Response to Course Material Eight

Could it be? Our last "Response to Course Material" post? I think that's the case, but if not this just got awkward. I'd like to say that I'll miss all of these blog posts, but I think that would be a little bit untrue.

Anyways, moving on! As we get closer and closer to the (dreaded) AP test, we've started doing more prep work -- multiple choice, open/closed prompts, all that jazz. I personally have found that really helpful! I'm seeing pretty steady improvements in my scores in all those areas, which is nice. We haven't gotten back our most recent open prompt, though, and I think that will be the true test. I'll be interested to see how Ms. Holmes thought I did!

Speaking of the test prep, I definitely think that the more recent tests seem much easier than some of the older ones. I don't think that's just me getting better at AP Lit, either. The multiple choice we took on Friday seemed much more easy to understand than anything we've done previously. With any luck, the test this year will have a similar level of difficulty. I'll keep my fingers crossed, I suppose.

Jumping back a little bit, we also finished Ceremony. I really, really liked this book. A lot. I wasn't totally sure what to expect, what with it being our first novel, but I ended up enjoying the reading and discussing quite a bit! I feel like we could have spent a lot more time on it (thinking back to how long we worked on Hamlet) but I'm pretty satisfied with the theme our class came up with. I'll admit I had some difficulties remembering some of the things from the pre-reading, but as we got farther into the book things made more sense even without remembering everything.

We spent the past week in the lab, working on a website project as a review for the test. I'm not quite sure how I feel about the whole assignment, honestly. I thought the topic my group chose (Ophelia's central role in Hamlet) was interesting, but I'm not really satisfied with the final product and I don't know how much it actually helped me study. For the most part I think it just stressed me out. I hope the project helped someone else, though! I've visited the website and it looks interesting, but I'm not sure that it will be a particularly helpful study tool for me. I guess we'll find out!