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American Literature and Composition I: The American Dream |
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"Literature is as old as speech. It grew out of human need for it and has not changed except to become more needed. The skalds, the bards, the writers are not separate and exclusive. From the beginning, their functions, their duties, their responsibilities have been decreed by our species." -- John Steinbeck, Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech, 1962 "One cannot say that the real American Poetry is the poetry of the soil. One cannot say it is the poetry of the city. One cannot say it is the poetry of the native as one cannot say it is the poetry of the alien. Tell me what America is and I'll tell you what its poetry is." --Robert Frost
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American Literature and Composition II: The American Character |
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Success |
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Land |
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Freedom |
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Love/Compassion |
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Courage |
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Rebellion |
Mr. McManis / Room 27
8th HR American Literature and Composition I: The American Dream
Success, Land/Ownership, Freedom
What You Need:
Grading:
PAGAD = 40%
(Projects/Presentations, Activities, Groups, Discussion and Debate)
TESTS = 30%
Writing Process/Formal Essays = 30%
= 100% of Quarter Grade
Semester Exam = 20%
Quarter 1 = 40%
Quarter 2 = 40%
= 100% of Semester Grade
Keys:
Participate!
Respect !
Be A Good Student !
Index Card:
Name Class/ Hr
Your email / Parent email
Favorites:
Classroom Policy:
Do your BEST.
Try it—Participate! Come
to class on time.
If you are absent,
YOU are responsible for getting notes, making up assignments, tests and so on.
Be sure to see me when you return to get make up assignments.
McManis’s
keys to the game:
Respect!
For yourself…
Your peers…
Your school…
The Learning Process...