1. This trimester, I put the most time into the American Drama Assignment. My group was great because from the beginning we agreed on the play in less than two minutes and were content with it, our group was mixed with girls and boys so it was fun and hardworking, we all compromised our time to fit each others schedule so we could get the most work done, we split up the work evenly and overall the play and whole assignment went really well. Everyone in my group put in 100% effort into getting the project done to the best of our abilities. The strengths of our project ended up being our filming, acting, editing and how we used mis en scene techniques to convey meaning in each shot. It was lots of fun and very interesting because we were able to turn a very creepy and old play, The Glass Menagerie, into a funny and modern version of Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
The project that I am most proud of how it turned out was my group's my Creative Summer Assignment because I feel like I was able to really convey the importance of a book I really enjoyed. From the beginning I loved that we were able to choose our own book to read over the summer which made the experience ten times better, which is hard to say for having to do homework over the summer. The White Tiger was culturally appealing and overall very interesting for someone like me who loves to explore and learn about new cultures. I was intrigued by how the book was an epistolary novel and I really tried to bring out the greatness of the book with my creative project. I believe I was able to really portray really well what Arivand Adiga, the author, was trying to showcase, which was the corruptness of his home country, India. There have been several movies about India and the harshness that comes with a third world country, like Slumdog Millionaire, but this story was very different for me and taught be different things than the other movies had. I was very happy with my work on the project and my grade as well because I put a lot of effort in not just showcasing one symbolism on the book but all of the symbolisms, which derived form the most important symbolism of animal imagery.
2. In class this trimester, I feel that, as I grew more confident with the material. At first I was intimidated with the poetry we were learning and all the presentations we creating but now I feel much more confident about next trimester and the AP English exam. From the beginning, I did all of the assignments that I was asked to do and kept my blog updated. I learned the most I could from all the presentations we did and constantly looked back at others people’s blogs and their presentations. The presentations for me were what really build my confidence because I felt so much more knowledgeable about famous myths, fairytales, and literary periods that will surely come back up in my life.
I might not have asked as many questions as I could have or really pitched in on class conversations but I took notes on most of those conversations and paid attention because I sometimes I felt intimidated with other peoples answers but I knew to take advantage of them. I feel like I really learned a lot on how to build a purposeful thesis that could really build my essay well. Writing a thesis is something that I really started working on since AP Comp but I think this class’s essays were different that AP Comp’s so it taught me how to write thesis that fit those kinds of essays. Now I know that to really write a great a thesis I need to first of all understand everything that the prompt is asking me to analyze and in return answer it all on my thesis. In effect, I struggle with attempting to not make the thesis too wordy while I try to answer everything the prompt is asking of me.
3. Looking back on the measurable goals that I set for myself at the beginning of the trimester, it is evident that I have improved greatly. On the first practice AP test that we took, I received a 50%. On the practice AP test that we took for our Unit 1 test, before test corrections I got a 65%. On the practice AP test that we took for our final exam, before test corrections I got a 69%. In just one trimester, my performance on the practice AP exams has improved by 19%! And I still have almost all of second trimester to improve as well. If I show as much improvement next trimester that I did this trimester, then a reasonable goal would be to get around an 87% on the second trimester final exam which is a great score to go into the real AP test with. The important thing for me will be that since I have AP Lit again second trimester it will be essential for me to keep studying and keep going back to my blog and my peer’s blog.
On the first practice test I really had no idea the difference between Petrarchan or Shakespeare format of a poem but now I do. Although, I do feel like I need to keep reviewing the different things that each structure includes like how many couplets or quatrains. Another thing is that I need to improve on being able to narrow down the answers to a 50/50 chance because I usually struggle between at least three out of the five questions, which does not make me confident at all. I do believe I have improved a lot on knowing the differences between metaphors and the actual names for each. I do struggle with the vocab on the exams, which is just a matter for me getting used to the exams. I will for sure take practices exams either online or on the 5 steps workbook every once a month so that I feel more confident during the exam. Overall, I am proud of my progress in this class so far. I think that as of now, I am on a solid path to be able to achieve most of my goals by the time I take the AP exam.
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