Help - Caleb Combs

Over the course of this school year, I feel that I have developed greatly in many aspects of my writing and reading comprehension.  After taking the AP test, I feel that I was relatively well prepared.  The numerous timed writings, while we may not enjoy them, were very effective in preparing us for the essay portion of the test.  My essays on the AP exam were top notch.  My multiple choice showed grounds for improvement, as my performance on them throughout the year fluctuated.  I think an effective strategy for teaching the multiple choice section would be to have 3-5 questions every day that we go over at the beginning of class, as a bell ringer of sorts. When we do an entire multiple choice test, many people lose focus, and fail to give maximum effort.  As a result, students don't get an accurate representation of where they are at.  Growth cannot be accurately measured, and students don't retain the strategies of doing multiple choice. A few questions at the beginning of class demand the attention of the students, and lead to growth.  I feel that these blog posts were a very effective method of just allowing us to write freely.  It develops skills as a writer in a way that is still engaging, as we can write about things that we are passionate about.  Overall, I think that the teaching methods you used in class were very effective.  Multiple choice bell ringers are an idea to consider, but I still think that your methods allowed me to grow as a reader and writer.