The first thing I want to talk about is the multiple choice questions we've done in class. I personally think they are very difficult and am grateful we get to practice them before the actual AP exam. I will need all the practice I can get because I took a lot longer doing the problems than I'm sure I will get on the AP exam. The practice problems are also helpful because we're identifying symbols, theme, tone, and etc in the questions which is a skill we use every day in class. The same skill is used in writing the open prompt responses so doing the problems will also help us on the other part of the AP exam.
We also just finished Hamlet which is a relief. Although I really enjoyed the play, I was getting a little sick of it. However, I think spending so much time on it will prove to be beneficial in the future, especially on the AP exam. I will have text I'm very comfortable with to use in my response. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead is an absurdist play, which I am not really looking forward to. It was hard for me to understand the first absurdist play we read, but hopefully this time will be better because I have experience. Nevertheless, knowing all types of plays is important in our study of different texts.
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ReplyDeleteI'm also glad we spent so long on Hamlet. Elizabethan language is now much more parsable to me. And it was cool that we got to watch three movies.
The multiple choice questions make me uneasy. It takes a group of four a class period to answer maybe fifteen of them. I'm shooting for a two.
I agree with both you and Matt about the multiple choice practice. Even if you understand the poem, it's still difficult to pick the right answer. I keep trying to tell myself that the AP exam won't be that bad, but let's be honest it probably will be. I also wasn't looking forward to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead but I think it turned out to be a lot more interesting than I thought it would be, just like The American Dream.
ReplyDeleteLike my predecessors, I like how you talked about the multiple choice practice. I too hope we do more of that because I think it would really benefit us when it comes time for the AP exam. Although I have to say, for whatever reason, I did feel a bit more comfortable doing the multiple choice questions after we have analyzed several plays in class. I also agree about spending so much time with Hamlet, as I saw one open prompt that required a book written before 1900, meaning Hamlet would be a good candidate.
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