Response to Course Materials

Well, we just finished reading Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, and it's definitely my favorite out of all the plays we've read in class this year. The only thing with R&G is that I feel like it's a really dense piece of work, so things like the "life in a box" part of the play I didn't really catch onto until Ms. Holmes explained it to us. We're getting ready for the AP as well with more closed prompt practices, as well as poetry forums and reading from our texts and answering analytical questions after each poem. I'm really glad we're doing this practice, because I'm getting kind of nervous about the exam, but I'm just a little worried because I feel like I don't pick up on all the deeper meanings and symbols, metaphors, etc. without the help of Ms. Holmes, and obviously she won't be next to me during the test to guide me through a tough work. I hope to have more multiple choice practices, as well as help with essays. I've always struggled with thesis statements and developing a good opening paragraph, which is something that could really work against me on the exam.