Week 1--Native American Culture

We'll be learning about Native American literature this week. All the work for this week is on Google Classroom. See you Wednesday!

Preparing for Week 1--August 12th-18th

 Yay---almost everyone has joined Google classroom!  It was great to see and meet everyone yesterday--hope it was encouraging to you too.  As a reminder, you'll see the work for this week at Google Classrooms under the topic "Preparing for Week 1--August 12th-18th.  I have a few things I may add, so keep an eye on it. I will add the three photos assignment to that topic as well, so be sure to follow through on that for next week if you haven't already.  See you next Wednesday!

Mrs. Price

To join our class, you can use the same Zoom invite from last time.  Here's the invite and semester schedule:

Elizabeth Price is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

 9:00 Invite & 1st Semester Schedule

Elizabeth Price is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: 9:00 American Literature & Composition

Join Zoom Meeting Link

Meeting ID: 863 7262 7881

Passcode: PRICE

Every week on Wed, until Dec 9, 2020, 16 occurrence(s)

Aug 19, 2020 09:00 AM
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Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.

Weekly: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/tZIucOuurDwiEtWikUAYDiU51nUQeqI-iCCf/ics?icsToken=98tyKuGurTwoHNaSuBGGRpwAA4_Ca-7zpmZHj7dqlRTQIhl3azajZ-x3A7duOZXZ

11:15 Invite and 1st Semester Schedule

Elizabeth Price is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: 11:15 American Literature & Composition

Time: Aug 19, 2020 11:15 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Meeting ID: 842 1300 8196

Passcode: PRICE

Every week on Wed, until Dec 9, 2020, 16 occurrence(s)

        Aug 19, 2020 11:15 AM

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Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.

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Join Google Classroom

Hello Everyone,

I sent students an email invitation to our Google Classroom site earlier this week. Please check your email and follow the link to join. Or, you can also join by following the directions below.

1. Go to classroom.google.com and click Sign In. 

2. Sign in with your Google Account. ...
3. Make sure to sign in with the correct account. ...
4. At the top, click Join class.
Enter the class code (rsmomch) and click Join.

If you have any trouble or questions, please let me know.

Three Weeks Out

Hello Everyone,

We are about three weeks away now with our first class back on Wednesday, August 19th.  

I've scheduled a "Meet and Greet" for each class the Wednesday before classes begin (August 12th).  It will meet at your regular class time. Parents can pop in for the first ten minutes or so. First, we'll iron out any technical issues then go over general expectations.  Then students will stay for a beginning of the year game. The session will last about an hour.  If you have a prior commitment, that's fine--I just thought it would be a great "soft start" for our year.

Topic: 9:00 American Literature Meet & Greet

Time: Aug 12, 2020 09:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting

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Meeting ID: 899 6683 4950

Passcode: PRICE

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Topic: 11:15 American Literature Meet & Greet

Time: Aug 12, 2020 11:15 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Meeting ID: 845 8210 6735

Passcode: PRICE

Parents, first semester fees are due by the first day of class ($325). You may pay via Venmo, or  you can mail a check to me at:

Elizabeth Price

7 Sareva Place

Asheville, NC 28804

Students, here's a list of supplies you'll need for class:

• A three-ring notebook (1" or better, 1 and 1/2")  Even though we'll be meeting via Zoom, you'll still need to maintain a physical notebook with resources and notes from class.
• Page Protectors (25 or so) and notebook dividers (3 tabs TBA) Added 8/1
• 5 Pieces of plain white poster board---nothing fancy or expensive, basic--this will be the foundation for our American timeline and a map, a progressive project that will be added to all year. Added 8/2 
• A supply of lined notebook paper for notes and classwork (wide or narrow ruled, your pick)
• A basic set of colored pencils and markers
• An 8"x 5" "ish" lined journal for collecting quotations from the texts we read.  If you had my class last year, you can add to last year's journal. 
• A functional printer with a ready supply of paper and ink
• A computer or laptop you can use for class meetings and independent work. The computer should have a working microphone and webcam so that you can participate. You'll also need a quiet place to Zoom without interruption. 
• A Google account with an easy-to-identify name.

Students----Accept My Google Classroom Invite

I'm using Google Classroom this year to corral all of  the inherently electronic work.  We'll see how it goes. Students, I've sent each of you an email invite to join our Google classroom (if I have an email for you). Please accept the invitation and establish a Google account (if you don't already have one). If you don't see the invite, or I don't have an email for you, please contact me via email.

Some of you have already sent me your summer assignment (great job getting on it!), but if so, please submit it again via Google Classroom.  Enjoy the books and don't leave them both for the last minute please!  I suspect it's been a rough summer for all of us in multiple ways, and our whole world is "off schedule," but we've got to start somewhere, and it might as well be today, with us, and our summer assignments. ; )

That's all for now.  I'll "see" you in a few weeks.

Mrs. Price

Summer Assignment

You'll be reading two books this summer and writing one biographical sketch.  Please follow the directions in this document.

2020-2021 Booklist

Below is the booklist for our 2020-2021 class:

They Say/I Say, Graff & Birkenstein, 3rd or 4th edition
The editions are very similar, so either will do. I'd recommend purchasing this used, as it's much less expensive. This is a great little composition book with the basics of rhetorical and academic writing. It's widely used at the college level but accessible.

The Boyhood of Abraham Lincoln
Eastman Johnson, 1868

Up from Slavery, Booker T. Washington
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston
A Separate Peace, John Knowles
Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury


Feel free to purchase any of these books used as long as the edition is unabridged. I prefer for them to have a physical copy of each book so that they can annotate. Roomier margins and a larger-size text makes for a better reading experience (8" X 5" as opposed to thrift editions with crowded text.) If you are able, please order all the books at the beginning of the year so that they'll have them ready as needed.

I may also add a booklet of short stories and poetry that I will publish at Office Max--one for each student. I'll have more details and the cost for this booklet once classes begin.

Weekly update

I look forward to seeing many of you at the Thomas Wolfe Memorial this Friday at 11:00.  We'll meet in the visitor center.  Admission for this school trip is $2 plus tax.

For the curious, I am still working on your final grades and hope to be finishing up this weekend.   The essays take time, and we were away last weekend visiting family.

Have a lovely summer if I don't see you Friday.

Mrs. Price