[sonhyangel]

I'm taking AP English Language this year (11th grade for me) and I was wondering if other people taking the ap english language class have to write as much as we do...
You see... we had to write a 4-6 page paper in the 2-3rd week of school (had about 2 weeks for it) and now i'm working on one (we got it the 7th week, due the 8th week) that's due this friday...
and today, the teacher passed out another 4-6 page essay due 2 weeks from now (right after the long holiday weekend, most people won't be in town)... So that's 3 "4-6 page essays" due in a 10 week time span.. i say that its not fair... since the AP test really only needs you to write a lot (2-4 handwritten pages) in a short period of time... as opposed to us wasting time perfecting our ability to write research papers...
Anyone else have similar experiences?
I'm considering emailing the teacher <anonomously> to express my feelings..

right now i like her, and a lot of people dont, and she likes me too=good grades (for not so good workT_T) and i dont want to ruin that..but at the same time................

so yeah.. if you could give me advice??

[c a t h e r s]

u should ask her if like.....as time goes on if she'd cut the time...and then eventually start making you guys write in class essays

im in senior lit AP and we have to write an in class essay on some prompt from old AP tests every weeeek

[flyaway]

wow
we've only had one big essay so far and i wrote 6 pgs
we're having an inclass essay on scarlet letter (worst book ever, btw) next tues
but wow u guys write alot! i think it's good practice
2nd semester we start writing an essay inclass every friday...so thats pretty sucky too

[simpleandpink]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE my AP English [Language & Comp - 11th grade] teacher.

We haven't had ANY essays so far. All the quizzes on Scarlet Letter are in paragraph form. Tomorrow we're having an MC test and then next week we might do the essay test [first one x_x]


He doesn't give us any homework, except to read + write some post-its [to put in the book]. He's also interesting and I actually pay attention + learn in his class!

We do "Class Work" and "T-Charts" during class or discuss what we read/group work, etc. Also, every month or so, he's going to be giving us practice AP tests, [only on the M/C stuff] and then I think we might be starting timed writing next month [eek] to practice for the real test....

I really lucked out cause he's both the AP English teacher and an SAT I teacher so he gives us tips

[litoxshortaii]

yea, we have a ton of work too. we had to write an in class essay on the first day -.- and then an essay was due 2 weeks after that and now we're working on another essay. we've read 2 books alrdy in like 1 month. but i guess that's js the way it is.

[chdairkld]

We've had one major essay, given the second week or so, the first day a timed essay, another essay on a short story and another essay due next week.

It's not too bad in my opinion, there are no page requirements such as your class yet...

[elisa*]

We have an essay (about 2 and a half pages) everyday other day for homework.

It drives me INSANE. I actually have one due tomorrow but I havent even started...

But it's really not that bad and I feel like I'm improving a lot.

It's just with 3 other APs and Academic Decathalon...one essay is really time consuming and it kills me.

[xx_melody]

My teacher gave us alot of timed writes, which sucked, but was really good preparation now that I look at it.

Other than that, once in every three weeks or so, he'd assign major, official essays which were worth about 100 pts a pop. We pretty much only had to read and write notes for homework, since he'd expect us to participate the next day about the book or assignment.

Yep. Don't stress out too much about it. 11th grade was the first year I had AP English (previous years I had honors English) so it seemed like a whole lot of crap, but in the end, I was thankful =)

Just finish all your assigments and essays as best you can, and she'll reward you for effort since she likes you already. Work it to your advantage!

[hamiki]

yeah. i'm in ap lang & comp (jr. year)... and i hate it. the teacher is new, but she was a college professor before.. retired.. and came back to teach h/s students.. sucks cuz she doesn't know what she's doing.

we do have an in-class essay pretty much every week (on friday), and we have a month to write 4 at-home essays and at the end of that month, we write a "synthesis" essay, and i really don't see how that would work.

I just wish we started to do more grammar-related stuff... we finished The Crucible, we didn't really do anything with that book except read it and do a mock-witch trial..

i don't know. i feel like i'm going to get a 1 or 2 cuz of the class.. >_<;;

[<3LeeDongWook]

AP English was a lot of writing for me too. But it really helped a lot because people said my writing skills are superior to kids my age. so all for the good. look to what you will learn from all of this.

[enticing]

We had a 'tiny form' [four to five page essay paper] due on the 4th day of school on a book we had never read if it makes you feel any better.

