Teaching notes · Example 6
Teaching notes: Mina: traditional and modern
Essay question“Mina Harker is both traditional and modern.” How far do you agree?
These notes sit outside the example essay. They are Estate teaching suggestions, not a College Board mark scheme or a prediction of an AP score.
Points for class discussion
- Does Mina’s joke about the New Woman complicate her modernity?
- How do useful work and exclusion coexist?
- Who speaks for Mina in the ending?
Use the example for your assignment
This is a researched classroom essay, not an official or scored AP model. Use its literary argument and preparation flexibly.
Identify the thesis, the precise evidence that supports it and one complication the argument genuinely addresses. Ask how the conclusion interprets the work rather than just repeating a topic. If you adapt the material to an AP prompt, build a fresh plan around that prompt.
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