The Colorful Cards

I probably need to start writing our agenda before AP Lang so as not to be so rushed with the phrasing! Today's class was the true start of AP Lit with our commencement of vocab experts with Unit 1, which will begin sharing tomorrow. A vocab expert teaches the class the definition, a minimum of 2 synonyms, and a memory trick. Make sure to have your expertise ready to share!

You also have a plethora of supplemental handouts in your possession to help you with tone shifts, color symbolism, archetypes, and other literary meanings to assist your future readings and analysis. While we will not be studying or testing over this material, I highly suggest you utilize these resources in your literary analysis - especially at the beginning of the year as you work your way into our book club. 

And, even if it was a frustrating exercise, you had a class card game. For the most part, your prose terms and rhetorical terms are at high proficiency. Poetry - not so much - but that is completely understandable since we will be studying poetry (and the miracle packet - yes, I love that packet, and I recognize that you will probably not have as much affection for it) in October-ish. 

Tomorrow we start our first analysis as a class with a couple poems regarding that mythical beauty Helen of Troy. If you are not familiar with her mythology, you may want to do brief research to have ethos on the topic. 

P.S. The internet went down at school while I was typing this at the end of the school day. Sorry for the delay in post! You know how the wifi works around here :)