Taking the Final: December 19, 2019

Welcome to the A.P. Lit final!

Section I: Multiple Choice (55 questions; 1 hour)

Please record your answers on the scantron.


Section II: Free Response (3 question; 2 hours)

Please clearly label your essays and use separate sheets of paper for each essay.
When you finish, stable the rubric to the corresponding essay:

• Question #1 (Henry IV): Yellow rubric

• Question #2 (Johnny Got His Gun): Green rubric

• Question #3 (Midsummer Night's Dream): Pink rubric

***Also, please turn in your copies of A Midsummer Night's Dream if you have not yet done so.***

You and Q2: December 16, 2019

Focus: So, what's Q2 about?

1. Warming up with three good things

2. Walking through essay strategies and a sample Q2 together (and offering you one to go!)

• Quick recap of MC strategies (save the hardest for last)

• Thoughts on essay strategies

• How to approach Q2: The first inch and the last inch

HW:
1. For TODAY: Make sure your MSND big question blog is completed. I mention this on the Bingo sheet, but I also recommend clicking on other peoples MSND posts, too.

2. For NEXT THURSDAY:
Remember that your final is on THURSDAY, December 20 from 11:30 am to about 3:00 pm. You will need a pencil, a blue or black pen, and notebook paper.

Ideas for preparation: PLAY BINGO!

• Look carefully through all the timed writings you've done this semester.
• Use Quizlet to review terms.
• Revisit your MSND packet.
• Watch a performance of MSND and jot down key scenes, character names, settings, etc.
• Skim through your composition notebook.
• Get a good night's sleep and eat breakfast in the morning.

Meeting the Exam: December 13, 2019

Focus: What are we wondering about the midterm?

1. Warming up with MSND mental jousting

2. Enjoying Dove chocolate and understanding what I mean by complexity

3. Walking through a full-length sample A.P. Lit together; asking questions and talking strategy

HW:
1. For MONDAY: Complete your MSND big question blog to prep for Q3 on the final.

2. For NEXT THURSDAY:
Remember that your final is on THURSDAY, December 20 from 11:30 am to about 3:00 pm. You will need a pencil, a blue or black pen, and notebook paper.

Ideas for preparation: PLAY BINGO!

• Look carefully through all the timed writings you've done this semester.
• Use Quizlet to review terms.
• Revisit your MSND packet.
• Watch a performance of MSND and jot down key scenes, character names, settings, etc.
• Skim through your composition notebook.
• Get a good night's sleep and eat breakfast in the morning.

What's (Un)Resolved by the ending of MSND? December 12, 2019

Focus: What's resolved by the end of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and what is left unresolved?

1. Warming up with a scoreboard check

• What conflicts were set up in Acts 1 and 2?

• In Acts 3 and 4, who won each one?

• How was each one won?

• What complex patterns can you find among the nature of the conflicts, who won them, and how they were won?

2. Finishing the film version of MSND and slowing down on a little metacognition from Act 5

3. Enjoying some lively mental jousting

HW:
1. For FRIDAY/MONDAY: Complete your MSND big question blog to prep for Q3 on the final.

2. For NEXT THURSDAY:
Remember that your final is on THURSDAY, December 20 from 11:30 am to about 3:00 pm. You will need a pencil, a blue or black pen, and notebook paper.

Ideas for preparation: PLAY BINGO!

• Look carefully through all the timed writings you've done this semester.
• Use Quizlet to review terms.
• Revisit your MSND packet.
• Watch a performance of MSND and jot down key scenes, character names, settings, etc.
• Skim through your composition notebook.
• Get a good night's sleep and eat breakfast in the morning.

The Play within the Play: December 11, 2019

Focus: What larger themes emerge through the tradesmen's performance of Pyramus and Thisbe?

1. Warming up with our final poetry project presentation

2. Close reading the role of metatheatre in the final act of the play

3. Watching end of Act 4 and Act 5 in the film version of MSND (1:26)--start film by 2:05!

HW:
1. For FRIDAY/MONDAY: Complete your MSND big question blog to prep for Q3 on the final.

2. For NEXT THURSDAY:
Remember that your final is on THURSDAY, December 20 from 11:30 am to about 3:00 pm. You will need a pencil, a blue or black pen, and notebook paper.

Ideas for preparation: PLAY BINGO!

• Look carefully through all the timed writings you've done this semester.
• Use Quizlet to review terms.
• Revisit your MSND packet.
• Watch a performance of MSND and jot down key scenes, character names, settings, etc.
• Skim through your composition notebook.
• Get a good night's sleep and eat breakfast in the morning.

Experiencing Poetry, Day 2: December 20, 2019

Focus: What can we learn about poetry from each other's creative projects?

1. Warming up with end-of-the-semester A.P. Lit Bingo!

2. Enjoying poetry projects with follow-up questions and index card feedback


HW:
1. For TODAY: Projects and papers are due if you did not present/submit today.

2. For FRIDAY: Complete your MSND big question blog to prep for Q3 on the final.

3. For NEXT THURSDAY:
Remember that your final is on THURSDAY, December 20 from 11:30 am to about 3:00 pm. You will need a pencil, a blue or black pen, and notebook paper.

