We've just began Hamlet! I'm very excited to finally read this Shakespear play that I've heard so much about. I lack motivation to read works of literature like this one on my own, so I'm glad to have the chance to read and discuss it with my peers in class! My only problem is that I have never been very good at translating the confusion Elizabethan language so I find myself relying on Mrs. Holme's explanation, which I wish I didn't have to do.
We finally finished the Death of a Salesman, and I felt very satisfied when we were all through with it. I really enjoy spending quite a long time on one piece of literature, and I found something new to add practically every day in discussion because my classmates really make me think about the play. I also found myself comparing DOS and The American Dream, because it was actually pretty cool that we read theses two works in succession. They have a completely different...style, but both focus at some point on the consumerism we talked about in class, although I think it was more present in The American Dream. At first glance I would have said the American Dream was harder to decipher, but after reading DOS, I honestly couldn't tell which was harder. Both had so much "meat" to them, if you know what I mean! I looked forward to discussion everyday, as well as our tone challenges, and learning new words.
Hey Roz :) This is a good response, save for some minor mechanics errors (We've just begun Hamlet, not began), and you did a good job balancing things you were already happy with and things you were looking forward to in the future. You seem enthusiastic about AP Lit, and that's great :) There's nothing much more to say about this, other than it works, and you did well.
ReplyDeleteI like how cheerful you are about the class, haha. But yeah, this is a personal response so I don't think the content is too important, especially considering we've really only done two things since last time, but since it's for an AP English class the mechanics, as Kelly said, should be better. "confusion Elizabethan language" "Ms. Holme's" Proofread, I suppose, and cut out unnecessary words and all that jazz.
ReplyDeleteHello Roz. The only I really have to say is to proofread as they did as well. Maybe copy and paste into word before you publish it! That might help quite a bit (:
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