Final Part IV

Now, the AP final is my homework. After finishing the last prompt, we will go over scores on Monday and have a review - with the buzzers - on Tuesday.

As mentioned in several blog posts, prep sessions are available before and after school on Monday and Tuesday to add to your AP Lang ethos. Know your rhetorical strategies, tone words, modes of discourse, fallacies, and everything else that involves AP Lang jargon. The more confidence you have in these elements, the more confidence you will have on the multiple choice and rhetorical analysis portion of the exam.

For anyone not taking the exam next week, you will have the 100 term test, which we will be taken either during the block on Wednesday/Thursday or during Tuesday's class review.

The Next 4-5 Classes

AP Langers, I thought you would like the daily itineraries in print.

Friday = Argumentation Prompt (43 minutes timed)
Monday = Review MC, Prompts, Overall AP Lang Score
Tuesday = Tally Sheets
Wednesday = AP Exam
Post-Test = American Lit - the expedited version - covering Native American oral tradition, Puritan speeches & poetry, The Crucible, Romanticism, Transcendentialism, Dark Romanticism featuring The Scarlet Letter and Poe, Dickinson, "The Yellow Wallpaper, " and The Harlem Renaissance.

Reminders:

• There are still many of you "passing" on rhetorical strategy definitions and terms. All of these terms have been utilized in class since August. You need to review and study these to help you on the Multiple Choice and Rhetorical Analysis passages.
• There are 6 prep sessions remaining on the schedule. This is an opportunity to practice multiple choice, study terms, and add to your tally sheets.
• Any student not taking the AP Lang exam next week will be required to take a 100 term test covering strategies, fallacies, tones, vocabulary, and allusions. For first hour, this will occur on the test day, May 11. Second, fourth, and seventh hour students have the choice to take this test on Tuesday, May 10, while we review during class time or during class on May 11/12, while we begin our study of American Literature.

And, in case you were wondering, my lucky desk did work: 50/55. (I am perturbed that I forgot to answer one -- I should have had a 51! Urgh!)

Final Part III

For our block days, we are completing the MC section of the final exam.

Remember, if you need additional prep for the exam next week, the morning and after school sessions are available for study time.

Voting Concludes

I know this is as exciting as the actual AP Lit test tomorrow. Here are the top 5 shoes according to all of the AP classes.

1st place: #11 Charlotte Olympia's Dotty 125

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2nd place: #3 Aquazzura Bridal

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3rd place: #1 Alexander McQueen Skull Booties

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4th place (tie): #8 Charlotte Olympia Iola & #13 Fendi Favorite

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Prep Sessions

While I was talking with a former student in the hall today, she told me that a friend wanted to know how she scored a 4 on the AP Lang exam. Her response was to study test prep books, cards, and materials to have stronger ethos for the multiple choice and writing portions. She also mentioned that attending prep sessions helped her as well. When I told her that no AP Lang students had taken advantage of this option yet, she was shocked. 

There are only a few prep sessions remaining:

Morning Sessions starting at 6:50: May 5, 6, 9, 10
Afternoon Sessions starting at 2:30: May 4, 6, 9, 10

All sessions will feature multiple choice practice and cards, which will be added to your tally sheets. 

As indicated in class and on a previous blog post, the person with the most tallies will earn 76 extra credit points for his or her effort during and outside of class. 

Final Part II

As the live test approaches in 8 days, we are continuing the full test with Question 2 today. If you are absent, you will need to make this up by the end of the week during another AP class or after school on Friday.

Final I

Today was part I of your final full AP Lang tests. If absent, you will need to formalize plans for taking this portion of the exam.