Because You're Worth It Hye Jee Kim

So you want my help in improving your class.. Well, for the most part I really enjoyed your class. It prepared me for the AP test and made me a better writer. So for me to point out ways for you to increase your effectiveness, I have to nitpick. Honestly if you just keep doing what you do then I think you're more than fine.

First, the things that I thought were the most effective:

1. The book on how to become a better writer: This book (its title seems to have fallen out of my brain) blew my mind. It transformed what I viewed as good writing. And although it was incredibly dull to spend a month reading it in class, it helped me immensely. 
2. Whole class essay grading: I know that we experimented with different, more time-efficient ways of grading essays, but getting feedback from you and the entire class was the most beneficial for me. More range of opinions. 
3. Socratic Seminars: These didn't necessarily prepare me for the AP test specifically, but I they helped me with my analytical reading skills.
4. Speech: It was good practice in formulating a well thought out opinion.
5. Practicing AP MC ?'s regularly: This helped me to familiarize myself with the format of the test. 

Now, for the less than super effective:

1. Switching around styles of grading essays throughout the year: This seemed inconsistent, and I felt as though some of my essays didn't get as thorough feedback.
2. What we're doing right now: Maybe it's because I basically had this class in 8th grade, but the whole learning how to correctly manage money isn't the most helpful thing that I feel like I could be learning right now. Maybe we could be reading funny satire pieces on the Onion and debating them or something more related to English. I appreciate that you're trying to help us for the future, but what you're showing us seems to be kind of "there is only one way to correctly live your life and here it is". To be fair, though, I've only been to class like 2 days after the AP test so maybe I missed the other parts that gave it more variety of perspective..
3. The days we spent just going over MC: Nobody needs the whole 60 minutes in which we just read out the question and recite the answer. Also, that one chart thing that we did for the multiple choice seemed more like busywork than anything. It didn't really give me a whole lot of new understanding of the material. 

Aaannndd that's it. Oh also, keep doing this. It's super awesome that you take thorough feedback from your students. 

Stay gold, Ponyboy.