Today in AP American Literature we learned about formal and informal texts. Mr.Rease started by giving us a passage without a purpose. The class as a whole figured that the text could be about a robbery. Throughout the text we saw many key details on things a robber might take into consideration when robbing the house. Such as the jewelry the boys mom had. Others saw it as someone looking at key things to purchase the house. Such as the leaking roof in the boys room. I enjoyed this lesson over many others that we’ve done.
Today in class we read a short story that wasn't really short. The was called Rockpile by James Baldwin. We had a discussion about the story in class. The story was about a hangout for older kids called the rockpile. The rockpile was considered a bad place for younger kids because it was dangerous. One day Johns brother Roy decided to go to the rockpile even though their mother told them not to. While at the rockpile their was a gang fight and Roy was injured. The father tried to blame John but the mother defended him.
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