Assignment 26 - Benjamin Givens

For me—and I know many would disagree—the most helpful thing to do in the class was to write the essays and peer review. This helped not only for preparation for the AP test, but also for the writing section on the ACT and SAT. The build up to higher and higher pressure timed writings with all the different types of essays that college board provides seems really boring, but it was the most effective activity for me. Part of the appeal was that it felt inherently purposeful. It is obvious what benefit writing an essay gives you when preparing for a test where half the weight is writing essays. This makes it much easier to be motivated when doing the assignment. For the multiple choice test, I felt that while doing the practice tests did help some, especially in gauging how to manage time, it seemed like more structured instruction on what to look for in the passages would have been helpful.