AP test Study day

Today in AVID, a group of us worked on AP test materials. We helped each other with li. terms, multiple choice questions, and understanding prompts.

AP Test Study Day 2

Today I studied old questions from the AP English Language Tests online. I feel like this is a very good strategy to use to prepare for the AP test. Though I am not taking the test, I feel this will also prepare myself for the upcoming final that is ahead.

AP Test Study day 3

Today I found a website online like college boards which has 10 minute segments that address some of the sections on the AP test. Mostly review of how the AP test works and concepts and adresses prompts.

A Reflection on Unstructured Learning

In the text, The Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons, I found a theme that really stuck out at me. The theme I discovered was self-doubt. The speaker, super hero, doubts himself and struggles with his confidence to continue in his path. This is quite irnic since him being a super hero, would lead us to think he would have everythihng set and the most confidence out of anyone. He looks to excuses such as coming up with a name, so he is able to put off coming up with a costume. Power is given only to those who dare to lower themselves and pick it up. Only one thing matters, one thing; to be able to dare! -Fyodor Dostoevsky You have to be able to take charge and be confident in the decisions you make. This hero, was indecisisive and alas, he was left with things that were unfinished.

AP exam study journal

Today, I am continuing my review with Lit terms. I find memorizing terms to be a tedious way of getting to learn the well needed terms, but it is something that needs to be done. I feel if I get the memorizing terms over with, it should be down hill from there. With constant usage of these words and recent review of them all, these words are becoming familiar. I am confident that by the time the test comes or whatever event that needs these words, it will have come in handy.

Possible Essay Prompts

Essay Prompts:

·  Prompt: Write a well-organized essay in which you analyze how the poem's organization, diction, and figurative language prepare the reader for the speaker's concluding response. 

·    Critic Roland Barthes has said, "Literature is the question minus the answer." Choose a novel or play and, considering Barthes' observation, write an essay in which you analyze a central question the work raises and the extent to which it offers any answers. Explain how the author's treatment of this question affects your understanding of the work as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary

·        Prompt: In the soliloquy, King Henry laments his inability to sleep. In a well-organized essay, briefly summarize the King's thoughts and analyze how the diction, imagery, and syntax help to convey his state of mind.

Plan for AP Test

My plan to prepare for the AP Test is to

• Review old tests
• actual test practices
• review vocabulary
• review some current events happening in the world