May 7th

Last week I had surgery on my knee and got to experience test taking while on some medication.
I missed majority of the week so I don't know what went on.
Thanks Miss Wagner for another great Year.

April 30th

We took tests online to prepare for the AP test.
 We took tests on the multiple choice section and an essay section.
I completed all of them. Did pretty well.
I feel better prepared for the AP test now.

April 23

Last week we read some more short stories out of our text book.
We worked together in groups to learn apply different literary terms to the stories.
We created questions to discuss with the class.
 I like the classroom discussions. They are helpful

 

April 16

- Last week we selected some stories from our lit book that looked interesting to us.
- We read a story called everyday use.
- We had a class discussion on the story.
- I like the class discussions because they are helpful.

April 9

- We finished the Alchemist.
- We did some more group discussion on it. We wrote a summary of what we thought the book was about and turned it in and had other groups look at them and choose one to discuss.
- Our small group chose one to discuss. I said that Santiago persevered to discover his personal legend.
- I like the group discussion. It helps find deeper meaning in the stories.

March 19

• This week we started reading the short story The Alchemist.
• We performed our group activities and did our inner/outer circle talks.
• I realized it's really hard to talk in the inner circle sometimes because everyone is trying to get their two sense...
• I have no new questions.

March 12

• This week in AP Lit we did practice essays for the AP Exam.
• We discussed the various differences between three essays ranked from good to bad and how we might better our own.
• I realized that it's best to include one or two main points but elaborate on those further than doing more points but less explaning. Quality over quantity.
• I have no new questions.