Hi there! I hope everyone is doing well. This is such an unprecedented situation, and it's difficult to know exactly how we should proceed. I've put together a list of items below that you can work on over the course of this break. None of this work will be due before we return, but it will give you the opportunity to get some work done ahead of time and to keep your skills sharp! If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out.
Finishing Hamlet:
Multiple Choice Practice:
Complete the Unit 6 multiple choice PPC on My AP Classroom. If there are any other open PPC assignments that you didn't have a chance to complete yet, please finish those as well. **Although we now know there will not be a multiple choice portion of the exam, this practice will expose you to a variety of texts from different eras written in different styles. This will be good practice for this year's exam, which will likely include a selected passage to analyze. The more types of passages you have practice with, the better!**
Choice Reading:
Perhaps the best thing you can do during this time is to continue your reading. For the remainder of the year, you will be allowed to read anything you want, including nonfiction. My hope is that you will continue to read 150 minutes or more a week. This is so healthy for you in so many ways, and it will help keep the academic side of your brain firing on all cylinders.
Exam Preparation (Optional):
**Updated 3/23: Given what we now know about the exam, you will not be writing all three essay types; however, these practical tips and organizational ideas can work for any of the essays the College Board may decide to include on this year's exam. We will know more about the exam on April 3. At that time, I will be in touch with more specific preparation ideas.**
Finishing Hamlet:
- You will be reading Act 5 of Hamlet on your own. If you click on the "Hamlet" tab above, you'll find a link to the No Fear Shakespeare text (which will help translate Shakespeare's words into modern English). There is also a link to the Youtube audio. Act 5 begins at 3:08:00. Use these tools to help you with the end of the play. Click here for some typed notes to guide you through your reading.
- When you finish, you will give yourself a timed essay. You may write the essay by hand or type it, but try not to spend more than 40 minutes on it. You may choose between two prompts found here. The goal of this essay is to help you solidify your understanding of the play by thinking through its major themes, characters, and scenes. There is no need to turn this in before we return to school.
Multiple Choice Practice:
Complete the Unit 6 multiple choice PPC on My AP Classroom. If there are any other open PPC assignments that you didn't have a chance to complete yet, please finish those as well. **Although we now know there will not be a multiple choice portion of the exam, this practice will expose you to a variety of texts from different eras written in different styles. This will be good practice for this year's exam, which will likely include a selected passage to analyze. The more types of passages you have practice with, the better!**
Choice Reading:
Perhaps the best thing you can do during this time is to continue your reading. For the remainder of the year, you will be allowed to read anything you want, including nonfiction. My hope is that you will continue to read 150 minutes or more a week. This is so healthy for you in so many ways, and it will help keep the academic side of your brain firing on all cylinders.
Exam Preparation (Optional):
**Updated 3/23: Given what we now know about the exam, you will not be writing all three essay types; however, these practical tips and organizational ideas can work for any of the essays the College Board may decide to include on this year's exam. We will know more about the exam on April 3. At that time, I will be in touch with more specific preparation ideas.**
- For those of you who are looking to feel more prepared for the AP exam, you may work through the packet posted below. This will guide you through the 3 types of essays on the exam (1. Poetry, 2. Prose, 3. Open-Question), showing you sample prompts and offering tips on how to tackle them. You can work through the tasks in the handout to help you get a feel for what you'll need to do on the exam.
- To see samples of actual scored essays, visit the College Board website here. Scroll down until you see the table under "Scoring Information for 2019-2020." Click on the "Samples" section to read the essays and the "Commentary" section to see how they were scored and why. To read the actual prompts, click on the "Free-Response Questions" link under the particular year you are looking for here.
ap_lit_exam_essay_review.pdf |