#ap language and composition

[moreclaypigeons]

credit: my friend, loca

#ap lang #ap #memes #english #writers #aplang #ap language and composition

[daydreamersdomain]

Anyone have any advice on how to do well in AP classes?

#ap classes #ap us history #ap language and composition #help lol

[splinnters]

just wrote a four page essay about how much I hate Oroku Hiroto feeling good

#like deadass pen on paper writing for 40 minutes as is the time allotted on an ap language and composition test #turning this in to my teacher tomorrow #sure hope shes ready for the last ronin lore dump #tmnt #tmnt the last ronin #tmnt oroku hiroto #the last ronin #tmnt fandom #does he not have a common name tag L thats embarrassing hiroto maybe you should square up

[madwickedawesome]

#AP English Language and Composition

[aplang2023raniamin]

R(est) & R(elaxtion)

I attribute so many sleepless nights to this class, partly my fault and partly due to the circumstances, but I believe that I would do it again if I had to. In such close proximity to summer vacation and in anticipation of a reprieve from school, I am hyper-aware of how simultaneously taxing and rewarding my junior year of high school has been. I did make sacrifices in terms of physical, emotional, and mental health, but I also pushed myself up one of the steepest steps leading to the future I want. I always wanted an academically challenging class as I grew up, sometimes feeling bored by busy work and repetition. I got more than I bargained for with this class, something that I became acutely aware of while writing the libraries synthesis prompt (C) (seen above). I thought of myself as an elementary schooler in the children’s room at the Woburn Public Library, pausing to stare at the adult books before making my way down the steep spiral staircase. Those books that seemed so complicated and archaic before, I can now handle and comprehend due to my newly acquired language and composition skills. English being my second language, I take great pride in the bounds I have made beyond towards knowing the language intimately. Comparing my first essay about Educated and Boys in the Boat, which was about ten sentences in length, to the wind farms prompt where my first sentence was a paragraph (seen above), my perception of language and how I personally can tame it and bear it to my advantage has transformed and I am a better student and writer because of it. I can rest now; my journey with English will not. 

#bittersweet #summer #relaxation #writing #english #language #ap #composition #writer

[bloomingonionbitch]

y'all - just from doing some digging (with a timer because everything is tempting to my overstimulated brain) about educational policy and trends in education - my face is stuck like 😬.

if you were an elementary student during the initial NCLB roll out - you are *definitely* due for some kind of compensation.

"Race to the Top"? oh - i can't wait to learn more and unpack why everything was so urgent and high stakes during high school.

the teacher prep program i am now in student debt for? i better not get a DAMN alumni email or magazine or whiny letter about my lack of donations and support. my understanding of pedagogy come from devouring research and working at the writing center in college and having a really hands-off cooperating teacher for student teaching. ALSO recent/relevant pedagogy books are EXPENSIVE and not well-stocked at public or university libraries.

i need to read more about how the Dept. of Ed works because our previous Secretary of Ed was...well, you know. but i also have *zero idea* what our current SecEd is doing aside from posting really cool photo ops and talking points ripped from Pinterest.

#i'm also glad that the tide is turning against college board #i was an - AP Kid - in high school and i was a smug/stressed out little shit #i taught AP Language and Composition last year AND LET ME TELL YOU #even the virtual AP/College Board trainer i was assigned was so scummy and unhelpful #there's no way i missed any major statements from our current SecEd #i googled - Miguel Cardona Florida book ban - nada

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

WIBTA for reporting my sister’s teacher to the school admin?

Alright folks strap in this one’s a doozy. TLDR at the end.

My (19M) sister (17F) is a senior in high school and this year she’s taking AP English Literature and Composition (hereby abbreviated as ap lit). For my non American buddies, this is essentially the highest level English class in most public high schools. This is a notoriously difficult exam and my sister’s extremely nervous for it. However, her teacher (23F) is. Well. To put it bluntly, the most gen z #relatable tiktoker in the world. This is the first English class AND the first AP class she’s ever taught. The only other high school class she’s taught was physics (not even honors). Her only qualification to teach the class is that she got a 5 on the exam when she took it in high school.

