Moses’ AP Blog

 Today in Mr. Rease’s class we continued to work on our projects. We had to think of a topic to make a prompt. Mr. Rease said all the groups were going to switch prompts when we finished. No one in the class expected that. It is somewhat annoying though, since we have to do research and stuff just to switch topics. I think my group received the best topic, but hopefully we can get the second best after groups switch topics. Our group will probably still do good on the project, regardless of the topic we have.

 Today Mr. Rease’s class was more eventful than usual. We changed seats. I only moved two seats behind where I originally was. We also received a group project today. The project is about a synthesis essay. However, we have to do a lot more, such as have an annotated bibliography. I do not know the people in my group that well, but I still believe we will get a good grade on the project. 

 Today in Mr. Rease’s class we learned about analyzing pictures for evidence. We also reviewed the homework from yesterday. As a bell ringer we had to define a few words, and many people had different definitions for most of the words. We learned about how important it was that we understand what the words meant, because we might answer the prompt incorrectly if we did not understand the words. We analyzed a picture on the same paper we took notes on yesterday. Mr. Tease said we would have to use a picture as evidence in a future assignment. He gave us the last 15 minutes of class off. Tomorrow, we will likely work on the same paper we took notes on.

 Today in Mr. Rease’s class we learned about writing a synthesis essay. I am more confident about this type of essay on the AP Exam, since I will not have to worry about lack of evidence. We looked at different types of sources, and how to collect evidence efficiently from the sources. We will probably learn more about synthesis essays throughout the week. Mr. Rease also gave us a homework assignment about getting evidence from images. Today was an easy day.

 Today in Mr. Rease’s class we analyzed two poems. They were titled “Success is counted sweetest”and “”Hope” is the thing with feathers.” The first one was about how people never reach success. The second one was about how hope is not always the best thing. I thought they were really interesting. They really made me think about whether I have more faith or hope. In my opinion, faith is stronger, but I still like hope.

 Today in Mr. Rease’s class we analyzed a poem titled “I felt a Funeral in my Brain.” It was about someone losing their mind. The poem was like one big metaphor for losing your mind. Even the title is a metaphor. We basically did the same thing we did on Monday. Mr. Rease also showed us a video of someone pretending to be crazy, and someone who actually was. He also showed us how time goes a lot slower when you are not into something by putting on a timer for one minute and having the class not do anything. The minute did not feel that long, but I might have gotten a better understanding of the difference in time of it were a longer time. Today was a good and easy day.

 Today in Mr. Rease’s we had to write an essay. We had a 40 minute time limit, since that is the estimated time per essay on the AP exam. The essay was a lot easier than I thought it would be. I did not finish, but I probably would have if I had about 5 extra minutes. The prompt was about the value of safety and freedom. I did not know exactly what the prompt was asking. I argued that safety was more important than freedom. I do not think I did a bad job, despite not finishing. I am more confident in doing 3 essays in the AP exam now after doing the assignment.