We first reviewed Joshua's practice test essay analyzing a prose passage. He has significantly developed his
AP writing style. We noted where sentence order could be reversed to create a clear topic sentence, and incorporated some "key words" from the prompt to clarify that his essay was responsive to the prompt. We then began our next practice essay-the literary argument. We studied the practice test prompt and discussed which of the novels we studied this year would provide the best textual evidence. Joshua then wrote an introductory paragraph . We discussed how to rewrite this paragraph so that it includes an interpretation rather than a summary. He will complete the essay for homework.