California High School Reviews
9870 Broadmoor Drive, San Ramon, California 94583, United States
The reading tests and listening tests are pretty easy, never really needed to study for them but be well prepared for the writing tests by practicing responding to prompts that are related to the topic of the unit and all the past in class writing and speaking prompts. The questions on her daily slides are basically the same as her writing and speaking tests so go back and review those. The class is very French based, she will mostly speak in only French unless she has complicated instructions so be ready for that.
Follow through with the notes, pray close attention. Do the practice problems and homework, and it’s overall pretty easy.
I had him for AP Lang. Just pay attention in class and it'll be easy. Take notes when he talks about literary devices and poems, and pay attention when he discusses how to write the essays. Since the class is mostly to prep students for the AP exam, the essays are a HUGE part of your grade. I mean everything is worth 2-4 points, and the essays are worth 100. There are a couple tests on books we read worth 35-50 or 60 points, but the essays will carry you if you do well on them.
Mr King is funny like he just says random stuff out of no where. People fall asleep in his class and go on their phones and he doesn't really care. For the most part ap lang is alternating between reading a novel and learning essay writing techniques. But the novel work is hella easy. The finals are usually just really short fill in the blank quizzes about book analysis and we rarely have homework for the book except to read it. We take notes on ap daily videos in class, so take notes on those. Take notes when he lectures too because everything he says is on the tests. he talks a lot though. Definitely try your best on the essays because he usually gives a lot of feedback. Its definitely. He is really strict with deadlines and does not accept any late work unless you're absent. All classwork is due in class. Use your time wisely. Don't wait till the last minute. Honestly if you do good or bad on the essays really depends on the prompts you get, like for rhetorical analysis in class i got a 92 compared to 75's i used to get, but there was a lot i could say for the prompt, but for the ap test i just bombed the rhetorical analysis so practice a lot. You will eventually get better just practice annotating texts and looking for devices and patterns. And the main thing i will say for the ap test is you need to practice annotating and getting the main idea for sources faster. If you are meticulous and a slow worker like me you will run out of time, which i did. But overall take away from this class: language and comp is a super interesting subject and you will get better at it if you participate, use your time in class wisely or you'll end up with a ton of homework.