After finishing “The Book Thief,” I gave a lecture on the influences of character and plot in the novel. I actually prepared three lectures and gave only one of them. While I do not have a video recording of my lecture, here are the notecards that I prepared.
AP Q1 Revision (Plants)
Here’s a revision of an AP poetry prompt with a focus on plants!
Heart of Darkness Novel Teaching Project
After reading “Heart of Darkness,” I explained the impact of Conrad’s style of writing in a brief 10-minute presentation. The video is attached below.
Dragon Notes Video: You’re Ugly, Too
After reading Lorrie Moore’s short story “You’re Ugly, Too,” I worked with two other students to produce a video describing a particular social or historical value the story represented. I hope you enjoy!
Short Story Written Interpretation (Sonny’s Blues)
After reading Sonny’s Blues, I wrote my interpretation on a specific aspect of the story.
AP Free Response Question 1 In-Class Writing and Revision
Continuing in our efforts to prepare for the AP Literature exam, we proceeded to respond to Q1 of the AP FRQ section. Similar to Q3, below is the prompt, my response, feedback, and revised version.
Great Poets Teaching Project
This was a project where we selected a poet, analysed his or her poetry, and presented our experience and findings to a small group of fellow students. I chose William Carlos Williams, whose infuriatingly simple poems provided a lot of room for interpretation. Below are my supporting documents and the poems I analysed.
U1 Great Poets WCW Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
U1 Great Poets_ WCW The Great Figure
U1 Great Poets_ WCW The Red Wheelbarrow
AP Free Response Question 3 In-Class Writing and Revision
As practice for the AP exam, we were tasked with responding to Q3 on the FRQ section of the AP Literature exam. Included below is the prompt, my response, feedback, the revised version.
Q3 Prompt, Response, and Feedback
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