This past week was almost as crazy as last week solely because it was the end of the school marking period. I was running around like a chicken with its head cut off making sure all my missing work was turned in. AP Lit was the class where I completely lost my marbles attempting to turn everything in on time. My main concern in AP Lit is the essay about elements of fiction. However, while in class this week some of my concerns regarding the essay were put at ease because I learned what I wanted to focus on in each essays.
This week for at least 30 minutes a day the whole class worked on the essays. The main thing the class focused on was topic sentences. I was honestly really struggling to create a topic sentence for the two elements of fiction Sana and I choose for our essay because each element was very broad. Since each element was so broad I felt myself wanting to give up and just accept a large F for both essays.
However, after reading over the elements of fiction on the class website I was able to narrow down what I wanted to focus on for each essay. Sana and I decided we would compare and contrast the use of third person perspective, and analysis how fantasy can affect a story. Having the class website available and feedback from the classes student teacher made th essay seem more tangible.
After creating a solid foundation to build the essays from I was able to relax and focus on enjoying the short stories I was required to read.
This week for at least 30 minutes a day the whole class worked on the essays. The main thing the class focused on was topic sentences. I was honestly really struggling to create a topic sentence for the two elements of fiction Sana and I choose for our essay because each element was very broad. Since each element was so broad I felt myself wanting to give up and just accept a large F for both essays.
However, after reading over the elements of fiction on the class website I was able to narrow down what I wanted to focus on for each essay. Sana and I decided we would compare and contrast the use of third person perspective, and analysis how fantasy can affect a story. Having the class website available and feedback from the classes student teacher made th essay seem more tangible.
After creating a solid foundation to build the essays from I was able to relax and focus on enjoying the short stories I was required to read.