<p>Does anyone know the curve for a 3, 4, and 5?</p>
<p>The ants!!!</p>
<p>LOL some guy next to me decided to sneeze really loudly right when the man on tape was asking the first question for the conversational speaking part and i was like O<em>O what? So I had to guess the question and invent some random answer to go with it .</em>. So the interpersonal speaking didn’t go all that well. Other than that and the ants thing, though, it didn’t go TOO horribly… :P</p>
<p>Yeah…that hormigas listening passage with the jungle sounds was just cray. Question about interpersonal writing: did y’all write as if you had already gone on the camping trip? That’s what I did but my friend told me that you’re going to go camping in the future…</p>
<p>i think you’re right since it’s supposed to be written as if you had just gotten back, because i remember reading “acabas de volver”. </p>
<p>and the ants…blech. i barely caught ANY of it thanks to the distracting music, but the answer choices kind of helped me backtrack</p>
<p>You just got back, but you are inviting your friend to go on another trip. So basically you first talk about the trip you just had, then invite your friend to go on another one.</p>
<p>Does anyone remember the rc questions about the online library? some of them were pretty straightforward, but there was one I think where you compare the europeana or whatever with something that starts with a b? and one of the answer choices had alexandria in it?</p>
<p>Please don’t talk about specific multiple choice questions online - talking about the FRQs and the general difficulty of the multiple choice section is one thing, but there are many test questions that do actually get reused from year to year.</p>
<p>I struggled with most of the reading selections, I just went with the answer that kind of seemed the most logical. I thought the reading was easy, but the third one was really confusing. Apparently the dude was reflecting on his past? I didn’t get that at all. The letter was a cakewalk, but I thought the formal writing was difficult. I know that you’re not supposed to summarize the sources, but what all can you say about how laughter is good for you? I just said it was healthy and put people in a better mood that allowed them to enjoy life more. I’m not totally sure how you could avoid summarizing the healthy part, but then I’m not the best at these. </p>
<p>I thought my informal conversation went really well, it was easier than most I’ve done for practice. I kind of paused for one moment and had to correct myself a few times, but I think that I did alright. My formal presentation wasn’t so hot though, but at least I only paused one for a few seconds. I had trouble saying the name of the first sport. They always put the weirdest word(s) as the main topic of these. Overall, I’m thinking probably a 3, hopefully a 4.</p>
<p>Regarding the presentational writing essay, synthesizing is basically similar to what you do in an AP English class (as AP English Language has the same type of synthesis style essay to write).</p>
<p>You pick out (or come up with) two points to make from the three sources given. You get the idea then state it as your topic sentence for one of your body paragraphs. Then, you write commentary about it. Don’t use information from the sources again. That’s not what synthesizing is.</p>
<p>For example:
Exercise is healthy for you as it helps to control your hormones and reduce stress levels. [this would be your topic sentence]</p>
<p>After that, you’d continue talking about things NOT mentioned in the text, such as personal experiences/testimony, other data you know from your mind, or connections you can make to other real life stuff. In my example above, you could go on explaining how athletes are strong mentally and rarely ever go through depression. That’d count as commentary.</p>
<p>Granted, this was what I was taught by my teacher, who happens to be a reader for the AP exam.</p>
<p>The formal essay was so hard to synthesize. I wrote 2 pages so that should be good enough for a 4?</p>
<p>I understand the synthesizing, I just felt like this one was harder to do that than most of the practice ones I’ve done.</p>
<p>Kind of hard to say since we don’t know how big/small you write, nor the quality of your writing :P</p>
<p>I wrote a page and a half, and I have fairly big/bubbly writing. Four paragraphs total for me (1st body using sources 1+2 and the 2nd using sources 2+3).</p>
<p>Esta examen fue mi primera examen de AP. </p>
<p>Estoy muy nervioso y quiero saber que recibi ahora! No puedo esperar. :(</p>
<p>I was never taught to just use personal knowledge in the essay. Are we only supposed to use outside info? Isn’t it similar to a DBQ essay where you base the writing on the sources?</p>
<p>Si, es como un DBQ. Pense que debes usar solo los fuentes…</p>
<p>Hm, my teacher (who is not an AP grader) made a big point in emphasizing giving your own opinion and views in the essay and even gave me a 4 on a practice test once simply for not providing my own personal perspective at all. Then again, she tends to be a bit anal about things so who knows! I don’t really think it matters - it just might help one in synthesizing.</p>
<p>Dreamer1623:</p>
<p>You don’t HAVE to use personal knowledge in the essay. It’s just one of the many things you COULD do.</p>
<p>And no, synthesis essays are not DBQs. With DBQs, you utilize information from the sources only, whereas in a synthesis essay you must avoid restating or summarizing the sources as much as possible.</p>
<p>I thought the AP exam wasn’t terrible today, minus that one listening selection. But my site had MAJOR technical difficulties. After recording for the speaking section, our proctor accidentally deleted all of our recordings so we had to sit in silence for half an hour and then redo the entire speaking section. Nontheless, an incident report has to be filed. What happens to all of our tests? Someone mentioned that they get graded on a separate curve now, or not counted at all.</p>
<p>Ahh ok. So what were you supposed to do with the sources? They all practically said the same thing…</p>
<p>I’d explain what I did in specific, except 48 hours haven’t passed yet, haha.</p>
<p>Say the three sources were about how exercise is good for your health. You could have picked up specific details mentioned by the sources. Sources 1 and 2 could have mentioned how exercise controls hormones, while sources 2 and 3 mentioned how exercise helps to keep your body in shape physically.</p>
<p>While all the three sources may talk about the same thing, it was possible to use specific details that a combination of sources mentioned.</p>
<p>Kind of hard to explain without being able to actually discuss today’s prompt.</p>