#26 Help- Haley Longworth

1. Timed writings and practice tests. As much as I hated doing them, the wide variety of questions and prompts that we answered during class helped me a lot with my writing. Also, going over the example essays to see how I was scoring on average, and pointing out ways to improve my writing, helped immensely in the quality of my essays.
2. Essay grading. I think when we discussed the essays in class and in person, it was much more effective than grading them online. When we had to type our comments, all I wanted to do was get the assignment done, rather than putting a lot of time and effort into them. Also, we never actually went over the essays that we put on turnitin, so it was not helpful to do it this way. Going over them in class is much more constructive.
3. Socratic Seminars. I feel like these were helpful with discussing texts and improving analytical skills, but I think the assignment of 150 words per question was a little too much. Although it is important to be prepared for the class discussion, I would make the responses to the questions a little shorter.