The student wonders if writing a true page is as simple as the instructor said - to let the words come from within. They introduce themselves as a high school student in Santa Clarita, California who enjoys typical teenage activities like listening to music. Though they feel it's difficult to know themselves at their age, writing this page allows them to express themselves and connect to the instructor reading it. They conclude by submitting this page for their AP Literature class, as instructed, though remain unsure if it fully captures who they are.

1. THEME FOR AP Lit
By __________
The instructor said,
Go home and write
a page tonight.
And let that page come out of you---
Then, it will be true.
I wonder if it's that simple?
I am __________, __________, born in __________.
I __________, then __________, then __________
to this high school on the hill above Santa Clarita.
I am the only __________ in my class.
The steps from the hill lead down into __________
through a __________, then I cross __________,
__________, __________, and I come to __________,
the __________, where I take the __________
into my __________, sit down, and write this page:
It's not easy to know what is true for you or me
at __________, my age. But I guess I'm what
I feel and see and hear, __________, I hear you:
hear you, hear me---we two---you, me, talk on this page.
(I hear __________ too.) Me---who?
Well, I like to __________, __________, __________, __________
I like to __________, __________, __________, and __________.
I like a __________ for a Christmas present,
or records---__________, __________, or __________.
I guess being __________ doesn't make me NOT like
the same things other folks who are __________.
So will my page be __________ that I write?
Being me, it will not be __________.
But it will be
a part of you, __________.
You are __________---

2. yet a part of me, as I am a part of you.
That's American.
Sometimes perhaps you don't want to be a part of me.
Nor do I often want to be a part of you.
But we are, that's true!
As I learn from you,
I guess you learn from me---
although you're __________---and not all __________---
and somewhat more free.
This is my page for AP Lit.