The Final Countdown

The AP Lit test is seven days away! That means preparations are under way for the final rush of literary terms, poetry analysis, prose characterization, and free response prompts. As you are aware, there are additional sessions for more practice and, what is probably most needed at this point in the year, tips and reminders regarding what you need on those essays to amass a high score. We have spent the entire class working on all those skills, so nothing should be new at this point in the game.

This is the week of the second practice test and final, which means are classes next week will be reviewing your responses and determining the order in which you will write your essays on the exam. If you have missed any portion of the exam, you will need to make that up immediately - especially for those taking the official exam so that you can have another practice under your belt and the knowledge of what you will need to review at the end.

Fifth hour has finished the second practice test/final at this point. For Monday's class, we will be working primarily with your practice exam. However, you do have 5 days before next class, so make sure to read through chapter 26. As mentioned in class, it may behoove you to polish off the whole novel prior to the exam. Heathcliff, the motifs, the dual settings/narrators/generations/everything really are highly conducive for free response prompts.

Second hour has completed the first 2 prompts of the exam with the remaining sections to be completed on Thursday and Friday. For Thursday's class, we will catch-up on WH through chapter 14, including your highlighting passage. It will be quick, but it will remind us of what is happening with the novel. As with any text in class, you are more than welcome to read ahead - and you will have bursts of reading assignments leading up to the test. This novel is a great one for free response prompts.

For those who are taking the alternative assessment, fifth hour will take their exam on May 9 and second hour will take their exam on May 10.