I had him for my English 2 and English 3H class, His non honors class was pretty easy, but that was because he had just come from a trip and didn't have a year plan. We read books and did assignments about them. HIs honors class was very work intensive for the average student, about every two to three weeks we had a multi page paper to write. We would often discuss them in class and student participation is inevitable, you will present in front of the class multiple times throughout the year; if you are reading a book you will often have to write a page or two every couple of days. I would take his honors class if writing comes easy too you, he is also the English 4AP teacher.