Well now that Hamlet is finally over, I can say that it definitely got better as we went along. Slowly. I didn't really catch on to that much until I went through and annotated everything myself, and let me tell you, that took so much time, but in the end I guess it was worth it. I feel better about Shakespeare and starting Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead. It is a lot different with a lot more comedy involved, but it isn't too bad!
As Ms. Holmes has been saying, we have to start going back and working towards the AP exam..yay. I don't know how I feel I am going to do on this one, it seems very very similar to the ACT test, and both the reading and english sections are what brought my score down, so my confidence isn't too high quite yet. I think by the time it needs to be there though, I will have finally mastered what I need to do well on the test. Well I hope!
I also really like our new warm up with the pictures. Though it takes our class about half of the class period to even choose a picture, they are fun. We analyze them a little too carefully sometimes though, and take obvious things and change them around. So that is probably why our class can't agree on almost anything when the time comes to do that every morning. Overall, I feel like the next stretch until the AP exam is going to be a long and hard one, but once we are done, it's going to be all parties and games until the end of the year! Yay!
I agree with you about Hamlet. There's a bunch of stuff that you just don't catch the first time through.
ReplyDeleteI feel like Hamlet didn't REALLY prepare me for R&G, mainly because the kind of speech used is so different between the two pieces.
Don't worry, it's not just you who feels that way about the AP exam. Hopefully, we'll all be ready for it by the time May comes around.
The warm ups are nice, but don't you think they take way too long to finish? Though that may just be a personal pet peeve.
I kind of disagree with Sam about the Hamlet-> R&G transition, but I definitely agree with you that Hamlet got more and more clear as we went on. It always helps to talk it over, because other people tend to notice things that I missed.
ReplyDeleteWe'll probably put more and more classwork into AP prep as the test gets closer. Do the essays worry you more, or the multiple choice?
Hi Julia,
ReplyDeleteI also thought Hamlet got better as I went along. It became easier to read and annotate, especially after class discussions and Ms. Holme's explaining the common themes and motifs of the play.
It's comforting to see that at least someone else, besides me, is worried about the AP exam multiple choice (well actually, I'm worried about the entire AP exam...). Hopefully with more practice, we will improve our scores!
I always like our warm ups. It's interesting to see the different mood words that are suggested by different people everyday. It's funny how people can interpret one picture into so many ways.
Nice job on this response!