Blog Post 26: Isabel Bandoroff

I enjoyed that our English class was focused on the test. As you said, you taught to the AP test, and I like that. Some classes are just a regular Physics or History class with a huge exam tacked onto it, and the teachers just teach, sometimes forgetting the exam. But in AP lang, I was truly prepared for the AP test. I liked that we spent so much time on the essays because we had to forget everything we thought we knew about writing and become better. I do wish that we had spent a little time on the multiple choice. After we took the tests, we were given opportunities to look at questions but this would have been helpful for me: as a class, we read a passage and dissect it. We go through the questions and pick the answers and see why they're correct and how we arrive at those answers from the reading. The multiple choice is easier but I would have benefited from that activity. I hated the vocab quizzes a lot but I suppose they were helpful... I enjoy doing socratic seminars but I don't see how they helped me with the AP test other than practice interpreting and analyzing pieces. Maybe that's a personal thing, but the connection to the Analysis essay wasn't as strong for me. I also think the word count limit for responses should be shortened because often times I didn't have 150 words worth and mine would get repetitive. Thank you for teaching us and I think it was a beneficial and successful English class!