She is demonstrably bad at her job. Her motivation to teach English this year was, quote: “Taylor Swift is SUCH a poet she’s one of the main reasons I wanted to be an English teacher” if that gives you the vibes. And yes, she spent two class periods making students analyze a Taylor Swift song.

To list some other offenses, she: encouraged the propagation of the Hellen Keller was fake conspiracy, recommended using Harry Potter as a resource for the AP lit exam (citing that it’s one of her favorite book series of all time), telling students she will not help them with college applications (despite this being a very common and expected thing for senior English teachers to do here), and telling students to watch the movie adaptations of recommended novels WITHOUT reading them, and then to use the Wikipedia summary to compare and contrast the two. She also regularly misspells things in class which is great for a language teacher.

And I wasn’t kidding about the tiktoker thing. That’s her main passion, posting outfit/makeup tiktoks. This includes doing it in her class about all her teachercore fits.

My sister complains about her constantly, and as someone who’s has to deal with seriously traumatic harassment from teachers in the past, my first reaction was that she should report her. However, the problem is, last time she caught a student complaining about her, she punished the whole class by making them take a ridiculously hard pop quiz because “her feelings were hurt”. A very responsible and adult reaction /s. So, my sister is worried that if I confront her or the administration, the class will be punished.

While I understand my sister’s fear, I just don’t think the teacher should be allowed to get away with her behavior. I understand that the teacher is young (she’s barely 4 years older than me!) and should be allowed to make mistakes, but starting off her English teaching career at the highest high school level of English classes. My sister is now having to seek additional tutoring because the class is massively under preparing her for the exam.

TLDR: My sister’s English teacher is really bad at her job and underpreparing her for a difficult national test. I want to tell the school about this behavior but my sister is worried that she’ll punish the class.

So, WIBTA if I reported her to the administration? And if so, people of tumblr do you have other ideas because I’ve hit a wall.

What are these acronyms?

#aita #am i the asshole

[tokidokitokyo]

How to Improve Your Handwriting in Japanese

Learning to write in Japanese, teaching others to learn to write in Japanese, and watching Japanese people write in Japanese has taught me that it’s hard to write in Japanese. Remembering how to write the kanji in the first place is hard (especially with the ease of writing in Japanese on the computer or phone), remembering the stroke order and then figuring out how to fit the character into the space that you have - these are all difficult. And then on top of that, you don’t want these beautiful characters to look like you were bouncing up and down on a dirt road while you wrote them.

Handwriting in any language varies by person. There are people whose handwriting is sloppy in Japanese, just as in any other language. My handwriting in English isn’t perfect either, but I want my kanji to look less like shaky squiggles and more like, well, a native Japanese speaker’s characters. So I decided to break down how I go about improving my Japanese handwriting.

Practice

When you learn to write in English, you practice your letters over and over again. When you first learn kana and then kanji, it is also a good idea to write them over and over again. This helps many people to remember the characters (stroke order, spatial placement of each part of the character), and by writing the characters over and over again you will be able to write more quickly. You also won’t have to look up simple characters over and over again when you want to write a composition or a letter.

When I first started writing compositions by hand in kanji I remember looking up a character in the dictionary to check stroke order or to check how the kanji was written more often than not. This is a difficult way to write anything and takes a lot of time. Practice will help you to remember the characters and not have to stop to check your dictionary as often.

A high school friend told me that her mother would sit her down at the table every night and force her to work on her penmanship until it was what her mother deemed suitable. When we wrote our AP English essays in class, her penmanship was impeccable, although it took her much longer to write the essays than most of the other students. The result of what she considered torturous practice was amazing handwriting that made me jealous. If I had spent every night laboriously perfecting my penmanship I might also have attained that kind of handwriting - but I did not.

This is an extreme example, and I’m not saying you have to have perfect handwriting, but if improving your handwriting is something you would like to accomplish, taking the time to practice will certainly help your penmanship.

