AP Survey and Introduction

[MrBranchAPLit]

Welcome to AP Literature at ASA!! To get us started this first week on the message board I would like you to complete the survey found below. Answer honestly and completely. Keep in mind your audience - this will be seen by both me and your peers.

My survey responses are found in the first reply.

Enjoy.

AP Literature Survey + Introduction

1. Name
2. Favorite Novel
3. Favorite Author
4. Favorite Poet
5. Favorite Poem
6. Best part of last year's English class
7. Why are you taking this AP class?
8. Do you read when you have free time?
9. If yes, what genre(s) do you enjoy the most?
10. If no, what would you identify as the reasons you are not reading?
11. Favorite movie
12. Favorite band/musician
13. What other AP classes are you taking?
14. What sports do you play here at ASA?
15. What is your favorite hobby?

[MrBranchAPLit]

1. Michael Branch

2. current: "Extremely Loud, Incredibly Close" - Jonathan Safron Foer (this changes constantly; all time: "Beloved" Toni Morrison

3. John Steinbeck

4. Saul Williams/Robert Frost

5. "On Turning Ten" by Billy Collins

6. The energy that middle school kids bring to the class every day (could be the worst part of my English class too)

7. I am teaching this AP class because I previously taught AP when I was in Roma, so in a sense it's a return to my roots. Moreover, I feel so passionate about literature and writing that working with people at your level (seniors/AP) is where I feel most comfortable. I really enjoy working in an AP class.

8. After reading for English 9, English 10, and AP, I try to get in a chapter or two from another book not associated with the classroom.

9. I am a big fiction fan, especially contemporary American (North) literature. This was my emphasis at the University of California at Santa Barbara, and still is a love of mine.

10. n/a

11. "Fight Club"/"Breakfast Club"/"Magnolia"

12. Bjork

13. I am taking no other AP courses, but I am teaching English 9 and 10, chairing the English department here at ASA, taking over as advisor for NHS, and much much more.

14. Before I was hobbled via knee surgery, I played basketball and futbol every week on campus.

15. Listening to music; discovering new,good music

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[juanmax]

1. Juan Max Boettner
2. The Alchemist.
3. J.K Rowling
4. Emily Dickinson
5. Hope is the Thing With Feathers
6. Discussing about the novels we read.
7. Because I want to challenge myself, and get better and reading and writing for college.
8. Yes, but not very often.
9. I enjoy novels. They can be about romance, adventures, police, or any other.
10. I don't read a lot because I'd rather sleep, wander around, or watch tv shows.
11. Pride and Prejudice
12. No specific one.
13. AP ECON,AP SPANISH LIT, AP CALCULUS, AP ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE.
14. Basketball and Volleyball
15. Explore the unknown... and play golf

[alberto_dacosta]

1. Alberto Da Costa
2. I like most of the novels that I read, so I don't have a preference for a specific novel.
3. I don't have a preference for any particular author.
4. I don't read much poetry.
5. I don't read much poetry.
6. I enjoyed writing creative pieces and reading "The Great Gatsby" and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest".
7. I'm taking AP English Literature so I can get some good books to read and, hopefully, some AP credits as well.
8. Yes, I sometimes read when I have free time.
10. N/A
11. I don't have a preference for any specific movie.
12. I don't listen to much music.
13. AP Comparative Government, AP Environmental Science, AP Calculus AB, AP Spanish Literature, AP Physics B.
14. I don't play any after-school sports at ASA.
15. I enjoy reading, writing, playing golf, playing computer games, and hanging out with family and friends.

[lucas89a]

1. Lucas Alcazar
2. I haven't got a favorite novel but I really liked Lullaby and The Kite Runner.
3. Hunter Thompson, huxley, salinger
4. Edgar Allan Poe
5. Anabelle Lee, The Bells, etc.
6. When we read One Flew over the Cukoos Nest.
7. I really liked the list of books we were reading and for credit.
8. If I have time, I read the books that interest me the most.
9. Fiction and some books from the beat generation (doors of perception, etc.)
11. Thank you for smoking, the chumscrubber,
12. The Beatles!
13. Economics and Env. Sci.
14. None
15. My hobbies include listening to a lot music, to wander, to think, hanging around with friends/people, have out of body transic experiences, travel.. [img]wink.gif[/img]

[sofiastaburuaga]

1. Sofia Astaburuaga
2. The Outsiders/ Night
3. Shakespeare
4. I don?t read poetry
5. I don?t read poetry
6. The freedom that ms. Burch gave us in the time we had to write our papers and the way we wanted to do our drafts.
7. to challenge myself and become a better reader/writer.
8. yes
9. I like to read novels
10. if I don?t read its because I don?t have a lot of spare time.
11. 21 grams/ the constant gardener/ forrest gump/ fight club
12. mana
13. AP Spanish lit
14. I don?t play sports =)
15. listen to music/ drawing.

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[rcln]

1. Bruce Lin
2. Can't make up my mind
3. I don't have a preference for any particular author.
4. I don?t read poetry
5. I don?t read poetry
6. Reading, discussing, and doing all sorts of activities with the novels we read.
7. Challenge myself, improve English reading and writing skills, and for credits.
8. Yes
9. Fiction
10. n/a
11. Lord of the Rings trilogy
12. Jay Chou (Chinese Singer)
13. AP Economics, AP Physics B, AP Calculus AB, AP Spanish Lit.
14. Basketball
15. Listening to music, play sports, spend a lot of time on my computer.

[montanaro.g]

1. Giuliano Montanaro
2. There are many books which I like.. Can't make my mind up..
3. Ranging from John Milton to J.K. Rowling..
4. Robert Frost..
5. The Road Not Taken..
6. Mmmm.. I guess reading the Great Gatsby and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest..
7. To get to know excellent literature.. Expand my knowlegde.. And get to improve my writing as well..
8. Yes..
9. I don't really care about the genre as long as it is entertaining..
10. n/a
11. A wide variety of music.. Ranging from Epic Metal to Reggae..
12. Depends on the day..
13. AP Comparative, AP Environemtnal, AP Physics B, AP Calc, AP Spanish Lit.
14. Soccer and basketball..
15. Three One One

[shepner]

1. Sofia Hepner
2. Wuthering Heights
3. Alexander Dumas. (Love every single book about the Trois Mousquetaires.)
4. Gustavo Adolfo Becquer.
5. Verde que te quiero verde.
6. One flew over the cuckoos nest
7. Because I love literature.
8. yes
9. Romantic, mysterious, anything that?s not boring facts.
10. I usually read a lot, but I stop when I have a lot of stuff piled up. I tend to stop the book and focus on other things.
11. too many to pick just one. But here are some: Phantom of the Opera, Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, Shrek trilogy, The Godfather trilogy, fight club, Sabrina and many more.
12. Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Incubus, and Pearl Jam
13. AP economics, AP Spanish literature, and AP Studio Art.
14. NONE. I am allergic to sports.
15. Eating and drawing. While listening to music.

[felavaz]

1. Rafaela Vaz
2. Angels&Demons, The Name of the Rose, HP
3. J.K. Rowling
4. Edgar Allan Poe, Shel Silverstein
5. Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda
6. The readings
7. To read books, improve my writing, and for credits
8. Not any more lately, because I have too much work. On vacations I do.
9. Historical fiction or romance.
10. Lack of time.
11. Fight Club, Pirates of the Caribbean, Lord of the Rings, The Notebook, Disney Movies
12. Incubus, 311, Coldplay, Bulldog, Disney Soundtracks
13. Econ, Spanish, Stat, and Environmental.
14. Basketball, Soccer, Volleyball.
15. Listening to music, playing sports.