[joogrlpekaun]

At my school it depends on the particular AP Lang class. For example, I'm in a class my school calls AP Lang./Comp. with Creative Writing Emphasis. I love it! We write a lot (and I mean that--a lot!) but it's actually fun because it's mostly creative writing. The most homework I had was due the first day of school: six two-page mini-essays on Thoreau's Walden. And now I have to write a response to the play Cabaret after seeing it on a field trip. Other than that, though, most of the writing is in class except our assignments where we have to write for contests and write college essays to be "workshopped" in class. We write on multiple prompts just about every day, though, usually. Not much homework; it's mostly semi-timed writing in class. =)

[oppas4all]

Let's see...we had a essay that was due in the summer. I've done 2 in-class essays and another college type essay. Do you guys do a lot of annotating? That's all we do.

[Iridescence]

My AP English class is rather easy, in my opinion. Have any of you done rhetorics yet? Or precis? They're like 4 sentence analyzations on short essays. We've been doing that. Also, we're working on the seven modes of essays. Right now I'm working on my book report, which is kind of like rhetorics since we're analyzing the writing. Like.. we learned the SOAPStone/DIDLS stuff, which is analyzing on subject, occasion, audience, purpose, tone/and diction, imagery, details, language, and syntax & structure. We've had a couple of timed writing essays. But never have we had to write 4-6 page essays. Are they double spaced?

Anyway... I loveeeeee my AP English class. Everyday, I come in with my food from lunch, finish my food, then off we go to our work. The teacher is fun because I guess she can relate with us in a way.

[stellabella]

I'm in 11th grade AP English Honors also and let me tell you, I hate it. I've never had such an anal, mechanical teacher.

We wrote two literary responses back to back and one of them was an in class exam. She totally controls the way we write out essays which is NOT the way I've been learning at all. I like to write in my own style, and I can write a damn good paper but she'll fail me if I don't write her way.

We are expected to write 12 essays this semester, 2 of each kind [persuasive, lit. response, expository, narrative, i forgot the other two...]

I think that's a bit much, don't ya'll? I hate this class.

[sonhyangel]

i'm glad to see that some of you have to put up with these crazy english teachers....
It's kind of hard for me to hate her the most of my classmate do...i was taught to not hate teachers or whatever..but i do feel that she's going a little over the edge... especially since our 4.-6 page essays were 50 or 75 points, when the in class essays are 50 points and theres a major difference in the time spent in the two... which is stupid...

but yeah.. i'm still stressed, but have gotten over it..
and tomorrow by this time, hopefully my gatsby essay will be done...

[cyberfruit]

I'm in 11th grade AP English Honors also and let me tell you, I hate it. I've never had such an anal, mechanical teacher.

We wrote two literary responses back to back and one of them was an in class exam. She totally controls the way we write out essays which is NOT the way I've been learning at all. I like to write in my own style, and I can write a damn good paper but she'll fail me if I don't write her way.

We are expected to write 12 essays this semester, 2 of each kind [persuasive, lit. response, expository, narrative, i forgot the other two...]

I think that's a bit much, don't ya'll? I hate this class.

Your teacher sounds exactly like mine. She's sweet and all but she's the ultimate Grammar Nazi when it comes to essays and speech. I've failed all of my essays miserably in her class; it's very depressing! I thought that I could write essays pretty well considering that my grades in English Honors have always been high, but I'm seriously starting to doubt myself.

I don't hate her because she's always there if anyone needs help, but I do hate the class.

[LoH_Ter]

Hmmm...I took ap literature my junior year, and though we did a lot of reading, we never wrote any essays outside of class because everything was timed in-class essays.

But, man...

I took ap language/literature my senior year... we wrote two six to seven page papers per semester, had two page essays due every other day, two major project assigned per semester, one at the beginning of the semester and one at the end, which was assigned simutaneously with a whopping 70-percent-of-your-grade writing portfolio due at the end of every semester. It was a killer class. Basically, you were writing constantly, reading constantly, the friggin class became your life. So you're not alone! Unfortunately, all I can tell you is you just have to muscle through =/.

[Tami]

We've had two 5+ page essays due and 3 pop in class essay tests and every Friday we have a multiple choice test. It's not that bad. I get the impression that that is how this class is supposed to be.

[atalamarche10]

same here. i think that's how it's suppose to be.

plus we have timed writings every friday.

oh well...it'll help me in the long run.