Books

There are Japanese books dedicated to this, because beautiful handwriting is desirable in all languages, but they are written in Japanese and I personally didn’t want to buy a book for this purpose.

Websites

Websites are a bit more difficult to come by because most people want to make some money off telling you their penmanship secrets. However, there are a few websites with some examples of good penmanship.

Links

Here are some online links for handwriting practice:

Chibi Musu Drill is where I look for kana practice for my toddler. They have a variety of drill print-outs that you can use to practice writing the characters correctly. This is especially helpful if you are self-studying as it helps with the shape of characters and the stroke order, and how the stroke should be finished (i.e. abrupt stop or drag and fade out to a tail). There are also tests you can print out for kanji. The site is all in Japanese.

Hiragana | Katakana | Kanji 

Seiho’s YouTube Calligraphy School - VIDEO - Only in Japanese but the videos are easy to follow since she uses a red pen to highlight where to pay attention. This is more in-depth but has helpful hints on improving your kanji balance, but you can search 字がきれいに書く方法 to get more results.

Yumefude Penji on Instagram has videos showing how to write kanji properly.

How I Practice Handwriting in Japanese

For Kana

To practice handwriting kana, I find an example of good penmanship from a website. It’s best if the example is larger, or if I can blow it up. Then I print it out with darkened font. Drill print-outs also work well as they have characters for you to trace, then space for you to practice on your own.

I put a sheet of clean paper on top of the print-out and make sure I can read the characters through the clean paper. You can also get tracing paper. Then, I trace the characters multiple times. I try to feel the flow of the character as I trace it and to note if the stroke ends abruptly (とめ), has a kink in it (はね), or if it fades out to a tail (はらい).

Lastly, I practice on my own. I use the feel of the character I traced and try to replicate it. I compare my own work to the original sample, and try to determine how to get the characters to look closer to the original sample. My character might be too skinny, too round, or have a stroke out of place. I usually only do one character at a time until I am satisfied, and then move on to the next.

For Kanji

When practicing kanji, first, I use blank paper, download genkouyoushi (Japanese composition paper), or a notebook with wider line spacing for writing practice than I would for simply writing down vocabulary or notes. You can also buy special kanji practice notebooks. I do this so that I have the space to cleanly write out kanji with more strokes, rather than having to bunch together the strokes so that I can hardly read it. This way, I can practice the strokes with more room and pay attention to how the kanji fits together.

Then, I write the character several times. I try to get a muscle memory going for the character, remembering the individual parts, the radicals, the stroke order and what the kanji means. This helps me to remember the kanji, and then to understand how the individual parts fit together.

I am careful to not copy the typewritten Japanese characters, for these are often different than the handwritten characters. Using a kanji textbook or a website where they teach handwritten kanji is the best way to learn to handwrite kanji. Some dictionary apps also show stroke order and will show the handwritten version so you can see the difference.

9 Tips for Better Handwriting

Source

1. Hold your pen properly / ぺんを正しく持つ

2. Sit with proper posture / 正しい姿勢で座る

3. Create a calm setting where you can concentrate / 落ち着いて集中できる空間を作る

4. Write using the correct stroke order / 正しい書き順で書く

     a. From the top to the bottom / 上から下へ

     b. From the left to the right / 左から右へ

5. Take care with the Stop - Wing - Sweeping Stroke / とめ・はね・はらいを丁寧に

Showing stop - wing - sweeping stroke in kanji

6. Modulate the size of the character and write slowly and carefully / 大きさにメリハリをつけながら、ゆっくり書く

7. Make sure the characters rise to the right / 右上がりになるようにする

8. Make sure the spacing between lines is equal / 線と線の間隔が等しくなるようにする

9. Write with the intention of being read by others / 人に読まれるつもりで書く

My handwriting in Japanese is far from perfect, but when I have a chance I like to hand write characters to get a better feel for them and for their meanings. I hope this guide helps you to improve your penmanship!

