This week was the start of a new trimester. As in most classes, this meant that we changed that standard flow a little bit. Instead of reading any literature book, we're going to read two books with a similar theme over the whole trimester. This sounds very exciting to me, as it allows us to get a closer examination of ideas of different authors. By finding out what's the same, we can better understand what is universally true about that theme. We also have to do a presentation over the books. It will be a PechaKucha presentation, which will definitely be a change of pace. Because of the time limit on the slides, we will have to know our presentation well and be very concise with our speech. This scares me a little bit, as I normally don't like to follow a script when I present. The difference in style will force me to think and prepare in new ways though, so I think it will be a good experience for me. The other thing we did this week was to take a practice AP test. The test went well for me, and (more importantly) it gave me insight into what the actual test will be like. I want to say that I now know where the holes are in my English knowledge, but it’s not that simple. Out of the questions that I got wrong, many were due to simple misinterpretation. This scares me, as I don’t know how to stop that if I take the actual test. Hopefully doing more Poems of the Week will help to increase my interpretation skills. I did find a few knowledge holes that I can fill. There were a few different words that appeared multiple times on the test, most being figerative language terms. I looked up the definition of these words, and found this website. Having learned this, I should be a little more prepared for the next test.
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