Ap English Class Reflection

Throughout the course of this semester in AP Lang, my eyes have been opened to many of the weaknesses I never knew I had in writing. Coming into this semester, I had heard about the difficulty of this class, but was not unduly worried about not receiving an A; I have always considered myself as a competent if not strong writer. However, after failing to attain desired grades on several important essays, I was devastated, and realized that although I had mastered the basics of grammar and writing, there was still much for me to work on. Also, I did not understand that much of my grade in AP Lang would be determined by speaking in front of others, which is not my strong suit. What I have come to find is that writing essays containing all of the new information we have learned throughout the semester, such as requirements for different types of essays and good writing strategies, takes a lot of work, time, and thinking. Unfortunately, my procrastination caused me to only get done what had to be done instead of putting in the extra work and truly understanding everything.

Coming into junior year and taking an AP English class, I am extremely nervous. Outside of English, I am taking two other AP classes, so I am worried about the work load that I will be responsible for throughout the year. I have heard from my older sister that AP English is a fun, great class. Throughout my eleven years of school, I have always been one to challenge myself and I fell that by taking AP English I will be challenging myself once again. I am looking forward to a good year this year.

Alves. She mentioned how well I had done on the AP test in her usual Texan boisterous tone that could only be Mrs. Alves, and I folded into myself to admit that I never checked my AP scores because it gave me too much anxiety. Mrs. Alves is the teacher that brought me out of my shell and challenged my writing more than anyone before, so naturally I was pleased to learn that I had earned a 5! Mrs. Alves was a perfect vessel to deliver the news and I felt so happy to make her proud since she made such a positive impression and lasting impact on my high school experience. Going into AP 12 now, I grew a little weary as I saw AP 11 students drop like flies to go into honors this year, but was easily quelled at Mrs. Alves saying to me “I knew you were able to do this” and “your spirit has gotten so much lighter since the beginning of last year.” My goals for AP Lit are to write essays passionately and effectively, and to mature as a writer. My only concern for AP Lit is the difference between the approaches to writing and analyzing between last year and this year; I got very comfortable the way I was writing last year and it may be a little shell-shocking at the beginning. Change is good! Change is challenging! Challenging myself is good! Positive

Starting this class, I’ll be honest, I was afraid when I heard about AP Seminar. I didn’t really know how I got into the class because I know my writing isn’t as great as most kids in my class. AP Seminar involves a lot of hard work, and I felt as if my writing wasn’t good enough. Out of my 5 essays from last year, I only got one A. That one A didn’t make me feel smart though, and I didn’t understand why. Writing this now is difficult for me because I don’t know how to explain things in my own words. I heard a lot about how hard this class is and about the speeches. I can’t stand talking about speeches because that is my greatest fear. I still haven’t figured out my main writing strength, but what I do know is I am taking small steps into

AP Language and Composition was not the easiest course I have ever taken, but it was definitely the most beneficial. At the beginning of the course I was not the best writer. However, as the year went on I gradually learned how to correctly type college level essays. It took many trial and errors to get to the level of writing I am at now, but now my writing is better than it has ever been. On top of Mr. Hamilton successfully teaching me how to write, I also learned that it is very important to have good time management and to be able to finish homework on time. When I was not finishing my homework I would become lost in every group discussions. As the year went on, I began to sit down and do my homework thoroughly every night. Once I started doing that the course started to become less difficult for me. This class is still going to be a difficult, the only difference is whether a student is willing to put in the work it takes to make it a little less stressful than it is. While this class was extremely stressful and time-consuming, I am grateful that I was able to learn the lessons I did before I went off to

At the beginning of the semester I entered General Studies Writing 1110, not knowing what to expect. I knew the class was solely based on writing and perfecting personal style, but I never anticipated the valuable information I would learn throughout the course of the year. The only advanced English class I have taken in high school was English Honors in eighth grade. That class gave me the base knowledge of writing, grammar and form that has helped me through my four essays in this class. Starting out, I was not sure what the standard for passing was; even though it was unclear to me what passing was, I strove for perfection. By the time the second essay came around I realized my writing was never perfect. Peer editors and family played a

