AP Literature , what a class ! I not going to lie the first week of this class and I was ready to drop the class . I was in AP English and Composition last year and I thought this class was going to be similar , was I wrong . Ms.Hegeman is a good teacher but the work can be crazy sometimes . For example , the first week of school we did a nuts and bolts worksheet , where we defined different literary terms , that part was easy . Then we started to get tested on the pages individually . Those test are annoying and kind of hard for the simple fact that some of the definitions on the test don't be the same definitions I study for .
Another thing , that Summer homework was ridiculous . I understand we need to learn more about poetry , how to read and understand it , but seriously ? First , it is an unrealistic goal to want children , that don't even read poetry , to write a 500 word reflective analysis for 5 poems all by different poets . Like why do you think we could do that ? 500 of our own words ? That's like impossible ; some of the poems were harder than others . Yes , might understand some of the poem but we have to research information in order to reach that limit . Then its like when you write the teacher wants to hear " your voice " when they're reading but then but a limit on it . I liked paraphrasing and doing TPCASTT that was the more easier part because it's what you think . How you look at and interpret things ; that is when students want to do things . But overall I enjoy my AP Literature class and can't wait to learn more things .
I think it's interesting that you criticize everything in the class, but then finish with how you 'enjoy' this class. I agree that the summer work was a lot, maybe too much, but I didn't realize how much help you all need with poetry. At the very least, it gave you some good practice!
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