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.

March 5th

• Last week we continued discussing Satire and its various aspects. We also took a quiz over "A Modest Proposal."
• We didn't really discuss much in class, besides that pertaining to our Satire Projects.
• I didn't really contribute much to class but I feel that our project was well done.
• I have no new questions right now.

february 27

• We started discussing satire and it's use in A Modest Proposal.
• We learned about the many different uses of satire, different kinds of satire that you could use, and how they are used to prove a point.
• I learned that satire is a useful tool used in literature to prove a point sometimes using comedy, other times darker humor.
• I have no new questions.

february 20

• This week in Ap Lit we finished reading Hamleti and finished the week with a timed writing assignment on one of three writing prompts.
• We completed projects about the themes found in Hamlet. I chose the theme of "Appearance vs. Reality" for my project.
• I realized this week that there can easily be more than one message an author can portray in one work of literature and various themes all play a part to convey the message.
• I have no new questions right now.

february 13

• This week in AP Lit we finished reading Hamlet. We also watched video versions of the final two scenes, including one with Robin Williams.
• We discussed the final two scenes of Hamlet and what happened in the deaths of each of the characters.
• I don't think I really contributed much to AP Lit this week actually. Maybe a few remarks here and there.
• I have no new questions.

PRETTY FLOWER ASSIGNMENT! BEAUTIFUL TYLER KLASE

1) The flower's Ophelia holds are imaginary. At this point she is a very frazzled and confused girl, having been split in many different directions by the people and feelings in her life. She is going, for less of a better word, crazy.

2) Yes, each person's flower represents her emotions toward that person.
3) I see King Claudius recieving the fennel because he married his brothers wife so quickly after his brothers death.  I see Queen Gertrude recieving the daisy because she had forsaken her love for King Hamlet and married his brother Claudius so sortly after his death.  I believe Laertes recieved the rosemary as a symbol for his to remember his father and herself as before death and grief had wiped it all away.  I think if Horatio recieved a flower it would be a violet because he was such an honorable man and a faithful friend.

4) Ophelia keeps some rue for herself as she is in sorrow because of her father's death and Hamlet's madness.

5) I think Ophelia does give away a Daisy. Giving Gertrude a Daisy and Violets makes a lot of sense and pertains to what Gertrude has done.
6) We believe he receives the pansies because she knows him as Hamlet's friend and knows he is a pensive, thoughtful man.

1. Aloe, Buttercup, Yellow Chrysanthemum, Jonquil, Yellow Lily, Marigold, Snowdrop
2. Buttercup, Basil, Yellow Carnation, Yellow Lily, Dead Rose, Dead Blue Violet
3. White Chrysanthemum, Dead Daisy, Dead Jonquil, Dead Ivy, Dead Red and White Roses.