Sydney Smith Blog #26

Overall, I think you did a great job with this class this year. AP English Language and Composition is a pretty hard course, and the test is long with a lot of reading, essays, and multiple choice questions. We did a lot of preparing for the test specifically this year, so that helped a lot. We did a ton of practice tests and those helped us prepare for the test, definitely. We took probably 5-6 complete practice AP tests, which helped us get ready for the real test at the end of the year. We got used to the passages, and the kinds of questions they ask on the test. We also got used to sitting through a really long test and be able to finish successfully.

Congress and reading through people's essays was VERY helpful throughout the year. We got to read each other's essays, see the strategies other people used, and got to receive comments from our fellow students. However, I don't think the peer review on the computers was very helpful. People didn't leave very good comments, and not a lot of people read them anyway.