The beauty of taking an AP English class is that not only does your skill in writing benefit, but the class also facilitates the discussion of various controversial and social issues. Perhaps, the actual thought processes involved in these discussions are what will be most useful in our development from high school into the real world. However, despite the many thought-provoking moments involved in English III, there have definitely been parts of AP English III that have facilitated much more success for me than other parts.
During this first semester of AP English III, one of the most rewarding assignments following the reading of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was the graded group discussion afterwards. Since I was forced to speak allowed (or else to the detriment of my grade), I was able to share many more ideas and express some of my thoughts about several controversial issues relating to the novel that I would not have otherwise felt the need to say aloud.
Also, I have tremendously enjoyed writing weekly on this blog. This blog may appear to be quite a trivial assignment, but it has definitely encouraged me to write little more bits and pieces. From time to time, I voluntarily choose to write up a new post non-related to a school topic and express my opinion.
As much as I dislike timed writings, the amount of practice we have had with timed writings in AP III will definitely facilitate my success in the future for writing and hopefully in the near-future on my AP test. I think that just reviewing each past timed writing has definitely helped a little to improve my score. To be truthful, I typically don't feel very successful at all after walking out of a timed writing, but I suppose that's just part of the learning process.
This is so cliche to say but I think that the main thing that facilitates success in any AP class is working hard, and this applies just the same in this class.
Unfortunately, there have been multiple assignments that did not seem particularly beneficial to me at all, and most definitely did not facilitate my success from a numerical grade point-of-view. The Scarlet Letter ID Test was quite difficult for me. I realize that there are definitely things that I could have done differently; however, unlike many of my classmates, I actually read the novel completely through but my grade was most definitely not representative of that. In my honest opinion, that test did not fairly gauge if someone read the novel, and how well they read it considering that many people who had not finished the novel were able to receive surprisingly high grades (*ahem* sparknotes...).
Anyhow, there are many cases where my lack of success is most definitely directly related to distractions. Countless nights where it's midnight and as I'm scrambling to put finishing touches on my essays, if you were to peer up at the tabs of my browser, not only will Facebook grace you with its presence, but multiple Buzzfeed articles, Skype, Instagram and Spotify as well.
Despite the distractions, I believe I have powered through AP English III fairly well thus far . . . I just hope that next semester we will be able to endure the madness of AP testing. Wishing us all luck!
During this first semester of AP English III, one of the most rewarding assignments following the reading of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was the graded group discussion afterwards. Since I was forced to speak allowed (or else to the detriment of my grade), I was able to share many more ideas and express some of my thoughts about several controversial issues relating to the novel that I would not have otherwise felt the need to say aloud.
Also, I have tremendously enjoyed writing weekly on this blog. This blog may appear to be quite a trivial assignment, but it has definitely encouraged me to write little more bits and pieces. From time to time, I voluntarily choose to write up a new post non-related to a school topic and express my opinion.
As much as I dislike timed writings, the amount of practice we have had with timed writings in AP III will definitely facilitate my success in the future for writing and hopefully in the near-future on my AP test. I think that just reviewing each past timed writing has definitely helped a little to improve my score. To be truthful, I typically don't feel very successful at all after walking out of a timed writing, but I suppose that's just part of the learning process.
This is so cliche to say but I think that the main thing that facilitates success in any AP class is working hard, and this applies just the same in this class.
Unfortunately, there have been multiple assignments that did not seem particularly beneficial to me at all, and most definitely did not facilitate my success from a numerical grade point-of-view. The Scarlet Letter ID Test was quite difficult for me. I realize that there are definitely things that I could have done differently; however, unlike many of my classmates, I actually read the novel completely through but my grade was most definitely not representative of that. In my honest opinion, that test did not fairly gauge if someone read the novel, and how well they read it considering that many people who had not finished the novel were able to receive surprisingly high grades (*ahem* sparknotes...).
Anyhow, there are many cases where my lack of success is most definitely directly related to distractions. Countless nights where it's midnight and as I'm scrambling to put finishing touches on my essays, if you were to peer up at the tabs of my browser, not only will Facebook grace you with its presence, but multiple Buzzfeed articles, Skype, Instagram and Spotify as well.
Despite the distractions, I believe I have powered through AP English III fairly well thus far . . . I just hope that next semester we will be able to endure the madness of AP testing. Wishing us all luck!