#writing in japanese #japanese handwriting #improve your handwriting in japanese #japanese #japanese language #japanese langblr #japanese studyblr #字をきれいに書く方法 #tokidokitokyo #tdtstudy

[sunandsstars]

Ok but how would the squad react if another human was putting the moves on their lil medic?

SCIENCE GUYS SUCK

Recombinants x Medic!Reader

Summary: A science guy was making a move on their girl, jealousy and insecurities ran through the squad like wildfire.

Warnings: Language

Word count: 1.3k A/N: I’m so sorry with not sending this off sooner, I have so many asks in my inbox to get through! 😩

Taglist: @drinking-tea-and-be-obsessed @eywas-heir @reneehillary69 @cavvedinn @itsyoboysparkel @doggodorime @dumb-fawkin-bitch @pandoragalora @thecrazyswamp @the-black-pines @fanboyluvr @mooniequeen @berrybluez @netherklutz @luciddasher @avtprint @theesexystallion @annaleesworld

Soft laughter can be heard from the direction of ___’s office, catching the attention of Fike who wanted to deliver a fresh batch of cookies he baked. He crept towards the open door and stood behind the wall, blocking their view of him so he stayed hidden. Peering around the corner he saw his girlfriend with a…guy?

A human guy.

He was a scientist, judging by the lab coat over his body and Fike briefly remembered seeing him here and there around the medbay. He had very handsome features too, if the recom didn’t know any better he would’ve thought he was a model, staring on Vogue or whatever.

His ears pinned down when more soft giggling flowed out of ___’s mouth, what the guy was saying wasn’t even that funny. Or interesting. Just nerdy science stuff. What’s so funny about the composition of atoms?

Fike decided to interrupt whatever was going on and knocked on the door, walking to where they could see him. “Oh! Sean!” ___ stood from the chair she sat on and walked around her desk and towards the man “what are you doing here?” she looked up at him with pretty doe eyes and he couldn’t help but swoon.

“Just to give you these..” he held out the box of marbled sugar cookies, grinning when she squealed and took them. Opening the box and munching on one, giving her thanks.

“Oh, nice man!” the scientist walked behind his girl and took the cookie from her hand, biting into the spot she did just moments ago. “This is pretty good”

___ turned and smacked his arm, “Jason! You can’t just do that” she pouted, looking up at Fike “sorry honey, they were delicious though, where did you get the ingredients?”

“Um, just from the recent shipment” he stared at the man who stood too close to her, a look of bewilderment and confusion on his face. What was he trying to do? “Hey, I gotta go” the Na’vi man bent down and cupped her face, kissing her cheek and walking off towards the rest of the squad.

He’s gotta fill them in ASAP.

“No. Fucking. WAY!” Zdinarsk growled “a puny little science punk! Trying to steal our girl?!” she crossed her muscular arms over her chest with her ears pinned to her head. Glaring. “What did he look like Fike?”

“Brown hair, brown eyes, ___ said his name was Jason”

“Ah shit, I think I know him” all eyes turned to Zhang who stood against the wall of the gym with his arms crossed, muscles bulging out. “He’s got quite a reputation with the woman on base” he stood up straighter and walked towards the small group near the door who were gossiping “heard he was a real womaniser”

Fike rolled his eyes “yeah he did seem like a bit of a pretty boy, even got her giggling at stuff” he huffed.

“She knows she’s ours, we don’t have to worry about ___. But it’s him we gotta keep an eye on. I don’t like this team” Zhang, Fike, and Mansk, who stood silent, agreed with Zdinarsk. “Oh, and don’t tell colonel, he’d go ape shit” they murmured at that, nodding their heads. If Quaritch ever found out that a guy, a science guy, was hitting on their lover, he would smash his skull to pieces.

“HEY! What are you ladies gossiping about?! GET BACK TO WORK SOLDIERS!”

“YES COLONEL!”

The squad sat in the cafeteria for some good afternoon grub, munching on some veggies and drinking their water. The recoms had to have a specific diet to sustain their bodies, none of the sweet shit the humans were aloud to eat.