Throughout this semester in English 101, I have made a significant improvement on multiple things, including how to be an exceptional writer and thinker. English has always been one of my most favored subjects to study because to me it instructs students how to be intelligent, how to become a more creative and critical thinker, and be able to develop ethical values and imagination. You can express yourself more efficiently in English than you can in any other subject. This class has truly made me a more confident writer and helped me express myself in different ways through the different types of papers I wrote. By writing different types of papers I have improved multiple areas of my writing. I have grown as a student in diverse areas such

Stressful nights, life determining exams, challenging courses, so many unique features characterize junior year. Being my first year taking Advanced Placement courses, I have experienced a diverse atmosphere compared to honors classes. Considering how much work we completed and the complexity of the readings, AP Spanish Literature has been by far the most challenging course I have taken. Since I am not the best at memorizing history, I struggled with the cultural part of the literature we would read, aside from the point that some writings were written in old fashioned Spanish that made it seemed to be a Marc Chagall painting, being so difficult to understand. However, persevering through the challenging topics, and having our teacher believe

Due to quandaries regarding scheduling, I took regular English for my junior year, and felt malcontented with the lackluster pace of the class. At times I desired the chance to go further in depth with the work, but unfortunately there was seldom an opportunity to do so. Meanwhile, my friends in AP Lit would often talk about how stimulating their own class was, and how the material was challenging, but manageable. These uplifting reviews from

In a couple of areas, my English II class excelled. For example, we were taught how to analyze novels, poems, and short stories effectively. We spent six months of the all-year class

This English class has been an amazing learning experience for me. It made me grow as a writer, I am now more convinced when I write and can express myself more effectively, so readers understand what it is exactly that they’re reading about. Although I didn’t get off to a great a start in this course and if I had to do it over again, there are definitely some things that I could have done better. Interacting with my peers on the discussion board, made me learn a few things about working with others and the Smart thinking was helpful as well. However, above all the things I learned from this course, the most was about myself. The knowledge

“Extrapolation is bad.” Well, that’s great Mr. Gould. The moment I stepped into AP Statistics, I was hit with boredom and a tinge of confusion. I thought my teacher was an absolute dork. Who finds data and graphs interesting? However, as I progressed further into the depths of the statistical universe, I started to change. I began to find the research studies in my book fascinating; I thought constructing tree diagrams and box plots was thrilling. Until one day it hit me. “Oh gosh, I think I’m falling in love,” I told myself. There wasn’t an instant moment where I developed my passion for numbers. It was a slow and gradual journey in my statistics class. Listening and taking notes is what I ordinarily do in AP classes. Yet, this one was different.

My tenth grade year of high school proved to be a year saturated with learning. The class that made me see that the most was English II. I gained a great deal of knowledge regarding my writing abilities, and I realized that I was not as skilled in the subject of English as I had previously thought. This class taught me to appreciate English, and it eventually became my favorite subject. Weaknesses, strengths, and new discoveries abounded that year, but they all eventually led me to success.

August twenty-eight 2017. This was the first day of College English and I was terrified. I had no idea what to expect when I walked into Mr. Vanden Heuvels classroom for the first time since Comp nine. The one thing I did know though was that I was in this class to become a better writer. Some of my personal goals in the class were one just to not fail and two to become a better writer through seeing what I was doing wrong in previous papers. I achieved both of these goals in the past nine weeks. The biggest thing I learned through my papers was not to use conjunctions! Overall, I learned how to be the best writer possible by learning from my past mistakes.

By far this Junior year has been both the most memorable as well as stressing, yet I have raked countless benefits from many of my failures. The course that I feel that I personally had the most difficulty with was AP Language. The reason was not because my workload was unbearable but because I struggled with my own personal writing. I knew that it was a tough course and that was part of the reason why I took it because I know that English Language is never going to go away. I will keep taking it Senior year as well as college and use it in life, thus meaning that in order to become better at writing taking an AP class would be more beneficial down the road. AP language as well as all my other courses helped me discover my weakness in