Nayana's AP Blog

      Today was a nice chill day. We discussed how it went during the mock exam and how we felt. Time really does fly. The language exam is in 2 weeks and I hope to be ready by then. Even though I have to focus on my history exam first which is on Thursday, so hooray for that. I'm going to put in all my effort these next 3 weeks on the exams.

      Honestly my brain was really fried after the exam yesterday. It was difficult for me to read anything else, but I did give it my all. I think what happened to me was that the essay portion was unlocked first before the multiple choice, so I ended up doing the essay part first instead of the multiple choice. The argument essay part just wasn't working out for me, but I did do a little better on the rhetorical analysis this time and the synthesis essay was pretty good for the most part I just missed a few things. Once I realized I had to the multiple choice I was a little discouraged, because of the time limit. I was trying to avoid going over the time, but the passages were so lengthy and barely made any sense in my head that I had to reread them multiple times just the answer the questions. 

      Today was a great day. I got some good news the beginning of class, so it was a little hard for me to stay focused. I did understand my strengths and weaknesses when it comes to writing a rhetorical analysis essay, so I'm going to improve on that. I actually look forward to taking the mock exam Thursday even though I'm not going to be in person. The format we got to at least pass the exam with an average score definitely encouraged me, so I do have room some mistakes, but if I'm strong with multiple choice more than the essay portion; then I'll know what I need to work on and improve before the actual exam day.

      Today I  definitely learned what I needed to improve on and other things I can use on future essays. I could've done better, but my mind gets the best of me sometimes. Especially when it comes to commentary for explaining the evidence.

      Well today I can't say I did my best on writing the intro and paragraph for the rhetorical analysis. I just think on my end I have to review some things and study to prepare myself. To be honest I was already tired from reviewing the for the exams in my other classes, so my brain was just not having it today. I did try and I did what I could, but I don't think it's satisfactory work. Hopefully next week when we get out feedback, I can see where I need to improve.

      I think I got a better understanding on rhetorical analysis, but I think my problem is finding the devices. I've always had a problem with comprehension since I was younger and I've been slowly getting better at it throughout the years, so it takes me some time to read and fully understand the  text. After doing all that there's the devices that we have to think about and it's just a lot on my mind, so I end up working slower. Rhetorical analysis is definitely not my strong area in the essay portion, but I will put in the effort to become better, so I can at least do ok when it comes to exam day. Also the 10 minute planning kind of helped, but then I felt rushed so I couldn't really comprehend and analyze what I was reading, but I was able to answer most of the questions so that's a good start.

      I think I need a little more work on Rhetorical  Analysis. Today I was a little more tired, so I wasn't very awake, but I took some helpful notes that I can look back at later. In my eyes it's a lot, but I think I just need more practice.