Carpe Poetry Review

To continue with Carpe Diem poetry - the (mostly) iambic tetrameter poems encouraging women to marry or commit to the speaker's relationship suggestions - we looked at "To His Coy Mistress," "To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time," "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love," and "The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd." In both hours, we focused on the rhyme - feminine, masculine, unstressed, stressed, forced - to combine the speaker's persona and theme with the sound effects inherent in seizing the day. And if that was not enough poetry review to prepare for your poetry test, then you received the poetry study guide, which is one of the tests from last year.

Upcoming plots & plans:

Wed/Thurs = Diary Evaluation Day, Card Throwing, Poetry Study Guide Time
Fri = Poetry Study Guide Review, Essay Proposal Due
Mon 18= Poetry Test
Tues 19 = Practice Prompt/Poetry Review for Final
Wed 20 = Writing Prompt of Final
Thurs/Fri 21/22 = Multiple Choice Section of Final
Fri 22 = Final Draft Due

Cocoa & Cram is Monday evening here at school. To give you a highlight package of an AP Lit Cocoa & Cram, it will involve a sample prompt, card throwing, and a MC passage to review strategies. F.Y.I. We will be doing a sample prompt and the card throwing in class (as noted above). I would also like to offer a couple after school opportunities to review in case you are not going to attend Cocoa & Cram OR you will be busy studying with another teacher OR if AP Lang students take over my time at the event. These 2 opportunities will have the same prompts and samples, so you there is no need to come to all of them. Unless, you want to show off in front of others.

Monday = 3:45-4:45 Room 404 AP Lit Review
Tuesday = 2:35-3:20 Room 404 AP Lit Review