First, please make sure you have finished reading Gatsby.
Then, you will be writing an "in-class essay" on TWO of the three prompts available here. You will be writing on question 1 which is the synthesis prompt. Please set your timer for 50 minutes for reading and essay writing time. At the end of this time, you must stop work. Then, you will be writing on question 3 which is the argument prompt. Please set your timer for 40 minutes for writing time. At the end of this time, you must stop work. Both essays must be written by hand in ink.
If you would like extra practice for the AP test, please write the essays back-to-back. This is, after all, how it will happen on the day of the actual test.
Please note again that we are skipping question 2 which is the analysis question. Do not write on question 2.
These essays will be scored on completion, so there is no sense in working longer than the allotted time or using outside resources to write a "better essay." All this will do is undermine the learning process for you.
Hopefully, you will only have 90 minutes of AP Lang homework, which all things considered is not too shabby!
