Writing: Sentence pattern 13 exercise sheet due Friday. AP prompt in-class essay on Friday.
Vocabulary: No suffix quiz. Here are links to flashcards and practice tests for your literary term vocabulary:
- AP Lit terms: poetry 1 and AP Lit terms: poetry 2; quiz Wednesday.
- AP Lit terms: drama and AP Lit terms: fiction quiz Thursday.
- AP Lit terms: elements of style, AP Lit terms: figures of speech and syntax, and AP Lit terms: form quiz Friday.
Basic concepts: AP test prep and review
Grammar: Heart of Darkness exercise 12 due Tuesday.
Close reading: "Heart and Hands" due Tuesday; Heart of Darkness Passage 12 due Wednesday; From Letters from an American Farmer due Thursday; from A Vindication of the Rights of Women due Friday.
Reading: No required reading of Gatsby required until after the exam. Other: "Close Reading Strategies,"
"Tone" (Monday); "Tips for Timed
Writing," "What AP Readers Long to See" (Tuesday); "16 Detractors from
Mature Academic Voice," " Timed Writings,
Sample Introduction and Thesis" (Wednesday); "Transitions and Paragraph
Hooks," "Strategies to Improve Writing" (Thursday)
Looking ahead: The first ever Xavier annual AP
Literature and Composition exam will be administered Thursday, May 10th at school. You are in on the ground floor! There’s been a change to the
fee schedule; the federal government is paying more than we thought. Ms.
McElliot just gave us a bottom line price of $20—if you’ve already paid more, you’ll
get a refund. If you qualify for free and reduced lunch, the test is now free. Meanwhile,
plan to bring with you:
1. A high quality eraser
2. Time-keeping device (a watch)
3. Well-sharpened #2 pencils
(perhaps 4-5)
4. Kleenex
5. Multiple layers of clothing:
you can add or subtract layers for comfort
Get a good night’s sleep,
and plan on being at school by 7:30 am. Eat a well-balanced breakfast that
morning—good nutrition can positively affect your performance.
