Out of the kindness of my VERY GENEROUS HEART, I let the class read their AP books today.  Many of you are struggling with these books.  While I understand that some are challenging and unlike anything you have read prior to this class, I also am committed to getting you to read outside of your comfort zone. This is an effective way to expand your reading level, build your literary library for use on future AP exams, and to enhance your analytical focus on the literature you read.  My best advice to you would be to use the resources available to you in this day and age! No...resources such as Spark Notes, Cliff Notes, Google, etc. will not take the place of reading the book. Instead, they are intended to act as a companion to the book as you read.  It will help you with themes, symbols, figurative language techniques, and many other literary devices since these are all new for you to look for when you read.  Trust me, however, if you do not read the book, I will know.  It is completely unacceptable for you not to have finished your book.  Parents, they have had these books for several weeks!!!! 

Our next outside reading will be a nonfiction book.  We will go to the library, but you also should check out the nonfiction reading list attached to the right.  Not all of these books are available at our library! If you see something you like, you will need to purchase it on your own. (Personally, I like to purchase my books.  That way I can annotate, make notes, fold pages, etc. as I please.)

See you all tomorrow, exhausted I'm sure from staying up all night reading!

Have fun reading!

~Ms. Friend

P.S.  I still have not received signed parent letters from the following students: Emily Bain, Hayden Baker, Melissa Brooks, Ryan Brown, Rachel Carlile, Trae Dansby, Andrew Frost, Megan Gallagher, Payia Her, Samuel McAtee, Jarrin McKinney, Riley Mussett, Jaden Smith, Dalton Taylor, Hunter Tuck, and Kasey Worthington.