Now for an exciting update in the life of AP English! We have just finished up our first read of Ceremony, which we were warned was very challenging. Overall, sorry to say, i disliked the book. It was a more challenging read than most, but not something i would pick up on my own. Although i must say the author's writing style seemed sophisticated and elaborate, but was not enough to win me over. The book did succeed at confusing me at some points, but hopefully i got the jist of it. I am looking forward to hearing how much i did not understand. The last week before break we were finishing up a quick lesson on the eras. I found all of the groups power points surprisingly entertaining. Whether that was due to the use of presi or the falsity of my preconceived knowledge of the eras i will never know. Well that's all for now. Hopefully, you can hold off on your suspense for the update on the life of AP lit. Cya!
~Dana
good work, good analyzing of what were doing in class, i especially love how you put so much of your voice and personality into this, made it much more enjoyable to read. Good honest opinions and overall good work!
ReplyDeleteNice work with this little class update. I know how you feel with Ceremony, I wasn't very happy with it the first time I read it, but once we got back to school and we started talking about it, it seems much better now. I hope you like it better once you understand it. I also thought the eras presentations were good and entertaining. Good job covering everything we've done lately.
ReplyDeleteThe revies of the eras was also more enternaing for me than I expected. Alot of it seemed review, but it was certainly beneficial. I am glad that i was not the only one who did not like the book during the first read over break. As I got further into it, I didn't mind the style as much, but I was confused, and felt I was missing some important backround information, and the Silko interviews did not help me much. Once we have discussed it in class, it didn't seem nearly so bad.
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