Arcadia High School Reviews
180 Campus Drive, Arcadia, California 91007, United States
He will give you time to do the homework given in class, so use that time to your advantage to ask questions about the homework. When you are watching movies about books in class, take notes, as you most likely will have to write an essay on that movie later.
SPEAKKKKK!!!!! SPEAK UP IN CLASS LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT. You can have a perfect 100 in tests (the easy part), and your grade will get DRAGGED down if you don't meet the weekly in-class participation quota. But other than that the class is simply amazing. She is very understanding and is willing to hear you out on many of the things that have to do with your grade. Also she sometimes gives unit tests in formats other than the "normal" format most tests come in, which takes the stress of it as well as truly gives a proper assessment of your understanding rather than basing it all off memorization, multiple choice, and free response which everyone really appreciates
The quizzes and tests are extremely difficult and he treats proper sig fig calculation as if it was the holy grail. Don't rely on Mr. Devor actually teaching you, so make sure to watch YouTube videos and maybe hire a tutor for chemistry. The notes that he provides are very confusing to understand so don't always rely on them and you should instead ask other students in the class for help. You most likely will not receive the best grade on the tests or quizzes so make sure you do your logs and projects to the best of your ability.
do the reading! don't count on lenient writing grades because she won't give them. if you express your desire to learn, she'll be totally receptive and do what she can to support you!
The class and grade structure is very rigid for Sophmore Honors English, but is effective in preparing the student for AP Language.