Assignment 26- Eleanor Badgett

 The most effective thing we did in class, I think, was timed writings. Through the timed writings I was able to truly test my ability to write the expected essay in an environment very similar to that of an actual AP test. This has helped me to feel more confident going into the test. As the year went on and we did more and more timed writings, I felt myself improving. I remember on my first timed writing having no idea what to write about at all, on my most recent timed writing it felt like no big deal. One thing I think that could be improved about timed writings is grading. While I was able to learn some things from grading everyone else's essay, I think I could have benefited more from spending more time on my personal essay. Maybe grading in smaller groups would give people more time to find areas of improvement in their own writing while also learning things from their peers and their styles of writing. However, even if timed writings were to continue to be done in the same way, they would still be extremely effective.