How difficult is an English 1 Honors class?

Hi. I have been placed in an English honors class as a freshman however, I am very nervous about taking this class because the teacher told me that sometimes they write 2 or 3 essays every week, and that we must read about 30 pages of a book on certain occasions, and study everyday. This is something I have never done before and I am very nervous. Can somebody please help? Thanks!

P.S. not all honors teachers assign this much of a rigorous course load at every school. Just pointing this out so I don’t discourage any freshman or other highschoolers.

It all depends on the teacher.

If you’re up to it, challenge yourself.

It absolutely depends on the teacher. DD is in a freshman honors English class, and it is her most difficult class. Two of her classes give more (longer) homework than her English, but the teacher’s expectations are very high and quite specific. Unfortunately her class seems to be particularly writing-focused; DD would prefer 30 pages of reading. The teacher eats up drama and angst in the essays, and DD feels her personal struggles (though relatively minor in the grand scheme of things) are no ones business.

The teacher did mention she is preparing the kids for AP language arts classes in a couple of years. I believe it. Between the writing in this class, the writing DD will do in later English classes, and in APUSH, I do feel she’ll be in great shape to write college essays (and be college-ready) - much better off than she would have been in less rigorous English classes. So while you should do your own research regarding what it’s like at your own school, and do what’s right for you, you should at least weigh it against the useful skills you might pick up if you can stick it out. It is generally easier to level down if you change your mind, rather than level up.

my school has a tough English 1 honors program and usually homework takes me 1.5 - 2 hours but some times English 1 honors is around 1.5 hours itself. But, this might just be my school your school might be different

I agree it depends on the teacher. My daughter is in 9th grade Honors ELA but this is only week one. She had to read an article and pick 3 sentences then write 3-4 sentences about them one night. I don’t know the details but she had to write a 1 page paper yesterday. The teacher said she doesn’t like to assign busy work so they won’t have homework every night. As to length of time that varies from person to person and depends on procrastination time.

In high school, the class was assigned the Odyssey on Friday afternoon for a detailed test on Monday. It was homecoming weekend. We just read and decorated floats. Really terrible assignments happen but not very frequently. Not waste time with annoyance or fear, just get cracking If course requirements are beyond what you can do now, don’t take the class. Do what you can do well now and give yourself time to grow into bigger challenges.