Best Ever Major Works Review Sheet for AP Lit

This best ever AP Lit Major Works Review Sheet is a game-changer when it comes to prepping students for  the FRQ 3 Open Question.  There are review sheets—and then there are review sheets:  Guide your students through this one, and your students are headed for a top score.

For best results, complete this sheet immediately following common study or independent assignment of a novel or play so that content is fresh and complete.  You may help students complete their first review sheet, but once they understand the depth necessary for a strong review, this is an activity they can work through with partners or independently.

We make sure that students are asked to think beyond the basics (key characters, settings, motifs, meaning of the work as a whole) to those extras that are going to lift an essay (great essay openers, moments—not examples, moments—that prove the meaning of the work as a whole, author’s distinctive language, and much more.

We also give the teacher a quick chart that explains how and why each category on the review matters.  Add to that our completed sample novel sheet—which you can use as an example for your students before they complete one of their own—and you have what you need to set your students for success.

Complete this sheet immediately after finishing a major work and then use it as a review  before the exam.  Students may memorize parts of the review for a jump start to any prompt and a sure-fire essay with meaningful, detailed content.