This past month has involved a lot of Ceremony, so I'm kind of glad this month is through because it was probably my least favorite of all the works we've read so far. It was a bit of a slog at times and I don't really identify with any of the characters. The writing style also wasn't my favorite. It's not that I didn't like the book, it just paled in comparison to everything else we've read this year.
We all were assigned different articles regarding the book to read to help further our analysis, and I basically lucked out by getting assigned the one discussing the significance of the various animals, because that one was chock full of great information and really went a long way in helping me understand the work. I'm largely satisfied with the theme statement that my hour came up with, though I'm not sure if it was worded as well as it could've been. But I think that out of all of the theme statements we've created the wording was trickiest for this one. I also feel like there's a lot I'm still missing, and when the AP exam rolls around, Ceremony is probably the least likely to be used by me on an essay.
And since the AP exam is now only a week and half away, we've been increasing the amount of practice. I'm largely banking on the multiple choice section to boost my score, so I was happy to see myself do well on the practice section we took. I was also completely shocked to get a seven on the most recent practice essay we did. If I can live up to my lofty expectations for the multiple choice section and then pull out sevens on the essays on top of that I think I can definitely score a five on this exam.
I wasn't crazy about the Weebly project. I'm not sure what use it's going to be for me and I don't think it's going to have much of an impact on how I do on the AP exam. I enjoyed researching Edward Albee, it's something I might have done on my own anyway for fun, but I'd be shocked if any of the information I learned through that research came in handy on the exam.
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