___ spotted her partners in the far corner of the room, grabbing her tray and preparing to head over there when a hand grasped her arm and stopped her form moving. “Hey pretty girl, just wondered if you wanna sit with me and my crew today?” Jason glanced down at her with a charming grin.

Unsure, the woman looked at him then towards the recoms, shaking her head and looking back at Jason “I’m sorry, but I gotta go sit with them, being their medic and all”

“But they got a medic already, they don’t need you” Jason’s smile turned a little sour upon closer inspection, ___ was a human, she was supposed to sit with her kind. Why bother with these animals?

“Yes but- Jason let go!” the man grasped her wrist this time, dragging her over to his table to sit her down until a blue palm rested on his shoulder.

Jason froze and looked at the hand, chest starting to palpitate and his pupils shrunk from fear. He may act all big and mighty, but he was all bark and no bite. The scientist strained his head to look up and saw one of the recoms glaring at him, “I believe the lady said to let her go”. Immediately Jason let go, stepping away from both of them and clearing his through, looking towards ___ for some sort of stability but she simply stepped behind Lopez for cover. “Cmon mì amore, let’s get you back with the others”

___ held Victor’s pinky with her hand and followed him as he escorted her towards the table at the back, offering to hold her tray of food and placing it onto the table in front of Lyle.

“So who was that prick that was botherin’ you?” Wainfleet immediately stated, not one to keep quiet. Zdinarsk, Mansk, Fike and Zhang audibly winced when a bang sounded onto the table. Quaritch stood up from his seat and glared across the cafeteria towards where Jason was.

“He ain’t cause you any trouble? Right darlin’?” he drawled in his southern accent, if she said yes then he’ll show no mercy. His hands were empty, and a human sized skull would be a perfect fit to fill it out.

___ noticed the change in atmosphere and wanted to sooth the man, she didn’t need anyone fighting on her behalf. “No! He wasn’t, just being silly. Sit down Miles, you gotta finish that plate” she reached over and tried to take both of his massive hands in her own, pulling him down to sit again. Quaritch huffed and complied, still staring the human man down.

‘That’s right…feel my stank eye’

Zdinarsk decided to cut the tension, not baring to sit through the heavy testosterone “so…who knew that scientists got game?”. Fike gave her a blank stare and Prager choked on his food, laughing. She weren’t wrong, none of the scientists could even stand taking to another human being, let alone try and get one in their bed.

“Z, enough” ___ laughed, covering her mouth, “I don’t want you guys to bother him ok? I think he almost had a heart attack seeing Lopez, I couldn’t imagine him seeing the rest of you”

Ja rolled his yellow eyes, “maybe he needs a heart attack just to get it through his thick ass skull that you’re a taken woman”

“Alexander Ja!”

“Oo she hit you with the full name” Prager cheekily chuckled, Lyle joining in and slapping Ja on the back, “don’t wanna make mummy angry do you?”. Ja’s face flushed a dark purple, grumping as he finished his food.

Mansk chimed in, having the perfect view of the scientist across the hall “He’s staring at you ___”. A squeak of a chair echoed through the room and the stomping of footsteps carried across the cafeteria.

“COLONEL NO!”

#✰ — avatar works — ✰ #avatar the way of water #x reader #atwow #avatar 2009 #avatar x reader #atwow x reader #avatar the way of water x reader #recombinant #quaritch #miles quaritch #alexander ja #prager #sean fike #zdinarsk #human reader

[teddy06]

What’s my toxic trait?

I keep referencing Goncharov in argument essays in my AP language and composition class

#what’s worse is that my teacher never even questioned it #in the last essay I got back Goncharov was underlined but there was no comment #none of my other random pieces of evidence were underlined #does that mean she knows? #oh god what if she knows #teddy 06 #teddy06 #Goncharov #goncharov 1973

[a-hopeless-aromantic]

Thinking about how on the first day of school my AP Language and Composition teacher got together with my school counselor to tell my mom that the class wasn’t right for me.

