AP English Literature Periods 1&2

By now, you should have finished The Kite Runner, or you should be very close. You should have two journal entries: one for each chapter, and you read two chapters per night, including weekends. That means, I should be able to check no fewer than 6 entries tomorrow for the Kite Runner. As you know, next week is our last week to review for the AP English Literature Exam. My intentions are to discuss The Kite Runner and the two poems given you on Monday. On your block day, I intend to give you a mock essay exam with three essays from the AP Exam: one prose, one poetry; one free response OR I may give you one poetry, one prose and have you do free response at home; 1 per night perhaps. As a student, you should be reviewing literary terms and techniques like point of view; narration; tone and tone words; figurative language. You should look over any assignments and journals of independent reading, even if only stamped. You will receive a few old assignments from semester one this week: Old Independent and King Lear reading journals; Kite Runner Reading Journals; etc. Read this as a refresher for the Free Response Questions. Know King Lear; Oedipus Rex; Oedipus at Colonus; The Kite Runner; your first literature circle text, which was a re-read, and your second one which was contemporary. Try to connect themes. Study. You may bring food daily as long as it is not messy. Some days will be interactive; others will be silent reading; review and essay writing. I may quiz you without notice. It is not "personal" it is to help you succeed on your upcoming exam. Please come prepared by having the Kite Runner; your notebook; old texts and lit circle novels. I will host an afterschool study session on either Wednesday or Thursday afterschool, possibly offering extra credit. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.