Thursday, January 23, 2014
Our Class #5
Yay!! More Hamlet! Can you smell the sarcasm? Most likely not because this is a blog post but I am getting a little bit tired of so much discussion. I understand why we are talking about it so much and it is helpful in the long run it just gets boring after a while. We created a theme statement in class and wrapped up some of the last pieces in the play. Everything makes more sense to me now in the play and I think we have thoroughly discussed everything.
The cumulative review was an interesting experience, I did like it in some aspects and didn't others. I did like how the students created it, I thought that was a cool idea. That way the students wouldn't just be handed a review that the teacher spent a lot of time making and not use it because that's not how they study, this way we could add quizzes and hands on things too. I didn't like how long we had to work on it. I found myself just staring at it because I couldn't think of anything to add. Even the first day, first hour was pretty thorough, so that was kind of frustrating. I just felt like I never knew what to add that would help anyone. There is also that we don't know what is on the test so when we were condensing the review it was hard to know what we needed to know.
My life, well overall its a mess. With that said I really enjoy AP Lit as a whole. I find a lot of connections from the plays we have read so far and the vocab we have gone over, even in pop culture and stuff that isn't very sophisticated I still find connections. So I think that is pretty cool. With so little school days and material there isn't really any other connections in the past couple weeks. Yay AP Team!
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Kate,
ReplyDeleteThere were times I also found it hard to figure out what to add. I still think it was important to, not only have the information there, but have it in the clearest terms. Some of the best studying I did was condensing information into useful areas rather than just having a glob of information.
I am glad that we are moving onto a new play. I think it is exciting after hanging onto Hamlet for so long, as you pointed out. Working through Hamlet for the extended period, added to my understanding of how much can be in a work and how many nuances there are to the writing behind the meaning. Both The American Dream and Death of a Salesman have subtle areas and things we needed to work through, but Hamlet seems much more complex. This is partly due to the translation from a different type of English!
Make sure to add connections. Good job!
Hi Kate,
ReplyDeleteIt looks like you edited your post based on what Lindsay said, because I see some connections in there! I always struggle with connecting AP Lit to my life, but I think you did a pretty good job of that.
I was gone for most of the time spent working on the peer review, so I can definitely say that after coming back it seemed a bit overwhelming. It probably could have been condensed a little bit, but in some cases the amount of detail included was pretty helpful. I think the act of putting it together was what would have been the most helpful, so I personally didn't gain much from it. I hope it helped you at least a little bit!
Like you and Lindsay, I'm glad to be done with Hamlet. I really enjoyed reading and discussing it, but we spent a very long time with the tortured prince and I'm ready to look at something new.
Nice job on this post!