Friday, November 28, 2008

FRQ'S AND DBQ'S AP US WRITING TO UPHOLD TRADITION

WELL I JUST CORRECTED ANOTHER SET OF FRQ'S, PRETTY AMAZING THAT IT IS NOT EVEN DECEMBER FIRST AND BOTH CLASSES HAVE WRITTEN FOUR FREE RESPONSE ESSAYS AND ONE DOCUMENT BASED ESSAY. THAT'S A TOTAL OF FIVE COMPREHENSIVE ESSAYS ALREADY, AND I MUST SAY THAT THE SCORES ARE GETTING BETTER AND BETTER. YOU ARE REALLY IMPROVING IN ALL ASPECTS OF YOUR WRITING, THAT ONLY BODES WELL AS WE PREPARE FOR THE HIGH STAKES TEST IN MAY. I HONESTLY FEEL THAT YOU WILL BE BETTER PREPARED THAN ANY OTHER AP CLASS I HAVE TAUGHT IN TERMS OF WRITING ESSAYS. A BIG REASON FOR THAT IS THE PRE-AP COURSE AND THE ABILITY NOW TO REALLY GET INTO THE CONTENT MATERIAL AND ADDRESS IT WITH ASSESSMENT THAT CONTAINS EITHER A FRQ OR A DBQ. WE WILL BE TAKING A SHORT REPRIEVE FROM FRQ'S, BUT WILL HAVE ANOTHER DBQ RIGHT BEFORE THE HOLIDAY BREAK. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND REMEMBER ALL THIS PRACTICE WILL PAY OFF ON MAY 8TH. I MEAN HONESTLY DO YOU THINK YOU WILL BE INTIMIDATED BY ANY WRITING ASSESSMENTS ON THE AP TEST AFTER ALL OF THE WRITING YOU HAVE DONE THUS FAR.

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