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Bring a 3-ring binder, writing utensil, and a 70-
count notebook to class tomorrow Carefully read the course description, policies
and procedures tonight. You will take a short quiz on these tomorrow (Wednesday)
The East of Eden reading check (60 points) will be Monday, 9/13
You will complete a take-home written reflection on your selected honors reading due Wednesday, 9/15.
Class Announcements
Studying a nation’s literature, how it has grown and
developed How does American literature and an understanding of
its chronology and themes show how we as a people came to be who we are today?
Who am I as an American? Who do I want to be? How can a study of literature aid me in developing my identity?
What is the American Dream? How has it changed over time? What is its role in American literature? What is its role in my life? What are the problems with the American Dream? To what extent is it achievable for all Americans?
Course Highlights
Core works: The Crucible, The Great Gatsby,
Of Mice and Men, Catcher in the Rye, and Fences.
Writer’s notebook Writing modes:
Personal narrative Persuasion Literary analysis Comparison/contrast Research
Course Highlights
Be prepared – everyday, no excuses. Be respectful – lots of peer feedback and
discussion; do your discussing with your classmates at appropriate times
Have INTEGRITY – on all fronts (state your opinions, back them up; don’t sit back passively and wait for others to do the discussing; keep cell phones and mp3 players off and away during class time; when you’ve been absent, contact me to make up the work or check my website; no nonsense bathroom visits..
Policy Highlights
Be prepared – everyday, no excuses. Be respectful – very unpleasant when we’re
not. Show INTEGRITY through your words and
actions in class.
Policy Highlights
Late work is marked down 10% for each day it
is late. The research paper is the only exception.
If a paper is not printed and ready to be turned in at the beginning of class, it counts as late.
I expect you to approach me about missed tests, quizzes, etc. as soon as you return.
Check the website! Contact me with questions.
http://www.wssd.org/shhs/site/default.asp
Late Policy
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest
accomplishment."
“A guy needs somebody – to be near him…a guy goes nuts if he ain’t got
nobody. Don’t make no difference who the guy is, long’s he’s with you. I tell
ya…I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an’ he gets sick.”
"Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important
in some respect, whether he chooses to be so or not."
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things
that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the
bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in
your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover."
“If you had a million years to do it in, you couldn’t rub out even half the “F*&^ you” signs in the world. It’s
impossible.”
"If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we
did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not
be so welcome."
“The thing with kids is, if they want to grab for the gold ring, you have to let them do it, and not say anything. If
they fall off, they fall off, but it’s bad if you say anything to them.”
"When the sins of our fathers visit us We do not have to play host. We can banish them with forgiveness
As God, in his His Largeness and Laws."
"Whenever you feel like criticizing any one...just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had.”
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the
music he hears, however measured or far away."
"A character is defined by the kinds of challenges he cannot walk away from. And by those he has walked away from that
cause him remorse."
"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything
without losing your temper or your self-confidence."
"We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives."
“A man, after he brushed off the dust and chips of his life, will have left only the hard,
clean, questions: Was it good or was it evil? Have I done
well – or ill?”