MyMax Score AP Lit & Comp:

1. MyMax ScoreAP Lit & Comp: Essay Writing Strategies (pages 53-84)

2. 3 essays in 2 hours… • …does not necessarily mean 40 minutes X three! • If one is easy, take less time on it. • If you have time left over, check over work. Was there a thesis point not well-covered (or covered at all!) in essay? Manage Your Time

3. Look at all three essays first. • Determine least to most enjoyable / difficult. • APPROACH 1: Write most difficult first. If crunched for time at end, ok to compromise easiest essay. • APPROACH 2: Write easiest first. You’ll score highest on these essays, and the difficult one last would have been compromised anyway. Prioritize

4. ANNOTATE: Mark up text, margin notes. • ENGAGE: Engage with prompt, passage (be entertained, informed, persuaded). Open question: pick book you like. • INTERCONNECT: similarities, repetitions, opposites, patterns. • OUTLINE: Organize to avoid dead-ends. • UNDERLINE: Underline key passages, but don’t underline without annotation. Plan Your Essay (AEIOU)

5. See how a prompt and poem is analyzed using AEIOU. Read pages 57-63. Example of AEIOU

6. Consider the following prompt: • In the following passage from Kate Chopin’s short story “A Pair of Silk Stockings,” Mrs. Sommers has left her home to go shopping in the city for her children’s new clothes. Discuss the way the passage develops characterization. You may include – but are not limited to – point of view, syntax, and symbolism. • After reading the excerpt, write JUST the introduction to a possible AP essay. You have ten minutes. A Well-Balanced Introduction

7. Now, read pages 64-68. • Below your written introduction, write a reflection. How does your introduction share any characteristics with Agnes, Fred, Cecil, Bertha, or Irving? Name one strategy you will NOT do for your next AP introduction. A Well-Balanced Introduction

8. Begin reading the remaining pages of the chapter (pages 69-84) and finish for homework. You will read about: • Give just enough direction. • Choose good examples. • Organize your points climatically. • Avoid discussing the reader. • Conclude by reviewing and re-viewing. • Poetry essays: find the sentences. • Poetry essays: translate from King James’s English, if necessary. • Prose essays: watch for satire. • Open essay: choose widely. On the same piece of paper, write how you think you will incorporate at least one of these strategies when writing future AP essays. Be prepared to turn this in at the beginning of our next class. HW: Reading the Rest of the Section