Assignment 26 - Grae Chambers

I felt extremely well prepared for the AP english test. I think the most helpful preparation we did was the monthly multiple choice tests. For me, it's best to just practice exactly what Im going to be asked to do so there are no surprises on the test. Practicing the essays was also extremely helpful. But, when grading the essays many kids never left comments or even a score, so instead of being a helpful process it was a time waster, especially towards the end of the year. It may be better to just read the benchmarks in class and have you grade our essays, because you have more experience as an AP grader anyways, and i feel like many kids were too harsh or easy on our essays. Also, instead of spending classes reading writing with style and having very short conversation about the passages, we should practice writing the specific parts of an essay we read about (ex. openers and closers). The socratic seminars were great for getting me out of my comfort zone and helped me have confidence to share my thoughts and opinions, which is a really important skill. So thank you Mr. Logsdon for a great year and I hope this helps!