ENH 111

LITERATURE AND THE

AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

While I call people up to sign schedules be sure you have a QR code reader available – either on your iPad or on your phone. If you are tech free, you will need paper to jot down

your info and then you can submit for homework. If you need a reader, I recommend iNigma!

Our Focus: American Literature

WE ARE GOING TO LOOK BEYOND THE OBVIOUS – THE WORDS LEFT BEHIND. WE ARE GOING TO LOOK FOR THE BIGGER MEANING . . .

“MOST OF US . . . DO NOT SEE BEYOND THE BILLBOARDS THAT SEEM . . . TO BE THE

MONUMENTS OF OUR CIVILIZATION, AND CONSEQUENTLY WE FAIL TO SEE INTO THE

NATURE AND MEANING OF OUR OWN HUMANITY.”

– N. SCOTT MOMADAY

We will see . . .

THE FALL FROM GRACE

“INDEED, ONE MIGHT ALWAYS TELL WHEN HE HAD SINNED MOST DURING THE WEEK BY THE CLAMOR OF HIS SUNDAY DEVOTION.”

– WASHINGTON IRVING

WHAT IS TRULY LEFT BEHIND

“THE STOMP OF YOUR FOOT, ON ONE MOUSE, COULD START AN EARTHQUAKE,

THE EFFECT OF WHICH COULD SHAKE OUR EARTH AND DESTINIES DOWN THROUGH

TIME TO THEIR VERY FOUNDATION.”

– RAY BRADBURY

THE GREAT JOURNEYS

“WHAT IS THIS I HEAR OF SORROW AND WEARINESS, ANGER, DISCONTENTMENT, AND DROOPING HOPES? DEGENERATE SONS AND DAUGHTER, LIFE IS TOO STRONG FOR YOU – IT

TAKES LIFE TO LOVE LIFE.”

– EDGAR LEE MASTERS

THAT WHICH PEOPLE HIDE BEHIND

“WE WEAR THE MASK THAT GRINS AND LIES, IT HIDES OUR CHEEKS AND

SHADES OUR EYES.”

– PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR

HOW THE UNKNOWN CAN TERRIFY“BUT IT IS NOT A STRANGER THING TO HANG A MAN FOR WITCHCRAFT

THAN TO HANG HIM FOR THE SHAPE OF HIS NOSE OR THE

COLOR OF HIS SKIN.”

– STEPHEN VINCENT BENET

WHAT INSPIRES“[TRUTH] COVERS ALL THINGS WHICH TOUCH THE HEART – HONOR AND PRIDE AND PITY AND JUSTICE AND COURAGE

AND LOVE.”

– WILLIAM FAULKNER

NOBLE SACRIFICES

“DO I DARE DISTURB THE UNIVERSE?”

– T.S. ELIOT

AND, NOT TO MENTION . . .

LOVE, FRIENDSHIP, REVENGE

THE BIG MYSTERIES OF LIFE

- WE WILL EXPLORE IT ALL! -

SOME THINGS UNIQUE TO ENH 111ATTENDANCE, 6 ABSENCES (SCHOOL RELATED

FUNCTIONS DON’T COUNT), 7TH ABSENCE YOU MAY BE DROPPED

½ ABSENCESSWEEP IS COUNTED AS AN ABSENCELITERATURE BASEDNO TAKE HOME TEXT BOOKSMIDTERM AND FINALMRHS VOCABULARY IS STILL PART OF OUR CLASSYOU CAN ALWAYS EMAIL ME!

RIO REGISTRATION!WE WILL COVER THIS TOMORROW – BUT EVERYTHING IS ON MY

WEB PAGE IF YOU WANT TO CHECK IT OUT TONIGHT! ALL REGISTRATION IS DUE BY THE END OF THE DAY ON FRIDAY! YOU

WILL PUT ALL YOUR DUAL CLASSES ON ONE REGISTRATION FORM!

RIO REGISTRATION:

We will cover this tomorrow – but everything is on my web page if you

want to check it out tonight! All registration is due by the end of the

day on Friday!

THIS IS A CLEAN CLASS!

To stay in our class you MUST be receiving dual credit! Please tell me as soon as possible if paying may be an issue so we can get you properly placed into another class! The quicker this happens the easier it will be for you to be caught up and not miss content, assignments, and instruction in your new class!

$84 per credit hour for Maricopa County Residents

# of Credits for our class:

Price for three credits:

One Time Semester

Registration Fee

Total Fee if you are just taking

OUR class:

3 $252 $15 $267

SO, WHAT WILL WE BE COVERING EACH SEMESTER?

