Responce to Class Material

In the last month of school in AP Lit we have covered how to analyize readings. We have done this by learned about DIDLS and ways to read literature productivly. In class we read "A Grocery Store in California", "I, Too", and "America Singing", and in each poem we were to analyse the writing and the deeper meanings behind the words. "A Grocery Store in California" talked about the American dream and questioned what it was, and how the capitalism of the 50s affects life. In "I, Too" and "America Singing" it is discussed what America is made up of,  and who contributes to America. As a class we also read "A Jury of Her Peers" and It was about how women have to stick together and how women were ignored, if you will, by the men of the time. That story produced a great class discussion about if the murder of her husband was justified if he was abusing her.

As a class we also read "How to Read Literature Like an English Professor" and That really hellped with the in class readings that we did, becuase the book covered what certian things are supposed to/ commonly mean. This book also helped alot with out closed promt responce for oour pracitce AP essay that we posted on our blogs.

In "The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing" we learrned/ reviewed the basics of writing for colleges- hence the name of the book. I will definatly keep this in mind as I am writing my common app essay.

Finally, as a class we worked on our textbook asignments, which really cemented the concepts that we learned in class. The homework went over how to form a thesis, how to form a theme sentance, and got us to look deeper into the syntax and diction of the pieces that we were reading.