<p>I'm taking Ap Bio next year (junior year) and i'm freaking out. I had the choice between AP bio or AP chem and i chose bio because of the teacher (AP Chem's original teacher moved so another teacher was teaching it, which would make it her first year whereas AP Bio's teacher has been teaching ap for over 20 years) Also, i think i'm better at chem than bio.
Anyways, for AP Bio, we have a summer assignment, which is to write 4 frqs. And my question is, how exactly do you write an essay for bio? I've taken ap us history, and i can't apply that format onto bio. So please help?!?!? I'm so lost and i dont want to fail next year or the exam!</p>
<p>lol don’t worry about the format of ap bio frqs. Bio frqs do not, and should not, have introductory or concluding paragraphs. you just kinda dive right in, splitting paragraphs up when you start explaining something new. For example, if you got a question like:
- Describe the the functions of three cell organelles
You would pick, mitochondrion, nucleus, and golgi bodies perhaps. You would label each paragraph with a letter, for every new topic:</p>
<p>A. The mitochondrion is the powerhouse of the cell. It makes ATP blah blah blah. For the FRQs, write as much as possible, whatever comes to mind. It doesn’t have to be smooth at all to receive points. You could even have wrong info in your answers and still get a 5 (provided you do have SOME right info). Now the size of this paragraph here is no where close to what you should have for a paragraph on a real FRQ, but it’s a start.
B. the nucleus has DNA. it’s like the brain. blah blah blah.
C. Golgi Bodies package take materials made in the endoplasmic reticulum and modifies them. bha bhafdkljakjfdad.
Does this make sense?</p>
<p>As posted above, AP Bio FRQs are NOTHING like AP US essays. They aren’t even essays, they’re explanations. Just look at sample (actual) responses from previous exams, you’ll see that you just jump right in and answer the question: <a href=“Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board”>Supporting Students from Day One to Exam Day – AP Central | College Board;
<p>Best way is to just imagine somebody asked you, in person. How would you answer? You wouldn’t restate the question, you wouldn’t really have a thesis, you’d just answer it. Do the same with the AP Bio FRQ’s. They’re super easy. :)</p>
<p>Oh haha was i really overthinking this? Anyways, thanks. Also, about bio, how was the class for you guys? I’m very scared since i wasn’t extraordinary at bio and I’m not sure about my memorization. So how exactly is the class?</p>
<p>For me, I loved the class. It was basically social hour because our teacher was never really up to teaching (she had some health issues, was gone a lot, but also just didn’t feel like it). I didn’t really care about the class because we hardly got tests and when we did she curved them pretty crazy all the time, but since I loved bio so much I actually read from the textbook on my own and enjoyed it. So I got a 5 on the exam. I attribute a lot of that to reading Cliff’s review book the weekend before the exam though.</p>
<p>The class obviously varies by teacher. But the content is awesome if you love biology, and the exam is an easy 5 if you’re good at memorizing. Otherwise, you’ll need to be sure you read, sometimes re-read a second or even third time. There is a LOT of material, so don’t procrastinate and make sure you are solid with each unit as you go.</p>