Thank you to all my little elves that have delivered treats to me this week. I appreciate all the goodies -- especially while grading your poetry exam take two, which proved that you do know your stanzas, your meter, your poetry types. Now, please, do not forget all of these poetic elements over break. You will still need them during second semester.
When making my list for Santa this year, I realized that I did not have a long one. Of course, there are my new Rag and Bone boots, which are so beautiful and funky that this picture really does not do the color or the style justice. https://www.shopcade.com/product/rag-bone-sanne-bordeaux-patent-35-5/58077b8b030fb19e1e4d83ea.
However, I am fortunate to have 35 gifts each day in AP Lit, and I can't imagine a more creative, witty, declamatory, and articulate group delving into Edna's sea, Grendel's forest, Lear's storm, or Marvel's awkward pick-up lines.
Over break, you have a wee reading assignment: The Cherry Orchard. For most of you, this is your first opportunity to read a Russian playwright, so pay close attention to the characterization, themes, motifs, and milieus present. When we return to class, you will need to complete a book card on The Cherry Orchard; this will be your first grade of the semester and your fifth book card in total.
Our next semester will start off and then include the following items: a return to vocab experts for about 5 more units, allusion posters, drama (The Cherry Orchard, The Importance of Being Earnest), prose (Metamorphosis, Mary Wollstonecraft, Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights), poetry (The Canterbury Tales, Romantics - ah, Keatsy, I have missed you) and critical lens (Feminist & Marxist). And for those of you on the creative side of the mind, you will have a chance to write your own creative poetry.
Enjoy your holiday break! Perhaps you can speak to your family and friends in iambic pentameter ballads to create a more festive mood!
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