<p>I really lost much interest in english over my 4 years so far</p>
<p>I got As the first two years. this previous year made me hate english.</p>
<p>How would one go about getting an A in english without doing much of the reading?</p>
<p>Depends on how the class is structured. But you really should read. It tends to be the most interesting part of the class, even if the work is a pain.</p>
<p>i know of students who don’t read yet get As in english classes in my school</p>
<p>so i know that its possible. i find the readings a little boring as I don’t have the mindset to actually get into a book</p>
<p>School starts in an month and i only read 200 pages of don quixote and still have another book to go</p>
<p>200 pages is a good night’s read. Books are more interesting when devoured whole.</p>
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Especially if its Harry Potter.</p>
<p>To the OP, I don’t normally read books for my english class and I’ve been getting A’s in them. I usually use sparknotes when I’m lazy or just skim through it. This will probably change this year since I’m taking AP Eng Lit, intense reading, I hear.</p>
<p>I barley read. I find English to be one of the easiest classes.</p>
<p>sparknotes and common sense guessing on tests ftw</p>
<p>Sparknotes</p>
<p>you live in cherry hill. school shouldn’t be hard</p>
<p>Sparknotes and Cliffnotes. And discussions with friends who -have- read the book.
It also helps to have excellent writing skills, as was the case with me. Never read anything, aced English with near-100’s every time thanks to my ability to effectively “BS” an essay in half an hour.</p>
<p>I agree with Vivi. Huck Finn is a pretty long, detailed book and I never read past chapter 5 and aced the test and it was pretty hard and finicky with details. Then as part of our final we had to write an in class paper that we spent five days on on The Great Gatsby which I also never read and got 100% on my paper and my teacher’s is a real hard grader. Basically what I do is I look the topic up online and find as many examples/supporting details as possible from sparknotes, cliffnotes, other people’s papers and put it all together in a way that’s my own and say it 10 times better than anywhere online. A everytime.</p>
<p>I agree with what everyone has been saying, sparknotes are an alternative. However, they can not replace reading completely. You really should read, you learn more that way:)</p>
<p>English class in high school is more about writing ability than comprehension. It gets so effing monotonous because you’re literally writing the same essay over and over again! Womens roles, individual vs society, blah blah blah … same thesis, different book.</p>
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<p>anyway, I basically use the same approach as honorstudent; it’s surefire.</p>