I was ticcing during class which she said meant I was nervous and in the introduction to the teacher essay I said I’m autistic and struggle a lot with deadlines and text analysis (especially rhetorical analysis) and she said it meant I didn’t have the skills needed for such a high level course

i take pride in the fact that I have a 97 in that class.

am I getting most of that grade on essays? Yes. Am I still having trouble with rhetorical analysis unless I’m guided through it shown it? Yes. Am I going to need to use testing accommodations because I can’t write a 5 paragraph essay in 40 minutes minus the time I forget what I’m doing and am just sitting there? Absolutely. Am I glad I’m in this class? Hell yeah.

#disability #Autism #level 1 autism #actually autistic #actually tourettic #tics #tics and tourettes #tourettes #tic disorder #actually disabled #school #ableism #finnean says shit

[chbnews]

The person who asked if anyone has read Night was a curious human who stumbled upon here, not a demigod. That human takes AP English Language & Composition, and they read it for class.

- That same curious human.

(A response is not necessary, this is just an ask to let y'all know.)

Alright lol, message sent to the blog - 🌑Anon Huntress of Artemis 🌑

#pjo #pjo hoo toa #pjo news #pjo fandom #pjo asks #pjo cabins #pjo spoilers #pjo series #pjo blog #pjo tv show

[bloodstainsonthefloor]

im writing an essay for ap language & composition about how harry potter is overrated and its due in four hours but i also have no motivation right now whatsoever aghhhh where do i starttttt

#the prompt was to write an argumentative essay about how something is overrated btw #i almost wrote about taylor swift but idk felt like i could come up for more evidence if i chose hp #mikey’s stuff

[candleshopmenace]

15 Questions, 15 Mutuals

Tagged by @nylazor!!!

1.) Are you named after anyone?

Nope! I chose my name when I was five-ish and never looked back.

2.) When was the last time you cried?

I honestly don’t even remember. It was probably about something stupid.

3.) Do you have kids? 

Definitely not, but I take care of my little sister enough that I’m basically her parent! I even chaperone her field trips sometimes.

4.) Do you use sarcasm a lot?

No, whatever gave you that idea? 🙄

5.) What sports have you played/play?

I played soccer and tennis while I was younger, and I’m currently on the Raiders team in my school’s JROTC program, which is basically a fitness team on steroids.

6.) What’s the first thing you notice about people?

Whether or not they look scared to talk to me, tbh.

7.) What’s your eye color?

Brown.

8.) Scary movies or happy endings?

Oh, definitely scary movies. 

9.) Any special talents?

I can write a top-scoring essay in less than thirty minutes.

10.) Where were you born?

I was born in Pensacola, Florida, but we moved away when I was four.

11.) What are your hobbies?

I like to write, read, work out, and spend time with my little sister! I also draw occasionally, and I like to bake. I’ve got a bunch of things that I was obsessed with for about a week before putting them down and never picking them back up, including ceramics, crocheting, and origami.

12.) Do you have any pets?

Until last year, I had a cat named Hot Dog.

13.) How tall are you?

5’2”/62 inches

14.) Favorite subject in school?

Hmm… anything to do with mathematics, and I enjoy my AP Language & Composition class.

15.) Dream job?

An astronaut!! 🌟 🪐

@ihavenomoralsss, @shouta-aizawow, @bakugou-klancey-lance, @dogsharks, @animentality, @tallhungryperson, @fizzybunniez, @frostedge27, @sextheaterchaos, @shadowdweller101, @geckothegremlin, @vexfulfolly, @katsu0h, @catlliecal, @explodo-murder, @growth-and-destruction

#ask game

[will-solace-aaaaa]

Would/Did you (rather) take AP Language and Composition or AICE General Paper?

(You do not have to answer this question if you do not want to.)

Ap language😭

[bloomingonionbitch]

ugh i'm in social-emotional limbo and my jaw hurts so bad and every time i google TMJ relief i get massester botox ads and offers and while that may be a really great solution it's a slippery slope for me and i simply cannot entertain the thought.

#i teach ap language and composition and rhetoric and all that #but i am so easily influenced it's embarrassing