Although I was not use to doing homework over the summer for my next years class. I still enjoyed having the opportunity to accomplish the assignment that we were assigned to do. Since it was only having to write a rhetorical précis , it still gave me a little practice of what I would have to do the upcoming year. The first week of AP language was different compared to my honor English class. I had to be more independent and on top of my work. Since I wanted to make myself proud I did everything in my power to stay focus and not slack off. Honestly majority of the writing assignments we did I enjoyed. As well as all the different types of literature we were assigned to read.
As an AP student I was not only responsible for reading complex texts and writing lengthy essays. I had to balance out my time to either study for a vocabulary test or write on a columnist. I really enjoyed the vocabulary test because it strengthened my word choice verbally and in my writing. As for the columnist , I enjoyed researching a person who I can relate to. Since both assignments were not that difficult it made it less stressful to finish. As well as balancing my grade out with other difficult assignments.
When I look back at my Florence Kelley FRQ from first quarter, I notice quite a number of careless errors. The first error I notice is how I started writing numerous examples in my first paragraph. As I continued reading my paper I also came across things that I did correctly. An example of one is how I made sure to quote the author and the line number after a line from the text. It is clear that from the beginning of the year to now my writing has matured. It went from struggling to understand the prompt, to reading the prompt twice and knowing what the essay should consist of. Although I got a “3” on this essay I can still say that this “3” just made me want to strive higher. Allowing me to earn higher scores than I did earlier in the school year.
As my time as an AP student comes to an end , I can say that I am satisfied with all the new information I learned. Even though I never scored a perfect score on any of my assigned essays. I am still proud that I got to witness my growth from a honors student to a AP student over the course of the year. The course was a little challenging at times, but I still managed to balance out my time in order to get my work done. Also I made it my priority to go to Ms. Fogarty when ever I was in need of assistance on any assignment. Lastly I would recommend to anyone that is trying to take this course to not procrastinate. It will only make you frustrated and want to drop out the class. When you know that would be a bad idea , since you have the potential to succeed.
Natalie, I totally agree with the advice you gave to the incoming students. In order to succeed in this class you can not slack off and you have to stay on top of your work. I can also agree with you when you said AP Language is a different experience from honors English. When entering this from honors English you definitely have to work harder to maintain good grades and a good understanding of the curriculum and work. Lacking off was one of my main problems in this class and because I made the wrong decisions to slack off my grades showed it. It is essential to do ALL of your work in this class and hand it in ON TIME. Even if you do not hand in one assignment it can have a great impact on your grade. Coming into this class was a wake up call, it gave me a sense of how a college level class would be. This class allowed me to strengthen my vocabulary because of the vocal test. Now the vocabulary words that were in our summer packet I can now recite many of the words along with definitions back to you. For example, during the summer when looking over our worlds I did not know what diction was, but now I can tell you that diction is the words the author uses and how he uses them. I am glad you learned and enjoyed this class, SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!
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