum.
Your initial post is worth up to 75 points, and your response to your peer is worth up 25 points each. The total assignment value is 100 points.
APA GUIDE
Samples of title formatting, a references entry, and an inline citation appear below. They should not just be copied and pasted, but should reflect the current work under discussion.
Title formatting in the body of your posts: “The Author to Her Book.”
Title formatting in the references entry: The author to her book.
Sample inline citation: (Bradstreet, 2023, p. 122)
The bottom of your paper should have a references entry that follows the model below: References
Bradstreet, A. (2023). The author to her book. In R. S. Levine (Ed.), The Norton anthology of American literature: Beginnings to 1865 (Shorter 10th ed., pp. 122-3). W.W. Norton & Company. If you’re only citing editoral material, such as introductions and footnotes: Levine, R.S. (Ed.). The Norton anthology of American literature: Beginnings to 1865 (Shorter 10th ed.). W.W. Norton & Company.