Happy New Year ! AP English Literature

I hope that you are all are enjoying your break, finishing up college and scholarship applications, and are ready to resume the work of the second semester. I would like to personally encourage ALL students and remind you that there is NO summer Reading to hold your grade average down! For whatever reason, if you did not complete the Summer Reading Assignment, you don't have to worry about that holding your average down! That also means if you DID the Summer Reading Assignment, but are a "B" or "C" student, you will have to work harder! I have some exciting changes to the course,now that we have finished the most difficult and time consuming read. This message will sketch out your Winter Break Assignment. Winter Break Assignments: 1. To Complete the AP English Literature Test. Time yourself, to see how many questions you answered in an hour--HOWEVER- you may take as long as you need! YOU ARE EXPECTED TO GET AT LEAST 76% OR 42 OF 55 QUESTIONS CORRECT. Why would I give you a test to take home to bring back wrong answers? lol? smh! This will count, so do be sure to have at least a 76% and dont cheat, call one another or share answers! I have a way to get you, if I suspect you did. Its called, giving you a new AP English Lit Released Test on your block day, and having you take the test in class, and still inisisting on a 76% success rate! So, use your time at home wisely, DONT SHARE OR COPY ANSWERS. 2. Read ALL of Oedipus. It has been scanned up to page 67. I will have the remaining text scanned by Wednesday at the latest. Feel free to download it on your ipads, and mobile devices. 3. Review literary terms and get ready for poetry. 4. If you would like extra credit for purchasing books, please purchase all at one time: The Kite Runner; Things Fall Apart; The Fall of Rome by Martha Southgate. Those are three texts that we will read-- we will actually read more, but we have very limited quantities of those texts. In order to obtain extra credit for The Kite Runner; you must have the text in class by Tuesday, January 21st. Should you have any questions, feel free to post a comment to the blog, or email me at my gmail address! Ms. G