<p>Right now, in my Honors 10th and 11th classes, the teachers are having us write AP logs of our readings. They say that we are going to be tested on any piece of writing that we choose. Is this true? How does it exactly work?</p>
<p>For these writings, do you think it would be valuable to spend much of your time and effort into writing these things? (AP exam wise) Thank you.</p>
<p>Do you mean that your teachers will be testing you on the pieces of writing? Or the AP Exam?</p>
<p>If your readings are more novel and poetry-based, then they would be more helpful for the AP Literature exam. However, if your readings are more focused on the rhetorical aspects of language, then it definitely would be valuable to put effort into writing the logs.</p>
<p>I self-studied for the AP Lang exam this year (scored a 5), and found that studying and taking a class are not that helpful. It's one of those things where you either know and understand how to write a convincing essay in a short amount of time or you don't. The night before the exam, I picked up a Cliffs prep book and looked through the essay strategies.</p>
<p>If you're a strong writer and have excelled in your past English classes, then the exam should be no problem for you.</p>
<p>In AP class, we practiced writing essays in timed sessions, and each time it got increasingly easier to get my ideas down quickly and to understand the prompts and what to look for in the essays as evidence. </p>
<p>Being a naturally strong and FAST writer does help, but I know many people wit beautiful writing who just had an issue with time.</p>
<p>Well my teachers said that we will need to review novels, and other pieces of literature that we've read throughout high school for the AP exam because we'll have to write essay about them or something? Is this true? If English is my worst subject, I should just spend more time doing the reading/writing for this class right?</p>