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this week in class we did not do much learning, but we have been watching the plays Macbeth and King Leer. Depending on which play we chose, we watched one or the other, and I happended to choose Macbeth. So far, if I had not spark noted the play or had not had the preview from the teacher, I would not really understand what was going on except that there was a creepy lady and a guy killing people. A lot of it is due to the old English. I have a difficult time understanding old English on the first read, so not having anything here to reference makes this play really hard for me to follow, causing me to look up spark notes once every fifteen minutes or so. But with these resources, I can piece together what is going on, and all in all I am enjoying this play. I will admit though, there are some strange, strange scenes. We were also told that there was said to be actual "dark magic" verses, or something along those lines in this play, and it's supposedly cursed. It's very interesting I think. This play we are watching is also an updated version, set in world war two or somewhere around that time period, although the old English is still there, making it come off a little weird. But in the end it still works. When we finish watching this, I know for a fact I will go through an updated English version to get a better understadning of what is going on. This project is already going to be difficult, let alone with not getting a 100% of the play. This website, http://people.umass.edu/sharris/in/gram/GrammarBook/HistoryOfOE.htmlhttp://people.umass.edu/sharris/in/gram/GrammarBook/HistoryOfOE.html talks about old English and how to understand it, as well as the history behind it. I am very excited to see the end of this play and get started on our new project!
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This week, we did a lot of different things in class, from analyzing poems to working on our new Theory project and to reading. I personally have enjoyed this week, but it's a different story when it comes to the Theory project. It's kind of an overload of information and for me it's really hard to take in and remember it all. Especially because a lot of the things that I have read for the project contain information totally new to me. Trying to sift through the four links given to us was, and don't hold anything against me for saying this, was daunting. Trying to find information specific to our chosen topic out of the rest of the articles was hard, and when I did come across what I was looking for, it was difficult determining whether or not it was useful information that pertained to the question I was trying to answer. But having teammates help immensely. I know I could have done this portion of the project alone, but not nearly as well, and I'm so grateful that we had groups to work with! http://www.studygs.net/groupprojects.htm This website talks about working in group projects, and how to successfully work with others. I don't think our group will be needing this, but it's a great reference site for future projects. To end, I have really enjoyed this week, just like the others and I'm glad I get to work with the group I have. This week we did not learn much of anything in class, but with ourselves. We took a practice AP test of the multiple choice portion, and let's just say I need to study. I learned that I need to expand my vocabulary or I'm going to miss more questions in the future. Coming across words in the test that I don't know not only holds me up and wastes my time, but it usually affects how I answer the question, whether it be wrong or right. I also need to look up more of the literary terms listed in the test, as I also didn't know what some of them were. I feel like my biggest problem with the test though was the reading comprehension. Most of the stories I understood well, but my interpretations of them were wrong, and it showed when we corrected the tests. I'm not really sure if it was a lack of understanding of the question, the text or I was just plain wrong though. There was a story or two though where I had to go back and re-read it a time or two, because I have a hard time understanding old english. This AP test taught me that I am not at all ready for the AP test, and if I decided to take it now I probably would not pass. But on the other hand, I do feel very confident on the other portions of the test, such as the writing. I feel that my few weeks in this class has improved my writing skills, and to the point that I feeli I'd do just fine in the writing potion of the test. Maybe not "A" worthy, but enought to get a passing month. This site, https://www.albert.io/blog/ap-english-literature-tips/ has tips on how to get through the AP test, and I know I will be looking at it more in the future when the time comes for the test. I difinitely know I'll have to do a lot of preparation for this test. |
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