Ideas for preparation:

• Look carefully through all the timed writings you've done this semester.
• Use Quizlet to review terms.
• Revisit your MSND packet.
• Watch a performance of MSND and jot down key scenes, character names, settings, etc.
• Skim through your composition notebook.
• Get a good night's sleep and eat breakfast in the morning.

Experiencing Poetry, Day 1: December 9, 2019

Focus: What can we learn about poetry from each other's creative projects?

1. Warming up with three good things

2. Enjoying poetry projects with follow-up questions and index card feedback


HW:
1. For TOMORROW by 4:00: Projects and papers are due if you did not present/submit today.

2. For FRIDAY: Complete your MSND big question blog to prep for Q3 on the final.

3. For NEXT THURSDAY:
Remember that your final is on THURSDAY, December 20 from 11:30 am to about 3:00 pm. You will need a pencil, a blue or black pen, and notebook paper.

Ideas for preparation:

• Look carefully through all the timed writings you've done this semester.
• Use Quizlet to review terms.
• Revisit your MSND packet.
• Watch a performance of MSND and jot down key scenes, character names, settings, etc.
• Skim through your composition notebook.
• Get a good night's sleep and eat breakfast in the morning.

Mehad a Dream: December 7, 2019

Focus: What roles do sleep and dreaming play in MSND?

1. Warming up with a little background on Shakespeare and sleep

• Click here to access the Shakespeare Concordance (or go to our class website).

3. Reading Act 4 with a focus on the character of Bottom

• How would you characterize sleep and dreaming in Act 4? 

• Is Bottom a Shakespearean clown? 

• Is he comedic or tragic? Or something else?

• Does he understand anything that other characters fail to?

• Does he fail to understand anything that other characters do?

• What important truths does he reveal?

HW:
1. Thursday this week will be a paper/project work day. Bring what you need.

2. Next MONDAY, DEC 9: Papers/projects due.

Because we will be at the end of the semester, please note the following:

1. No extensions will be granted. 
2. You will NOT be able to revise these because you won't get them back until your final.

Make It Work: December 6, 2019

Focus: How can we turn ideas and outlines into drafts and projects?

1. Warming up with a little inspiration from Andy Goldsworthy

2. Offering one quick note to the project people about designing their own rubrics, printing out their poems, signing up for presentations, and reviewing the presentation guidelines; offering the Night-Before Checklist to the paper people

3. Working, working, working (and conferencing)

HW:
1. ASAP: Project people--please submit a hard copy of your poem so I can make a packet.

2. Next MONDAY, DEC 9: Papers/projects due.

Because we will be at the end of the semester, please note the following:

1. No extensions will be granted. 
2. You will NOT be able to revise these because you won't get them back until your final.

Close Reading Acts 2 and 3: December 5, 2019

Focus: What complex answers does the play offer in response to your questions?

1. Warming up by finishing our final Acting Company performances (click here for the questions)

2. Selecting your favorite Acting Company question and performing a slow reading of two moments

• Pick one Acting Company question that piqued your interest.

• Find two short passages from the play (ANYWHERE in the play) that respond to that question.

• Read them closely, trying to unearth paradoxes and complex responses to that question.

HW:
1. Thursday this week will be a paper/project work day. Bring what you need.

2. Next MONDAY, DEC 9: Papers/projects due.

Because we will be at the end of the semester, please note the following:

1. No extensions will be granted. 
2. You will NOT be able to revise these because you won't get them back until your final.

Calling All Acting Companies for Real: December 3, 2019

Focus: How can performance deepen our understanding of Shakespeare's characters and conflicts?

1. Warming up five minutes to get thyself ready

2. Performing Acts 2 and 3 of A Midsummer Night's Dream; using each other's opening questions and selected passages to analyze each scene

HW:
1. (Optional) By Wednesday, December 4: Turn in your typed, printed one-pager on the Shakespearean film you have watched (see overview).

2. WEDNESDAY this week will be a paper/project work day. Bring what you need.

3. Next MONDAY, DEC 9: Papers/projects due.

Because we will be at the end of the semester, please note the following:

1. No extensions will be granted. 
2. You will NOT be able to revise these because you won't get them back until your final.

Lord, What Fools These Mortals Be: November 22, 2019

Focus: What significant patterns emerge in the first half of A Midsummer Night's Dream?

1. Warming up with three good things

2. Recapping Acts 1, 2 and 3 of A Midsummer Night's Dream with an old-school "quiz" and an index card challenge

3. Enjoying the film version of the first half of A Midsummer Night's Dream while considering your motifs and dichotomies

HW:
1. (Optional) By Wednesday, December 4: Turn in your typed, printed one-pager on the Shakespearean film you have watched (see overview).

2. WEDNESDAY this week will be a paper/project work day. Bring what you need.

2. Next MONDAY, DEC 9: Papers/projects due.

Because we will be at the end of the semester, please note the following:

1. No extensions will be granted. 
2. You will NOT be able to revise these because you won't get them back until your final.

This has been your only A.P. Literature homework for the past 23 nights. Please make sure that your final product is college-worthy.