Happy Halloween

 Today in AP we read two of Sylvia Plath's poems one called Lady Lazarus and the other is called Daddy. Lady Lazarus was very complex I could hardly understand it but what I could clearly see was that the speaker feels as if everyone is the enemy. Also an urban legend told to the class by Mr. Reese was that by reading this poem it brings back Sylvia Plath. Being that it's also Halloween everyone was in shock yet intriegued by that and I might look into that. The next poem, Daddy, shows all of her anger towards her father who passed when she was only 8. The speaker feels as though he father could have prevented his sudden death if he went to a doctore for treatment. Throughout the poem, she compares him to the Nazi and devil, both holding a negative feeling and description. She feels as if her father ripped her own life away when he died. Class wasn't a lot of work today but tomorrow we have an essay to write.

Work keys

 Today I didn't get to go to any of my classes except for my last class due to the ACT Work Keys test. It was the easiest test that I had taken this year.

A True Reflection

 Today in AP, we began on reading Mirror by Sylvia Plath. Before we start the reading, Mr. Reese told us to write down what we see when we look in the mirror and I would like to share it with you all.

 When I look in the mirror, the first thing I notice is my lips. They're very pretty and unique, they stand out the most on my face. I notice the few flaws I have such as acne and dark spots. I see how much my hair has grown within the past year, and I'm proud of this growth. I see a beautiful young woman becoming more open-minded with life. I also see the "shy girl" stunt that I put on in public knowing that I'm the most goofy and funny person to be around outside of school. I see a lot of positive changes within myself mentally and physically.

Spooky Szn

 Today Mr. Reese didn't show up to school so we didn't have anything to do in AP Lit. While everyone else talked with one another, I decided to watch scary paranormal storytimes on YouTube. They were very intriguing videos.

Groups

 Today, we were put in groups once again. We had to finish up our paragraph from a few days ago, as well as making corrections. Before we got to the second half of the task, I got an early dismissal.

Get Well Soon

Today, I didn't go to school. Instead of that I had to stay home due to a cold that is affecting me in the worst way possible.

Compromise

 Today in class, Mr. Reese assigned us to groups for a different task. We were instructed, in our groups, to answer the prompt, but only with a thesis statement and paragraph, that was on the board. My group made this harder than what it needed to be. But eventually everybody finally started to listen to me and understand how the prompt was supposed to be answered because, our paragraph wasn't put together at all. Once we all the an understanding of each other, we began with our assignment. From my point of view, in order to work as a team, your have to be able to compromise and understand others in that group. I believe that we did understand each other, but there was no compromising as much as it should have been.

Lights, Camera, Action!

 Today in AP, we finally finished reading Fences and it ended beautifully. We found out that Troy' s daughter's name is Raynell. Troy and Cory got into a heated fight which could have been resolved, but in the next scene, sadly Troy passed away, and this was years later in the year of 1965. Cory and Raynell met for the first time, and Cory is in the Marines. Gabe also blows on a trumpet without a mouth piece, therefore resulting in no sound, and does a dance so that St. Peter could open up Heaven's gates for Troy. Once the story ended, Mr. Reese decided that the class should split up into 3 groups, similar to how we did for the play Macbeth, we are reenacting a scene of the play without rewriting it as a scenario. My group is doing the scene when Troy and Cory fight which is scene 4 of act 2, and we get to bring props which is even better. I'm very excited to be doing this again.

Claims

Today, I came in late due to community service with my school's band. When I did come in the class was working on the claims that we made on yesterday along with evidence. Once we finished with that, we read some more of the play and Troy and Rose hadn't spoken for 6 months since the whole cheating incedent. Alberta died from giving birth to a baby girl and Rose isn't affected by it but Troy is only worried about where his daughter will go. Rose agrees to take care of her but Troy no longer has a woman on his side.

Troy's Not Ready

 Today in AP, we finally started back reading the play called Fences. Before reading the play, Mr.Reese asked us to evaluate what we learned from the essays that we read yesterday. A quick recap... Bono and Troy are talking about their fathers, and Troy runs away from home dye to his father being immature and abusive, this led into him becoming a man at a young age. We read some more of the play and comes to find out, Troy got Cory, his son, kicked off of the football team, and Cory was furious. The class soon found out about Troy cheating on Rose with a girl named Alberta, Alberta is also pregnant. Troy was thinking about his own feelings not once thinking of what Rose felt throughout his entire time cheating with Alberta. We analyzed some of the play and assumed that maybe Troy told because of what could possible happen, being that Alberta is pregnant with his child, it'll soon come out. When we finished reading a certain amount of the play, we were instructed to make claims on both Troy and Rose's perspective and find evidence in the text that give good support for the claims.

Crazy Essays

 Today in AP, we read some essays written by students in my class. They were all not well put together, and had nothing to do with the prompt assigned to us a few weeks ago. While we were reading, there were many premature and unnecessary words. In my opinion, I feel as thought they didn't put in any effort in answering the prompt correctly and thoroughly. One essay was only a paragraph. I'm glad that I took my time to really look into my notes on what the prompt was about. Today wasn't as much work but we really got the opportunity to see first hand what the teachers have to go through when grading our work.

Another Free Day

   Today we did nothing at all in class.

A Day Out

   Today, we didn't have class. Mr. Reese instructed for us to go to the library because Auburn University wanted to speak with us seniors about joining that college.

Boy vs Man

   Today, we were told to make a T-chart on the differences between a boy and a man. And there were a lot of things that I learned to day, one being that you don't have to like your loved ones, just be there to help and better their lives. We began to read the story and it turns out that Troy could possibly be cheating on Rose with a girl named Alberta, even though he has been going to a club known as Taylors a fee times. Throughout the rest of the scenes that we went over, Troy nags Cory about taking his responsibilites and doing what's needed first then to do what he wants if it's possible, but Cory doesn'twant to listen to that he is more in a rush to do things. Troy and Bono then go on in the next scene and Troy announces his promotion to being a driver, but with no license. He and Bono then go on to talk about their horrible fathers.

Intro to "Fences" (late ~ 10/07/2019)

    Today in AP we we introduced to this play known as Fences by August Wilson. Before we began reading, Mr. Reese asked us to give the literal and metaphorical meaning of a fence, which had some good answers to it. Once we did that he asked us questions about our own lives like "Where do you see yourself in 5 years?", and things of that sort. Me. Reese then gave a brief summary of the author himself. The story begins with the main characters Troy, Bono, and Rose. Troy seems to be very rude but always wants to be right about situations, Bono is what everyone these days know has a "yes man", and Rose seems to be very kind.