"Tuesday" Writing and Day 4 of your AP Lit Overture: August 24, 2017

Focus: What does a timed writing feel like in A.P. Lit?

1. Warming up with a sample college essay (10 minutes)

• Which images stayed with you?
• In your opinion, what worked in this essay?
• What adjectives would you use to describe this person based on this essay?

2. Walking through your first AP Lit prompt as a class; composing your first "Tuesday" writing individually

• Find the heart of the prompt and underline it.
• Brainstorm and/or outline in a way that works for you  (3-5 min).
• Don't start writing until you have an idea of what you're going to say after your first body paragraph.
• Write in the present tense.
• Cite the author's last name after your first quotation; after that, don't worry about citing.
• MOST IMPORTANTLY: Let yourself discover new meanings as you write. End in a better place than where you started.

(Intermission: Start at 3:49)

3. Turning in your essays

HW:

1. For Friday: Make sure you have completed the survey I e-mailed you last Thursday (and encourage your parents/guardians to complete theirs, too). Sign up for Remind texts by clicking  here.

2. For Monday: Reread the first half of Oedipus Rex. Bring your laptop to class.

3. For Wednesday: Reread the second half of Oedipus and create a Socratic ticket full of good, Socratic-style questions. 

4.. For all of next week: Bring Oedipus Rex and How To Read Literature Like a Professor to class each day.