ENH 111: LITERATURE AND THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE

Introduction to the foundations and diversity of American culture through a survey of its literature, including minority and women writers. Exploration of various facets of American culture including frontier, regional, rural, and urban life; ethnic, racial, and immigrant experience; and political and social philosophies.

SO, WHAT WILL WE BE COVERING EACH SEMESTER? ENH 110:

INTRODUCTION TO LITERATURE

Introduction to international literature through various forms of literary expression; e.g., poetry, drama, essay, biography, autobiography, short story, and novel. Provides a global overview of literature with special emphasis on diverse cultural contributions of women, African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans.

YOUR NOVEL: THE GREAT GATSBY

You want to be sure you have this by

Thursday, September 17th! This info is on my webpage!

Note: You can have a hard copy of the novel or you can download it via a Nook or Kindle or iBook app.

THE IMPORTANT STUFF•SYLLABUS

•DUAL POLICY

•VIDEO PERMISSION SLIP

We will be as paper-free as possible using these platforms!

BEFORE FRIDAY THERE ARE TWO IMPORTANT THINGS YOU MUST DO . . . .

Add our required apps!

Join our turnitin class!

APPS – PLEASE DOWNLOAD THE FOLLOWING FREE APPS ASAP:

Pages and Keynote are free with your iPad – you can download these from your DVUSD app. Notability has been provided to you because you are an ELA dual student!

This list of apps is also on our course home page! You will want to go there and ensure you have all of these apps for class!

CHIRP Chrome Post It Plus

HERE IS WHERE YOUR DVUSD APPS ARE FOUND:

Look for this app! Find it and click on it! (Yours might look a little different if

your device hasn’t had the most recent update!)k

BE SURE YOU HAVE DOWNLOADED AIRWATCH MDM AGENT, PAGES, & KEYNOTE. YOU CAN DOWNLOAD ANY OF THE OTHER FREE APPS FROM HERE! ALSO, YOU SHOULD HAVE YOUR VERSION OF NOTABILITY IN THIS SPOT! IF YOU DON’T – LET ME KNOW!

(THIS IS WORTH POINTS!)

ADD OUR CLASS TO YOUR TURNITIN ACCOUNT! THIS INFO CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE UNDER MY TURNITIN SECTION!

Class ID: 103272215 Password: borchers (all lowercase)

Note-Do not copy and paste the password or the ID from my website,

sometimes it doesn’t “take” when you do that!

Now, your homework. . .

HOMEWORK – PART 1•“AN OVERVIEW OF AMERICAN LITERATURE” READING – YOU WILL HAVE A QUIZ OVER THIS ENTIRE READING ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 20TH!

•YOU MAY NOT USE THE PACKET ON THE QUIZ, BUT YOU CAN USE ANY HANDWRITTEN NOTES YOU TAKE! YOUR NOTES WILL BE TURNED IN WITH YOUR QUIZ.

•THIS QUIZ WILL BE 50 POINTS – SO READ CAREFULLY AND TAKE STELLAR NOTES!

Where is this

reading?

You may not use the packet

on the quiz, but you can

use any handwritten

notes you take!*Your notes will

be collected

with your quiz!

HOMEWORK – PART 2

•EMAIL ME! ELISABETH.BORCHERS@DVUSD.ORG

IN THE SUBJECT LINE:

Jack Smith Period 4(First and last name and period number)

HOMEWORK – PART 2

• FALL FROM GRACE

•WHAT IS TRULY LEFT BEHIND

• THE GREAT JOURNEYS

• THAT WHICH PEOPLE HIDE BEHIND

• HOW THE UNKNOWN CAN TERRIFY

•WHAT INSPIRES

• NOBLE SACRIFICES

In the body of the email respond to the following: If these are themes we will look at

this semester, in an email to me tell me which of those themes interest you the most and why.

Your response should be 3-4 sentences.

Remember: in the subject line of the email please put your full name and period

number!

(This is worth points: subject line 5 points, theme identification 5 points, and response

5 points) 

(This presentation is on my web page so you can come back and see the prompt!)

THESE DAYS PEOPLE SEEK KNOWLEDGE, NOT WISDOM. KNOWLEDGE IS OF THE

PAST, WISDOM IS OF THE FUTURE. - VERNON COOPER

questions?

If you need to come back to this power point, it is on our main home page – just scroll down and you will find it!

WANT TO GET

TEXT

UPDATES/

REMINDERS

FROM ME?(the answer should be YES!)

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Need to see anything from today’s

presentation? This power point is on our home page! And if you are tech free you will need to complete

this at home! It is worth points as well! Thanks!