Dear student,
I heard
you’re taking AP English Language and Composition next year, so I thought I
would share some of my advice with you. You might feel intimidated now, but by
the end of the year, you will feel fulfilled in the progress that you have made
over the course of the year. At least, that is how I felt.
Going into
the year, I felt unsure about my writing skills, since half of the AP test is
made up of three essays. Fortunately, between the practice timed essays we did
in class and the weekly blog posts we wrote outside of school helped me sort
out my weaknesses.
In addition
to working on writing skills, we also read and analyzed famous texts, studied
new grammatical structures (or at least the name of some familiar ones),
practiced multiple choice, and learned new vocabulary. For me, as intended, it
was the culmination of all, or at least most of these activities, that allowed
me to enter the gym in May with confidence. I think it’s important to
remember one of the major goals in this class when completing an assignment:
it’s there to prepare you for the exam. Everything you do in this class is
there for your benefit; and the effort you put into it will be reciprocated
next spring when you go to take the exam. This is not to say that the course as
a high school class does not hold any weight, but I feel like setting the exam
as your goal will help you during those times when you feel yourself losing
steam.
Overall, if
you do the work with purpose and take advantage of the extra helps Mr. Yost
offers, you will find that success is not as far off as you may have initially
thought.
Good
luck,
Walker
Smith
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