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Welcome to AP Literature!
I am very excited about teaching a course that is very near and dear to my heart. As long as I am reading and sharing books of all kinds, I feel at home in the classroom - so get ready to read! AP Literature and Composition is a rigorous course of reading and analyzing; in addition to preparing for the National Exam, which I hope all of you will take, we will make time to share books that you choose, exploring a variety of ways to understand the authors' writing "moves." They will become our writing coaches as we attempt not only to uncover meaning, but also to celebrate language. In Azar Nafisi's memoir, Reading Lolita in Tehran, the author explains her idea of what a novel does for us as readers. She says that we need to inhale books, so they become a part of us. In the spirit of Nafisi's ideas, we will keep breathing!
Benefits of Reading: Watch this video to find out how reading can open your mind to new perspectives, creating an empathetic mindset. Reading often cultivates self-improvement. |
How about taking notes? I get questions about critical reading journals all the time. What kind? What do I write in it? What good are notes anyway? We all feel notetaking is a waste of time if it's merely an exercise of copying what's on the board. What is useful is note "making." That means you construct meaning from what you have read or heard. Here are some tips that might help. Click here.
You might want to watch this quick video on the Cornell Method of Note making. |
"The Strange and Twisted Life of Frankenstein" |
This is an interesting article about the misunderstood Frankenstein and how twenty-first century readers connect with a 200-year-old text. When Frankenstein says, "Here my tale," we may be reminded of other imaginative literature where a character relates a painful yet important story: Hamlet, Wuthering Heights, Heart of Darkness, Metamorphosis, Oroonoko. Click here to read the article.
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2020 SUMMER READING
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Fifty of the Most Beautiful sentences in Literature!
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