Dicken's Map

 1) your reading schedule to complete your reading/review of the book by Monday, Feb. 4
Because I will be gone for a week, I intend to read the remainder of  the book on the plane ride on the way to and from my destination, as well as on car rides. 

 2) five AP questions (with source URLs) that you intend to be able to answer by the time you finish.
Found the first two here.

Essay Question 1:In the original ending of Great Expectations, Pip sees Estella in London in the company of her husband and her children. Dickens was advised by a close friend that this was not how readers would want the story to end, so the ending was changed to the now published ending. Evaluate the purpose behind Charles Dickens' original ending. Which ending completes the story more fully? Which ending makes the most sense to you as the reader, and which ending most efficiently potrays the key themes of the novel? Use the text to support your response.

Essay Question 2:Miss Havisham is heart broken and left in a disarry on her wedding day when her fiance leaves her at the alter.  Coincidently this "fience" is none other than Compeyson.  In her rage at this situation Miss Havisham adopts Estella to use her to get back at men.  Do you think that this justifies how Estella acts or is her manner just naturally how she is? Do you believe that Miss Havisham has the right to corrupt someone elses life and use them for her own selfish purposes?


Essay Question 3: is here on page 4. 

Essay Question 4:  Evaluate Dickens’s portrayal of Pip. In your opinion, is Pip a believable character? Does he behave in ways that a real child in similar circumstances might behave? Support your opinion with evidence from the novel.

 3) how you think you should be tested on these ideas, and/or how you intend to demonstrate your expertise on your blog. 

While I was trying to find AP questions of the novel online, I came across last year's blogs and I saw what they did with Great Expectations which was cool to look at but then I realized that anyone could actually get the answers of the questions online so I thought that having a discussion with a group about both books or just one and then uploading the video or voice recording would be more authentic and enriching.