The MC

The MC portion of the final, which happens to be a full AP Lit exam, tested you on four elements: the ability to read a prose passage and connect its analogous setting with the main plot, a poetry passage and its overwhelming amount of analogies, a prose passage and its characterization of its main cast, and a poetry passage and its many meanings and organization.

With this mixture of content, you had to close read the passages with thoroughness (that means making actual marks on your papers and reading into the text with accuracy) and participate in process of elimination to guarantee more successful answers (that means crossing off the ones that are incorrect - it also means that when we go over the whole exam on Monday, you have a trail as to why you selected your answer).

Every MC choice exam offers its difficulties and distractions. Whether you were successful on this round or will be on the next one, you have the opportunity to think like a test-maker and analyze your answers and the passages for understanding. In addition, I highly recommend leaving the timid, "I can't do MC" attitude in 2018. Attacking a passage, a prompt, or MC questions is the way to go in 2019.

As with every MC exam, we have 4 goals to reach. The first goal is 50%, which if all fairs well with at least a 5 average on your writing prompts, you have a 3 for the exam in its entirety. The second goal is 60%, which aids your chances to maintain a 3 or, if your writing portions go very well, have a 4. The third goal is 70%, which means you now have a chance to go for that 4/5 with your writing work. The fourth goal is to score enough on the MC to have a 2 on the exam prior to even writing one of the prompts. If that math is confusing for you, we'll spend more time playing calculator later in the quarter.

Here are the overall numbers for this first MC test, which are fairly strong in my opinion - not that I have one or anything:

Goal 1 = 50%, 26 questions = 40 students reached this goal or higher
Goal 2 = 60%, 31 questions = 32 students reached this goal or higher
Goal 3 = 70%, 36 questions = 15 students reached this goal or higher
Goal 4 = 2 on exam, 41 questions = 7 students reached this goal

The 3 highest scores were LAG, LM, and DB, who all missed single digits on the exam!

Off to the poetry prompt. I can't wait to see if any of you went after the gender roles of Victorian women. No one really ever does, but I still hope for it nonetheless.