Poetry Prompt Results

Since I will not pass the entire test back at one time -- sorry, Wuthering Heights does have a role in each class period as well -- I thought to preview the results as they are ready. Currently, I am rotating back and forth between the AP Lit test and the AP Lang test to keep it interesting for me. 

Goals for the Poetry Prompt:

Goal 1: 5 (2 students)

Goal 2: 6 or 7 (4 students)

Goal 3: 8 (2 students)

Goals 4: 9 (2 students with initials CP & LS)

Overall impressions:

• utilize upper level tone words to convey and analyze attitude
• focus on structure including rhyme scheme, Shakespearian sonnet structure (volta, ending couplet), iambic pentameter, enjambment, alliteration, forced rhyme
• bring in upper level literary and poetical elements (analogy instead of personification or symbolism)
• do not forget theme (s) of a poem and how it connects to all the above
• POEM TITLES ARE IN QUOTATION MARKS!!!!!!!!!! I took off one level if you underlined the title since it is a distraction from the first paragraph. 

All students reached Goal 1 or higher on this prompt, so we are where we need to be for the poetry component. That does not mean we will leave poetry behind, for there are several areas to tweak for the test in a few weeks.